Prismatic Evolutions is a Scarlet & Violet special expansion built around Eevee and the Eeveelutions, released in English on 17 January 2025. It contains 180 cards numbered against a 131-card main set, and its defining features are a very heavy Special Illustration Rare tier and the arrival of Poké Ball and Master Ball parallel treatments in English.
Its full official name is Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—Prismatic Evolutions, and it is catalogued as SV8.5. It is the fourth special expansion of the Scarlet & Violet series.
This confuses people, so it is worth being precise. The main set runs 1 to 131. Cards numbered 132 through 180 are secret rares, printed with numbers above the set total. So a card reading 161/131 is not a misprint — that is how secret rares are numbered.
The theme is Eevee and its evolutions, introduced here as Stellar Tera Pokémon ex.
| Tier | Count in set |
|---|---|
| Double Rare (the ex cards) | 25 |
| ACE SPEC Rare | 6 |
| Ultra Rare (Supporters) | 12 |
| Special Illustration Rare | 32 |
| Hyper Rare (gold etched ex) | 5 |
Plus Common, Uncommon, Rare and Rare Holo through the body of the set.
There are no Illustration Rares in Prismatic Evolutions. Not a small number — none. This is unusual for a Scarlet & Violet set and it catches people out constantly, because the AR tier is a staple elsewhere. If a listing offers you a Prismatic Evolutions Illustration Rare, something is wrong with the listing.
The 32 Special Illustration Rares break down as 26 Pokémon ex and 6 Supporters. Thirty-two SIRs is a dense top end by any standard, and it is the main reason this set behaves differently from a regular expansion.
The mechanic people most associate with this set. Official Pokémon materials call these premium parallel cards rather than reverse holos, and the pattern is etched into the card background.
How the availability works:
The Pokémon Company describes the Poké Ball pattern as rare and the Master Ball as rarer still, without publishing rates. We are not going to invent numbers for you — anyone quoting a specific pull rate for a Master Ball is guessing.
One correction worth making, because it is repeated everywhere: Prismatic Evolutions did not invent this treatment. It brought it to English. The mechanic originated in Japan with the Pokémon Card 151 subset in June 2023 and returned in Terastal Fest ex. If you want the 151-era versions, those are Japanese-side only — see our Japanese range.
Structurally, three groups.
The centre of the set. Verified numbers:
| Card | Number |
|---|---|
| Leafeon ex | 144/131 |
| Flareon ex | 146/131 |
| Vaporeon ex | 149/131 |
| Glaceon ex | 150/131 |
| Jolteon ex | 153/131 |
| Espeon ex | 155/131 |
| Sylveon ex | 156/131 |
| Umbreon ex | 161/131 |
| Eevee ex | 167/131 |
Umbreon ex at 161/131 is the headline card of the set and the one most people are actually asking about when they ask about Prismatic Evolutions.
Also in the SIR block: Palafin ex at 151/131 and Terapagos ex at 169/131.
Amarys 170, Crispin 171, Drayton 172, Janine's Secret Art 173, Kieran 174 and Lacey 175, all against /131. These are frequently overlooked next to the Eeveelutions and are a genuine part of the set's top tier.
Gold etched ex cards: Iron Leaves ex 176/131, Teal Mask Ogerpon ex 177/131, Walking Wake ex 178/131, Pikachu ex 179/131 and Terapagos ex 180/131.
Note Terapagos ex appears twice in the secret range — once as a Special Illustration Rare at 169 and once as a Hyper Rare at 180. Different cards, different treatments. Check the number, not the name.
Officially announced products, with launch dates:
| Product | Launch | Packs |
|---|---|---|
| Elite Trainer Box | 17 Jan 2025 | 9 |
| Pokémon Center Elite Trainer Box | 17 Jan 2025 | 9 |
| Binder Collection | 17 Jan 2025 | — |
| Poster Collection | 17 Jan 2025 | 3 |
| Tech Sticker Collection | 17 Jan 2025 | 3 |
| Mini Tin (8 designs) | 7 Feb 2025 | 2 |
| Surprise Box | 7 Feb 2025 | 4 |
| Booster Bundle | 7 Mar 2025 | 6 |
| Accessory Pouch Special Collection | 25 Apr 2025 | — |
| Super-Premium Collection | 16 May 2025 | 15 |
| Premium Figure Collection | 26 Sep 2025 | — |
Two entries have no pack count above because official sources disagree on them, and we would rather leave a blank than print a number we cannot stand behind. Retailer-exclusive bundles and multi-tin packs also exist; those are retail SKUs rather than part of the announced lineup.
Note the correct names: it is the Super-Premium Collection, hyphenated, and the Accessory Pouch Special Collection, not simply an accessory pouch.
We are not stating a cards-per-pack figure for this set, because no official source publishes one.
There is no one-to-one Japanese counterpart. Prismatic Evolutions draws mostly from the Japanese Terastal Fest ex subset — a High Class Pack of 237 cards released 6 December 2024 — plus Generations Start Decks, from which cards relating to Generations I, II, IV and VI are included.
Worth noting that Terastal Fest ex at 237 cards is substantially larger than Prismatic Evolutions at 180. The English set is a trimmed selection, not a translation.
Practical advice from handling the stock:
We keep Prismatic Evolutions stocked as both singles and sealed. If you are chasing specific numbers rather than opening, singles is almost always the more efficient route for a set with a top tier this dense. Sealed sits in our sealed range, with Elite Trainer Boxes and collection boxes listed separately. We ship Canada-wide from Third Street.
Umbreon ex, the Special Illustration Rare numbered 161/131, is the headline card of the set and the one most enquiries are about. The other Eeveelution Special Illustration Rares occupy the same block of numbers, running from Leafeon ex at 144 through Eevee ex at 167.
No. The set contains no Illustration Rare cards at all, which is unusual for the Scarlet & Violet era. Its top tiers are Special Illustration Rare, Ultra Rare, Hyper Rare, ACE SPEC Rare and Double Rare. Any listing offering a Prismatic Evolutions Illustration Rare is mislabelled.
They are two premium parallel treatments with the respective ball etched into the card background. Pokémon cards at Common, Uncommon and Rare exist in regular, Poké Ball and Master Ball versions; Trainers at Common and Uncommon exist in regular and Poké Ball only. Pokémon describes Poké Ball as rare and Master Ball as rarer, without publishing rates.
It introduced it to English, but not to the game. The mechanic originated in Japan with the Pokémon Card 151 subset in June 2023 and returned in Terastal Fest ex in December 2024. The Japanese 151-era parallels have no English equivalent.
Not directly. The set draws mostly from the Japanese Terastal Fest ex subset, released 6 December 2024 with 237 cards, plus Generations Start Decks. Terastal Fest ex is considerably larger, so the English set is a selection from it rather than a translation of it.