Most Valuable Umbreon Cards: Moonbreon, the $168,000 Gold Star, and the Full Ladder

No modern Pokemon card carries more gravity than Moonbreon, the Umbreon VMAX Alternate Art from Evolving Skies, five years old and still climbing. And here is the twist most collectors miss, Moonbreon is not even the most valuable Umbreon. That crown belongs to a non-holo trophy from 2007 that just sold for six figures. This is the full Umbreon ladder, every price a real sale, dated August 2026.

Moonbreon: The Card That Defines Modern Collecting

Moonbreon is card 215/203 from Evolving Skies (August 2021), the alternate-art Umbreon VMAX with the moonlit cityscape, and its numbers break the usual rules of scarcity. PSA has graded roughly 29,700 copies with about 20,800 in PSA 10, a population that would crush most cards to double digits. Moonbreon holds four figures anyway, because demand simply refuses to fall behind supply. That is the actual lesson of the card, fame can out-print a print run.

Pulling one was never realistic math. The Pokemon Company publishes no official odds, and the best community estimates from large-scale pack openings put a specific alternate-art VMAX at roughly one in 1,500 to 2,000 packs, estimate-grade numbers, but the order of magnitude explains the price of certainty below.

Moonbreon Prices: Raw to Black Label

As of August 5, 2026, real sales, not asking prices:

• Raw (ungraded, near mint): about $2,200 to $2,500, with July and August sales between $1,950 and $2,550.
• PSA 10: about $4,364, with sales from $4,250 to $4,750 in the first week of August, roughly double raw.
• BGS 10 Black Label: $25,500 to $32,500, including $32,500 at Heritage on July 23, 2026. A year ago this tier traded near $15,000, it has roughly doubled, the steepest climb anywhere on the card.
• Japanese Moonbreon (Eevee Heroes 095/069): raw about $2,124, PSA 10 sales $4,050 to $5,450. The old "Japanese is the cheap copy" advice is dead, Japanese now trades at parity with English and sometimes above it in PSA 10.
• Korean Moonbreon: the actual budget copy, raw around $542 and PSA 10 near $1,050, roughly a quarter of English prices on thinner volume.

The Most Valuable Umbreon Cards, Ranked

1. Gold Star Umbreon, POP Series 5 (2007)

• PSA 10: $104,920 at Goldin on April 20, 2026, then a reported $168,000 at Fanatics Collect on June 28, 2026, the card's record
• PSA 9: $24,000 to $32,400 across 2026 sales, roughly doubled in a year. Raw copies run wildly by condition, $4,435 to $10,105 this summer
• Population: 740 graded by PSA, just 52 in PSA 10
• The story: awarded through the Pokemon Players Club, the definitive Umbreon trophy. A PSA 10 traded near $21,000 in 2024, the 2026 market multiplied it by five to eight.

2. Umbreon 1st Edition, Neo Discovery (2001)

• PSA 10: $44,200 to $66,020 across April to June 2026 sales, tracker market price near $52,000
• PSA 9: $6,100 to $7,530. Raw: about $1,263, condition-driven
• The story: Umbreon's first card, in the grade almost nothing from 2001 survives in.

3. Moonbreon, Evolving Skies (2021)

• The Black Label tier, $25,500 to $32,500, outranks everything modern, and the PSA 10 at $4,364 remains the most liquid four-figure card in the hobby
• The story: covered above, the modern era's face. It also anchors our all-Pokemon money list.

4. Umbreon Holo H29, Aquapolis (2003)

• PSA 10: volatile and thin, $12,000 to $41,650 across 2026 sales, tracker market near $24,700, treat the range as the truth
• PSA 9: about $5,356, steadier. Raw: about $848
• The story: the e-reader era holo, and a correction worth printing because half the internet gets it wrong, H29 is from Aquapolis, Skyridge contains no Umbreon. The same art exists as non-holo 41/147, PSA 10 about $1,502, do not pay holo money for it.

5. Umbreon ex SIR 161/131, Prismatic Evolutions (2025)

• PSA 10: $6,839, already above Moonbreon's PSA 10. Raw: about $1,425
• The story: the Eeveelution mania's crown jewel carries a brutal 4.8x gem premium because centering kills most copies, which makes grading this card a coin-flip economics lesson, the math lives in our is PSA grading worth it guide.

The Two Gold Stars: Do Not Pay 2007 Money for the 2021 Reprint

The single most expensive mistake in Umbreon collecting is a mix-up between two cards that look almost identical. The 2007 POP Series 5 Gold Star Umbreon is the six-figure trophy. The 2021 Celebrations Classic Collection reprint of the same art trades at about $81 raw and $400 in PSA 10. The instant tell: the 2007 original is non-holo, the 2021 reprint is holofoil, and the reprint carries the Celebrations 25th anniversary stamp. Sales feeds and even price trackers mix the two together, so check the listing's set line before believing any Gold Star "deal," and for anything at trophy prices run the full slab check from our graded card verification guide.

For how Umbreon's trophies compare to the genuinely rarest cards in the hobby, populations of five and seven copies, see the rarest Pokemon cards ranking.

Frequently Asked Questions

What set is Moonbreon in?

Evolving Skies, released August 2021, card number 215/203, the alternate-art secret rare Umbreon VMAX. The Japanese equivalent is Eevee Heroes card 095/069. It has never been reprinted, and Evolving Skies went out of print in 2023, which is why sealed product from the set now trades at collector prices.

Why is Moonbreon so expensive?

Not rarity, demand. PSA alone has graded roughly 20,800 copies in PSA 10, a huge population, and the card still holds $4,250 to $4,750 at that grade because it is the most wanted modern Pokemon card, the best-known alternate art ever printed, on the most popular Eeveelution. Moonbreon is the clearest proof in the hobby that fame can outrun supply.

What are the odds of pulling a Moonbreon?

There are no official odds, The Pokemon Company does not publish pull rates. Community estimates from large tracked openings put a specific alternate-art VMAX at roughly one in 1,500 to 2,000 Evolving Skies packs. Treat every precise-sounding number as an estimate, and remember packs today cost $44 and up because the set is out of print.

What is the most expensive Umbreon card?

The 2007 POP Series 5 Gold Star Umbreon. A PSA 10 sold for $104,920 at Goldin in April 2026, and a reported $168,000 sale followed at Fanatics Collect in June 2026. Only 52 PSA 10 copies exist out of 740 graded. Do not confuse it with the 2021 Celebrations reprint of the same art, which trades around $81 raw.

Is Moonbreon a good investment?

It has been one so far, raw roughly $1,500 to $2,400 over the past year and the Black Label tier doubled. But past growth is not a promise, the PSA 10 population keeps climbing, and a single reprint decision could change the math overnight. Buy it because you want the best-loved card of the modern era, and let appreciation be the bonus.

Where to Go From Here

The Umbreon ladder runs from an $81 reprint to a $168,000 trophy, and every rung is priced by the same two forces, how many exist and how many people want one. Know both numbers before you pay, on any card. And if ripping packs is the part you love, the Polkastarter marketplace shows you every card, value, and chance before you open, with a free mystery pack at signup.

All prices are real sales verified August 5, 2026 via PriceCharting, Goldin, Heritage, and Fanatics records as cited, markets move. Population data from PSA census mirrors. Nothing here is investment advice. Polkastarter is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Pokémon, Nintendo, PSA, or any marketplace named.

Sources

• PriceCharting, current market prices and tracked sales for every card listed
• Goldin, the $104,920 Gold Star sale and Neo Discovery sales
• Heritage Auctions, the $32,500 Black Label Moonbreon
• Pikawiz PSA population mirror, the POP Series 5 census
• Bulbapedia, the Aquapolis set confirmation