Glaceon VMAX #209 — Evolving Skies Pokémon card

Glaceon VMAX #209 Value

Name: Glaceon VMAX #209 — Evolving Skies
Brand: Pokémon

Evolving Skies · Card 209/237 · Secret Rare · 2021

Glaceon VMAX is the kind of card that stops people mid-scroll: a Secret Rare pull numbered #209 out of the Evolving Skies set from 2021, with artwork from kirisAki that leans into everything collectors love about the Eeveelutions. If you're here checking Glaceon VMAX value, the short version is that a raw, ungraded copy sits at $280, while a PSA 10 climbs to $599. It's a card that rewards patience, whether you're chasing one for a binder or wondering what yours is actually worth right now.

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Market value & price

Raw / Ungraded

$280

Grade 9

$280

PSA 10

$599

PSA 10 is 2.1× the raw price16,285 graded worldwideonly 11,448 in PSA 10

Value by grade

Where it drops

Pulled 178× on PackSpy across Tilt Rips, Collector Crypt, Courtyard · biggest hit $650.

Found in packs: Pokemon Mini Pack · Pokemon Starter Pack · Grail Pokémon Gacha Pack · Pokémon Starter Pack · Pokemon Expert Pack …

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Glaceon VMAX price history

Ungraded value is $280, up 4% over the past year, with an all-time high of $300 in March 2025.

Market value over time by grade. Hover for any month; tap a grade to toggle its line.

Glaceon VMAX price at every grade

The market value at each PSA grade, with how many exist (population). 16,285 graded copies exist — only 11,448 are PSA 10.

Grade	Value	Population	PSA / CGC
Raw / Ungraded	$280	—	—
PSA 10 (Gem Mint)	$599	11,448	10,568 / 880
Grade 9	$280	3,720	3,269 / 451
Grade 8	$256	721	599 / 122
Grade 7	$224	171	153 / 18
Grade 6	$100	138	126 / 12
Grade 5	$80	51	45 / 6
Grade 4	$68	19	17 / 2
Grade 3	$58	7	7 / –
Grade 2	$52	5	5 / –
Grade 1	$90	5	5 / –

Prices & population from PriceCharting. Grade values are PSA-based; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).

Card details

Set: Evolving Skies
Card number: 209 of 237
Rarity: Secret Rare
Type: Water
HP: 310
Stage: VMAX
Weakness: Metal ×2
Retreat cost: 2
Illustrator: kirisAki
Released: 2021

Attacks

Max Icicle150
Water · Colorless · Colorless
This attack also does 30 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Glaceon VMAX — collector's take

Is Glaceon VMAX worth grading?

Here's the honest math on Glaceon VMAX price once grading enters the picture: a raw copy is $280, and a Grade 9 comes back at that same $280, so a 9 alone doesn't actually earn you anything over keeping it raw. The real jump only happens at PSA 10, which sits at $599, about 2.1x the raw price. That's a meaningful bump, but gem mint is genuinely hard to land, corners, centering and surface all have to cooperate, and grading fees plus shipping and wait times eat into the upside if you miss. If your copy already looks sharp under a loupe, it's worth considering. If it's got soft corners or edge wear, it may be smarter to just sell or hold it raw.

How rare is it?

Across every grading submission on record, 16,285 copies of Glaceon VMAX have been graded, and of those, 11,448 came back as PSA 10. That's a pretty striking number: the majority of graded copies are already gem mint, which tells you this print run behaved well under the grading lights. It also means a PSA 10 isn't some needle-in-a-haystack rarity compared to the graded pool as a whole, but the population still reflects real scarcity against how many packs were actually opened to produce it. For collectors, that context matters just as much as the raw dollar figure.

Where to pull it

We track real pulls across pack sites, and Glaceon VMAX has been recorded 176 times so far across courtyard, tilt-rips and collector-crypt. The biggest recorded pull on this card came in at $650, a nice reminder of what's possible when it lands well. We've seen it show up in the Pokémon Starter Pack, Pokemon Mini Pack, Pokemon Expert Pack and the Grail Pokémon Gacha Pack. That said, pulling any Secret Rare is a long shot, and opening packs is gambling no matter how you slice it, most rips don't come close to covering their cost. If you want this exact card guaranteed, buying it directly is usually the safer route, and our pull data is here so you go in with real numbers instead of guesswork.

Questions people ask

How much is Glaceon VMAX worth?

A raw, ungraded Glaceon VMAX is worth $280 right now. Graded copies split from there: a Grade 9 is also $280, while a PSA 10 jumps to $599. So the real value increase only kicks in once you're at gem mint.

Is Glaceon VMAX worth grading?

It depends on the copy. A PSA 10 pays out at $599, which is 2.1x the raw price of $280, but a Grade 9 comes back at the same $280 as raw, so grading only pays off if you're confident in a gem mint result. With 11,448 of the 16,285 graded copies already PSA 10, hitting a 10 is achievable, but only if your card is genuinely clean.

What set is Glaceon VMAX from?

Glaceon VMAX is #209 from Evolving Skies, released in 2021. It's a Secret Rare in the set, illustrated by kirisAki, and it's one of the chase cards collectors specifically look out for from that release.