Search “Sylveon ex” and you’ll get two completely different cards mixed into the same results — one from 2016, one from 2024, eight years and two different game mechanics apart. That mix-up alone sends buyers to the wrong listing regularly.
Then there’s the modern card itself. The Terastal Festival ex Special Art Rare, 212/187, is the printing most people mean when they search for it, and it has an active PSA10 market on one of Japan’s largest card marketplaces — seven separate graded asks currently sitting between roughly ¥32,999 and ¥60,000. Our own PSA10 copy of the same card is currently listed at ¥31,246 (~$213) — below every one of those asks.
This guide lays out every Sylveon ex printing from the Scarlet & Violet era in one table, breaks down the 212/187 Special Art Rare in detail, walks through how it compares to its English-set equivalent, and separates it clearly from the older, unrelated Sylveon-EX card from 2016. We ship Japanese sealed product and PSA-graded singles out of Tokyo, so the numbers below come from the market we actually trade in.
Whether you’re trying to identify a card you already own, deciding which printing to chase, or just want to know whether a listing price is reasonable, the fastest way through this is knowing the set code and card number printed on the card itself. Everything else — language, rarity name, era — follows from those two details, and we’ve laid the tables below so you can match them in a few seconds.
Sylveon ex (Scarlet & Violet era, 2024–2025) has four Japanese printings across three products and three English printings across two sets. The Terastal Festival ex Special Art Rare (SV8a 212/187) is the chase card, illustrated by Cona Nitanda. Its snkrdunk PSA10 asks currently run ¥32,999–¥60,000, and our own PSA10 copy is listed below that entire range at ¥31,246 (~$213). Do not confuse this card with the older, unrelated 2016 “Sylveon-EX” from the XY era — different set, different mechanic, different price tier entirely.
Prices are Japanese secondary-market figures as of August 2026, converted at ¥147/USD. All figures are for Sylveon ex, the Scarlet & Violet-era Tera-type card — not the unrelated 2016 Sylveon-EX covered separately below.
Every Sylveon ex Printing (2024–2025)
Sylveon ex debuted in Japan in August 2024 and has since appeared in four Japanese printings across three products and three English printings across two sets — all verified against the Limitless TCG database as of August 2026, with no promo print of Sylveon ex found. Every printing shares the same card text — the Tera-type bench-protection ability, Magical Charm for 160, and Angelite — so the only thing separating a ¥13,000 card from a ¥60,000 one is the printing itself.
| # | Card / Product | Set | Number | Rarity | Release | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Starter Set Tera Type: Stellar Sylveon ex (JP debut) | SVLN | 005 | Deck card | 2024-08-30 | 5ban Graphics |
| 2 | Sylveon ex | Terastal Festival ex (SV8a) | 069/187 | RR | 2024-12-06 | 5ban Graphics |
| 3 | Sylveon ex | Terastal Festival ex (SV8a) | 212/187 | SAR | 2024-12-06 | Cona Nitanda |
| 4 | Sylveon ex | Surging Sparks (EN debut) | 086/191 | Double Rare | 2024-11-08 | 5ban Graphics |
| 5 | Sylveon ex | Prismatic Evolutions (EN) | 041/131 | Double Rare | 2025-01-17 | 5ban Graphics |
| 6 | Sylveon ex | Prismatic Evolutions (EN) | 156/131 | SIR | 2025-01-17 | Cona Nitanda |
| 7 | Starter Decks 100 Battle Collection (MEGA era) | MC | 299 | Deck card | 2025-12-19 | 5ban Graphics |
Two things stand out. First, the card debuted in a starter deck (SVLN 005) months before it appeared in a mainline booster set — the deck print isn’t the one collectors chase. Second, only one artwork carries the special-illustration treatment, appearing in two language-specific printings: the 212/187 Special Art Rare from Terastal Festival ex in Japanese, and the 156/131 Special Illustration Rare from Prismatic Evolutions in English. Both are by the same artist, Cona Nitanda.
The RR at 069/187 is simply the standard holo version of the card from Terastal Festival ex booster boxes — the one most opened copies end up being. The 212/187 SAR is the alternate-art secret-slot pull, and that’s the card the rest of this guide focuses on.
The two deck-exclusive printings — SVLN 005 and MC 299 — are worth a brief note. These are play-focused deck copies of Sylveon ex, the version you get for building the deck itself rather than a chase pull; whether either carries a distinct rarity marking is unverified in our research. The SVLN starter deck was Sylveon ex’s actual debut in Japan, three months before Terastal Festival ex existed, and the MC printing arrived over a year later as part of the newer MEGA-era Battle Collection starter line.
The Chase Card: Special Art Rare 212/187
The Special Art Rare printing of Sylveon ex — card 212 out of a 187-card set, the standard Japanese numbering convention for secret-slot cards — is illustrated by Cona Nitanda and pulled from Terastal Festival ex (SV8a) booster boxes, released December 6, 2024.
On snkrdunk, one of Japan’s largest card marketplaces, a raw (ungraded) copy currently trades around ¥13,000 (~$88). Once graded PSA10, the picture changes considerably — we currently see seven separate PSA10 asks on the platform, ranging from ¥32,999 (~$225) up to ¥60,000 (~$408).
Our own PSA10 copy is currently listed at ¥31,246 (~$213) — below every one of those seven asks, including the lowest one. If you’ve been watching this card and holding off, that’s the number worth checking against wherever else you’re comparing.
Every 212/187 SAR in circulation was pulled from a Terastal Festival ex booster box. We carry the booster box itself, currently listed at ¥19,760 (~$134) (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order), if you’d rather chase your own copy than buy graded.
The spread between the raw price (~¥13,000) and the PSA10 asking prices (¥32,999–¥60,000) is a roughly 2.5x–4.6x asking-price spread. These are listed asks, not confirmed sales, so we can’t say how much of that spread reflects actual completed sales versus sellers testing the market — but the range itself is worth knowing before you buy. That spread is also why the seven-listing range on snkrdunk matters: a single-digit percentage difference in condition or centering can move a copy from the low end of that range to the high end, so comparing multiple asks rather than taking the first PSA10 listing you find is worth the extra few minutes.
Don’t Confuse This With: Sylveon-EX (2016, XY Era)
This is the mix-up that catches the most buyers off guard. “Sylveon-EX” — hyphenated, capital EX, no lowercase “ex” — is a completely different card from a completely different Pokemon TCG era: the XY-era EX mechanic from 2016, eight years before the SV-era Sylveon ex covered above. They are not the same card, not the same set family, and not remotely the same price tier.
| Card / Product | Set | Number | Rarity | Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sylveon-EX | Pokekyun Collection (CP3) | 025/032 | RR | 2016-01-29 |
| Sylveon-EX (error/corrected variant) | Pokekyun Collection (CP3) | 026/032 | RR | 2016-01-29 |
| Sylveon-EX | Generations (Radiant Collection) | RC21 / RC32 | Regular / Full Art | 2016-02-22 |
The 2016 Japanese printing came out of the Pokekyun Collection (CP3), and it exists in two card numbers — 025/032 and 026/032, a documented error/corrected variant pair. A PSA10 of the 1st Edition 026/032 copy is a genuinely expensive card: it was recently listed at ¥544,046 (~$3,701) (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order). If it’s not currently showing as in stock, our Quick Order page is the way to flag interest in a restock.
The English side of this older card appeared about a month later, in February 2016, in Generations (Radiant Collection), as both a regular version (RC21) and a full art (RC32).
The two CP3 card numbers — 025/032 and 026/032 — are a documented error/corrected pair rather than two unrelated cards, which is itself a source of confusion when both show up in the same search results with visibly identical artwork. What the numbers show: one Sylveon card sits near ¥31,000 and the 1st Edition Pokekyun printing sits near ¥544,000 — these are different releases, a decade apart, with very different observed listing prices, and they aren’t competing in the same market.
If the listing you’re looking at says “Sylveon-EX,” Pokekyun Collection, CP3, or Generations/Radiant Collection — that’s the 2016 card, not the 2024 Terastal Festival ex / Prismatic Evolutions card this guide otherwise covers. If it says “Sylveon ex,” Terastal Festival ex, Surging Sparks, or Prismatic Evolutions — that’s the modern card.
Other Sylveon Chase Cards Worth Knowing
Sylveon ex isn’t the only Sylveon card with a real secondary market. A couple of others come up often enough in the same searches that they’re worth a mention, even though they’re separate printings from separate sets.
The two cards pictured above show how wide the Sylveon price range runs. The Sylveon VMAX CSR (S8b 232/184, Character Super Rare from VMAX Climax) was recently listed at ¥29,804 (~$203), currently out of stock. At the far end of the range, the PSA10 Gardevoir & Sylveon GX SR Special Art (SM9a 061/055, from the Sun & Moon-era Night Unison set) was recently listed at ¥398,301 (~$2,709) (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order), also out of stock — one of the more expensive Sylveon-adjacent cards we’ve carried.
Two more come up often enough in the same searches to be worth a brief mention. The Sylveon GX SSR (SM8b 238/150) was a headline pull of its own set, and a PSA10 copy was recently listed at ¥90,393 (~$615) (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order). And the Sylveon CSR (S8b 231/184 — a separate Character Super Rare from the same VMAX Climax set as the VMAX CSR above, not the VMAX version) is a smaller-budget option, and a PSA10 was recently listed at ¥21,877 (~$149) (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order). All four are currently out of stock; the Quick Order page covers restock requests for any of them.
None of these are the SV-era Sylveon ex this guide is centered on, but if you’re building out a Sylveon collection rather than chasing one specific card, they’re the other printings worth knowing exist.
Where to Buy Sylveon ex Cards from Japan
We ship Japanese sealed product and PSA-graded singles worldwide from Tokyo with tracked delivery. If you’re after the Special Art Rare specifically, the two direct routes are the graded singles listing and the sealed booster box it’s pulled from.
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For the full Terastal Festival ex set — not just Sylveon — our SV8a card list page catalogs every card in the set. See our companion piece on the Terastal Festival ex pull rates and best cards for more on the set this SAR comes from, our broader Sylveon cards guide for the full character rundown across every era, and our Eevee Heroes Eeveelutions set guide if you’re building out the whole evolution line. If you’re comparing Sylveon against its Eeveelution sibling’s most valuable printings, our Umbreon VMAX value guide covers the same kind of every-printing breakdown for “Moonbreon.” For other Japanese high-class packs worth opening, see our best Japanese high-class packs guide. For any single not currently listed, our Quick Order page is the fastest way to build a mixed order or request a restock.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much is Sylveon ex worth in Japan?
It depends on the printing and grade. A raw (ungraded) copy of the 212/187 Special Art Rare currently trades around ¥13,000 (~$88) on snkrdunk. PSA10 copies of the same card currently ask ¥32,999–¥60,000 (~$225–$408) on that platform. Our own PSA10 copy is listed at ¥31,246 (~$213), below that entire range.
What’s the difference between Sylveon ex and Sylveon-EX?
Sylveon ex (lowercase “ex”) is the 2024 Scarlet & Violet-era card from Terastal Festival ex, Surging Sparks, and Prismatic Evolutions. Sylveon-EX (hyphenated, capital EX) is a completely different, older card from the 2016 XY era, printed in Pokekyun Collection and Generations. They share a name but are not the same card, set, or price tier.
What is the difference between the Japanese SAR and the English SIR?
They’re the same Cona Nitanda artwork printed in two different sets. The Japanese Special Art Rare is SV8a 212/187, released December 6, 2024, in Terastal Festival ex. The English Special Illustration Rare is Prismatic Evolutions 156/131, released January 17, 2025. Beyond the release-date gap, we don’t have print-run or population data that would establish which one is actually scarcer — our data doesn’t support a rarity comparison between the two.
Where can I buy the Sylveon ex Special Art Rare?
We currently list a PSA10 copy at ¥31,246 (~$213) and the Terastal Festival ex booster box it’s pulled from at ¥19,760 (~$134), both shipping from Tokyo. Our SV8a card list page covers the rest of the set.
Is the 1st Edition Pokekyun Sylveon-EX valuable?
Yes — it’s the most expensive Sylveon card we track. A PSA10 copy of the 1st Edition Pokekyun Collection printing (CP3 026/032) was recently listed at ¥544,046 (~$3,701). This is the 2016 XY-era card, not the 2024 Sylveon ex covered in the rest of this guide.
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