Umbreon VMAX alt art price against Sylveon, Glaceon and Leafeon

By CardPop Research Team — 2026-11-05 · 8 min read

How this article was produced: drafted with AI assistance from CardPop’s own Australian market price snapshots — every dollar figure traces to a recorded sale — then checked and published by the CardPop team.

Across the 121 days to 1 November 2026, the Umbreon VMAX alt art fell 31.7% raw while Sylveon and Glaceon slid about 10%. The raw-to-graded gap on the cheaper cards is thin once Australian postage, fees and turnaround come out of it.

The Umbreon VMAX alt art price, and the three cards beside it

On 1 November 2026, CardPop's daily eBay snapshot put the Umbreon VMAX alt art price at a raw average of AUD $2,717.40 across 12 listings. A graded copy averaged $5,636.50 across 10. The other three Eeveelution VMAX alternate arts from Evolving Skies sat far below. Sylveon averaged $600.22 raw, Glaceon $440.29 and Leafeon $57.73. That last figure needs a warning label, and it gets one below.

Every number here comes from one window: 4 July to 1 November 2026. That is 121 days, with 70 to 72 daily observations per card. Four months is enough to describe a direction. It is not enough to say whether that direction is a trend or a dip.

Two caveats before reading anything into this. First, the snapshot is built from eBay AU and US listings. The averages show where copies were listed on the day, not a ledger of what actually sold. Second, graded here pools every company and every grade. A PSA 10 and a CGC 8.5 land in the same bucket. That is why the graded ranges are wide, and it matters a lot once we get to whether grading pays.

Which held and which drifted

Every card finished the window lower than it started. None of the cheaper three moved against Umbreon. They fell in the same direction, just by less.

Umbreon: the biggest fall by a distance

Raw Umbreon dropped 31.7% across the 121 days. Its raw average ranged from $2,487.78 at the low to $3,980.48 at the high. A 31.7% fall ending at $2,717.40 implies a starting figure of roughly $3,979. So the card opened the window almost at its high and spent four months coming down, about $1,260 in raw terms.

The latest reading sits about $230 above the window low. Something bounced. The data does not show when the low printed, so calling a floor would be a guess.

Graded fell harder, down 35.3%. Working back from $5,636.50, the graded average started near $8,710. That is a drop of roughly $3,075 in four months.

The raw listing spread on 1 November is worth a look too. It ran from $1,136 to $3,549.99. A raw Umbreon listed at less than half the average is more likely a condition problem than a bargain.

Sylveon: a steady drift

Sylveon fell 10.9% raw and 12.8% graded. Its raw average moved between $554.62 and $678.15, and the implied start was about $674, again near the top. The 1 November figure of $600.22 sits roughly $46 above the window low.

The graded listings tell the tidiest story of the four. Eight copies ran from $884.06 to $1,250. That is the narrowest graded range here with enough listings to mean anything.

Glaceon: the weakest finish

Glaceon's raw change of -10.3% looks almost identical to Sylveon's. The shape is not. Its raw average on 1 November, $440.29, is also its lowest reading of the entire window. Of the four cards, it is the only one finishing on its low.

Graded Glaceon fell faster than raw, down 16.2%, from an implied start near $913. The graded range on 1 November was $461.49 to $1,335 across eight listings. The bottom of that range is barely $21 above the raw average. Glaceon also had the deepest raw supply in the snapshot, with 16 listings.

Leafeon: unmeasured, not stable

On paper Leafeon is the steadiest card here, down 3.6% raw and 1.4% graded. Do not read it that way.

On 1 November there were three raw listings and one graded listing. The raw average of $57.73 is about one-seventh of Glaceon's, for a card from the same alt-art subset. A gap that size is hard to accept at face value. The snapshot may be matching listings for a different Leafeon card, or three stray listings may be setting the whole average. The data cannot tell us which. Check the card number and the artwork on any listing before trusting this price, and do not treat it as evidence that Leafeon is the cheap way into the set.

The raw-to-graded spread, card by card

The graded premium multiple gets quoted a lot. The dollar gap matters more, because that is what has to pay for grading.

Leafeon has the highest multiple and the least meaningful one. It rests on a single graded listing.

Among the three with usable data, Glaceon has the thinnest premium at 1.7x. Remember what the graded average is made of, though. Mixed grades pull it both ways. The gap to a PSA 10 specifically is wider than this table shows. The gap to a 9 or below is narrower, and on Glaceon a lower-grade slab can sit close to raw money. That $461.49 listing makes the point.

Why Umbreon trades in its own bracket

On 1 November, raw Umbreon averaged about 4.5 times raw Sylveon and about 6.2 times raw Glaceon. Graded, it was about 5.3 times Sylveon.

Supply does not explain that. All four cards come from the same 2021 set, all four are alternate arts, and Evolving Skies has been out of print for years. Whatever copies exist have already been pulled. The difference is demand. Umbreon is the Eeveelution most collectors rank first. The moonlit artwork, widely nicknamed Moonbreon, became the signature card of the Sword and Shield era. Buyers who want one card from that period tend to want this one. That concentrates money in a single card.

Concentration cuts both ways. Umbreon took the largest fall in percentage terms and by far the largest in dollars. Over this window, a premium price came with premium volatility.

None of this makes the other three bargains. Sylveon at $600 is not cheap because Umbreon is $2,700. Both fell. Glaceon finished at its low. Nothing in these 121 days shows the cheaper cards catching up to Umbreon or holding while it fell. Buying Sylveon because Umbreon feels too expensive is a substitution, not a value call. Buy Sylveon if you want Sylveon.

Evolving Skies alt arts in Australia: what the spread has to cover

For an Australian collector, grading costs more than the fee. A raw card heading to PSA, BGS or CGC goes either direct to the US or through a local submission service. Either way you pay for insured postage out, return shipping and insurance back, any service margin, and the grading fee itself. Fees for most companies rise with declared value. Turnaround is measured in weeks at best and often months. Current costs and service levels are on our grading guide.

Then there is the market moving while your card sits in a box overseas. On this window, that risk is not theoretical.

Glaceon

The average gap is $324.96. Fees, postage both ways and insurance come out of that first. Over these 121 days the graded average also fell roughly $148. If your submission took a similar length of time and the market kept that pace, the decline alone would eat close to half the gap. Then the card has to come back high. Graded copies were listed as low as $461.49. On these numbers, grading a raw Glaceon to sell is hard to justify.

Sylveon

There is more room here, with a $457.42 gap. Graded Sylveon still fell about $155 over the window, and the same grade risk applies. It is a closer call than Glaceon. It is a call that only works if you are confident of a top grade before the card leaves the country.

Leafeon

An $84.26 gap, based on one graded listing, will not survive fees and international postage. Do not send it for profit.

Umbreon

A $2,919.10 gap looks like it absorbs any cost. Look at the graded fall, though. Across the window the graded average dropped about $3,075, more than today's entire raw-to-graded gap. Declared-value fees and insurance on a card worth $2,700 raw are not small either. Grading Umbreon is a bet on two things: the grade, and the market not moving against you during the wait.

Buying graded instead

Buying a slab someone else already paid for is a different decision. The grading risk and the wait are already behind it. The Australian cost there is import, not grading. A US listing carries international postage, and GST applies on imported goods. A graded Sylveon that looks $50 cheaper on eBay US may not be once it lands. Compare landed prices, not listed ones.

Where each one stands on 1 November

• Umbreon: down 31.7% raw over 121 days, now about $230 off its window low. Not enough to call a bottom. If you are buying, buy the copy in hand. A raw spread of $1,136 to $3,549.99 means condition decides the price more than the average does.
• Sylveon: the steadiest of the three with real data, and the tightest graded range at $884.06 to $1,250. Raw is the sensible route. A graded copy near the bottom of that range is fair if you want the slab.
• Glaceon: the weakest finish, closing on its low. No reason to rush. Buy raw if you want it, and do not grade it to flip.
• Leafeon: no call. Three raw listings and one graded listing will not support one, and the price itself looks out of step with the set.