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One artist. Two Pokemon Card Game collaborations. Ten promo cards, three retail products, and a resale market that now treats a single set of nine as a ¥140,000 line item.
Yu Nagaba (長場雇) is a Tokyo illustrator known for stripping a subject down to a handful of confident lines — and in 2021 and again in 2023, The Pokemon Company handed him Pikachu and then the entire Eevee family to redraw in that style. The results never went through a normal booster pack. They were promos, raffle prints, and box sets tied to in-store spend, and the people who were in Japan on the right week in 2023 are the only ones who ended up with all nine.
This guide covers who Nagaba is, what both collaborations actually contained, the full 9-card promo lineup with set numbers, and where the market sits today for sealed product and graded singles.
The 2023 “Eevee’s” collab produced nine YU NAGABA-illustrated promos, 062/SV-P through 070/SV-P, one for Eevee and each of its eight evolutions, distributed one at random per ¥1,000 spent on card products in Japan. Complete 9-card sets now list around ¥140,000. We carry the sealed Eevee’s Promo Pack at ¥13,650 and a graded PSA 10 Sylveon 070/SV-P (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order) at ¥28,325 — both shipping sealed and authenticated out of Tokyo.
Who Is Yu Nagaba
Yu Nagaba was born in 1976 and studied design at Tokyo Zokei University before spending about six years as an in-house graphic designer for the apparel brand graniph, working on T-shirt prints. He went independent as an illustrator after that, and the style he’s known for now is deliberately minimal — thick, deformed outlines that capture a subject in the fewest lines possible, almost always in flat black and white or a limited palette.
He’s a member of the Tokyo Illustrators Society, posts a new drawing to Instagram most days as a standing practice, and has picked up the nickname “Kaeru Sensei” (frog teacher) along the way. His client list runs well beyond trading cards: magazine covers for POPEYE, GINZA, and WIRED, plus brand collaborations with UNIQLO, SoftBank (LINE stickers), Panasonic web ads, PRONTO cup designs, a Beams x Star Wars T-shirt line, Tokyo Metro manner posters, Columbia Sportswear’s 2019 Fuji Rock Festival merchandise, and Calbee snack packaging in 2021.
The line-art style is exactly why the Pokemon collaborations read so differently from a standard illustrated card. Nagaba’s Pikachu and his Eevee don’t look like the franchise’s usual painterly artwork — they look like sketches, and that’s the point.
Collab #1: The 2021 Pikachu Promo
The first Yu Nagaba x Pokemon Card Game tie-in launched in June 2021, built around a “いっぱつしょうぶ” (one-shot showdown) theme and centered on Pikachu and Charizard.
The retail side was apparel, sold through PUBLIC TOKYO: three T-shirt designs at ¥6,600 each (Pikachu, Charizard, and a design featuring both together), built on PUBLIC TOKYO’s white tee line with card-back-inspired patches on the sleeve and hem, plus a Special Box at ¥6,226 containing 64-count deck shields, a deck case, a rubber play mat, and a card box. Sales ran as a lottery from June 18–28, 2021 through PUBLIC TOKYO’s online store and select Pokemon Center locations.
The card side is what collectors chase now: a monochrome, line-art Pikachu promo numbered 208/S-P (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order), distributed starting July 22, 2021 at Pokemon Center, Pokemon Store, and Pokemon Center Online locations to customers spending ¥1,500 or more on card-related products, or with purchase of the PUBLIC TOKYO collab goods. It was the first time Nagaba’s style appeared on an official Pokemon TCG card, and it set the template — promo-only distribution, no booster pack, no chase-in-a-pack odds — for the larger campaign that followed two years later.
Collab #2: The 2023 Eevee’s Campaign
The second collaboration, announced through the official Pokemon Card Game site, scaled the concept up from one Pokemon to nine. Branded “Eevee’s” (イーブイズ), it covered Eevee and all eight of its evolutions in Nagaba’s line-art style, and released across three retail products, all on May 24, 2023:
- Eevee’s Special BOX (¥4,800) — 64-count deck shields, a deck case with dividers, a rubber play mat, and a card box, all illustrated with Eevee, its evolutions, and cards symbolic of the Pokemon Card Game.
- Eevee’s Collection File (¥1,980) — a 180-card binder with ten pre-installed 9-pocket pages, Eevee’s evolutions on the cover and the card-back pattern on the reverse.
- Eevee’s Display Frame (¥1,490) — a self-standing frame built to display a single card.
Separately, Nagaba’s own site ran a limited silkscreen print raffle — two versions (“Eevee Evolutions No.1,” a sitting pose, and “No.2,” a battle pose) at 50 prints per version, sized to match the promo cards themselves.
None of these three retail products contained the actual promo cards. Those were a distribution mechanic layered on top: starting May 20, 2023, in-store customers received one of the nine promos at random for every ¥1,000 (tax included) spent on card-related products at Pokemon Center, Pokemon Store, and Pokemon Center Online, capped at ten cards per person at physical locations. Online distribution reportedly closed early — by roughly 8:30pm on May 25 — because demand outran supply. That randomized, spend-gated rollout is the reason a complete 9-card set is hard to find today: nobody could simply buy all nine in one purchase.
The 9 Eevee’s Promos, Card by Card
All nine cards run consecutively as SV-P promos, numbered 062 through 070, and all nine carry the YU NAGABA illustrator credit:
| Number | Pokemon |
|---|---|
| 062/SV-P | Eevee (イーブイ) |
| 063/SV-P | Vaporeon (シャワーズ) |
| 064/SV-P | Jolteon (サンダース) |
| 065/SV-P | Flareon (ブースター) |
| 066/SV-P | Espeon (エーフィ) |
| 067/SV-P | Umbreon (ブラッキー) |
| 068/SV-P | Leafeon (リーフィア) |
| 069/SV-P | Glaceon (グレイシア) |
| 070/SV-P | Sylveon (ニンフィア) |
Think of it as one continuous set rather than nine separate chase cards — the run was designed and distributed as a family, and most collectors pursue it that way too, either building toward the full nine or picking up their favorite evolution on its own.
We stock a sealed Yu Nagaba Eevee’s Promo Pack at ¥13,650, and we source graded copies of the other eight promos on request — if you’re chasing a specific evolution, our Quick Order page is the fastest way to tell us which one and let us go find a PSA-graded copy in the Japanese secondary market.
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The Special BOX Products
Both collaborations paired their card distribution with a set of physical accessory products, and both used the term “Special Box” (or “Special BOX”) in a way that’s worth keeping straight, since the two are unrelated products from different years:
- 2021 Pikachu Special Box (¥6,226) — deck shields, deck case, rubber play mat, card box, and a multi-ring, part of the PUBLIC TOKYO Pikachu/Charizard release.
- 2023 Eevee’s Special BOX (¥4,800) — deck shields, deck case with dividers, rubber play mat, and card box, illustrated with Eevee and its evolutions.
Neither box guaranteed you a promo card by itself — the promos came from the ¥1,000-per-card spend mechanic described above, running alongside these box releases rather than inside them. On the secondary market today, sealed 2023 Eevee’s Special BOX copies trade well above their ¥4,800 retail price, which tells you most of what you need to know about how thin the surviving unopened supply is.
Where the Market Sits Today
Secondary-market asking prices (SNKRDUNK, August 6, 2026) show a wide spread depending on how complete and how graded the item is:
| Item | Market ask |
|---|---|
| Eevee’s Promo Pack (sealed) | ¥12,500 |
| Eevee’s Special BOX (sealed, one listing) | ¥27,980 |
| Eevee’s Special BOX (sealed, another listing) | ¥42,800 |
| Complete 9-promo set (single listing) | ¥140,000 |
Our sealed Eevee’s Promo Pack sits at ¥13,650 — slightly above that ¥12,500 market ask, so we’re not claiming to undercut the field on this one. What we’re selling is a sealed, Tokyo-sourced pack you can trust the authenticity of, shipped directly rather than passed through a resale chain. If price is the only factor, shop around; if provenance and direct-from-Japan sourcing matter more, that’s where we come in.
The ¥140,000 full-set figure is a single listing, not a market average, but it’s a useful data point for what “complete” costs relative to the individual pieces: nine promos bought one at a time, even at the ¥12,500 pack-level ask, would run a fraction of that — the premium is entirely for someone else having already assembled the set for you.
On the graded side, we carry a PSA 10 Sylveon 070/SV-P at ¥28,325 (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order), a graded copy of the final card in the nine-card run. If you’re after a different evolution in PSA 10, tell us which one through the Quick Order page and we’ll source it.
Where to Buy Yu Nagaba Pokemon Cards
We ship Japanese sealed product and PSA-graded singles worldwide from Tokyo with tracked delivery. For the Nagaba collabs specifically:
For graded copies of the other eight promos in the run, browse our PSA 10 collection, or go straight to the Quick Order page and tell us which Eevee evolution you’re after — we source graded Nagaba promos on request when they aren’t already listed.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Yu Nagaba x Pokemon collaboration?
It’s a pair of official collaborations between illustrator Yu Nagaba and the Pokemon Card Game, run in his signature minimal line-art style. The first, in 2021, put Pikachu and Charizard on T-shirts and a promo card (208/S-P). The second, in 2023 and branded “Eevee’s,” covered Eevee and all eight of its evolutions across nine promo cards and three retail accessory products.
Which 9 cards are in the Yu Nagaba Eevee’s set?
062/SV-P (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order) Eevee, 063/SV-P Vaporeon, 064/SV-P Jolteon, 065/SV-P Flareon, 066/SV-P Espeon, 067/SV-P Umbreon, 068/SV-P Leafeon, 069/SV-P Glaceon, and 070/SV-P Sylveon — all illustrated by YU NAGABA and released together in May 2023.
How can I get Yu Nagaba Pokemon promo cards now?
The original in-store distribution (one random promo per ¥1,000 spent) ended in 2023, so the only route today is the secondary market — sealed promo packs, individual singles, or graded copies. We stock a sealed Eevee’s Promo Pack directly and source graded singles on request.
How much is a PSA 10 Yu Nagaba card worth?
It varies by which evolution. Our in-stock PSA 10 Sylveon (070/SV-P) is priced at ¥28,325. Graded copies of the other eight cards in the run trade individually on the Japanese secondary market and can be sourced on request.
Can I buy Yu Nagaba Pokemon cards from Japan directly?
Yes. We ship sealed product and graded singles from Tokyo worldwide with tracked delivery, including the Yu Nagaba Eevee’s Promo Pack and PSA-graded Nagaba promos sourced through our Quick Order page.
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