Vaporeon ex #149 — Prismatic Evolutions Pokémon card

Vaporeon ex #149 Value

Name: Vaporeon ex #149 — Prismatic Evolutions
Brand: Pokémon

Prismatic Evolutions · Card 149/180 · Special illustration rare · 2025

Vaporeon ex #149 is one of those cards that stops you mid-scroll, a special illustration rare from Prismatic Evolutions with artwork from Narano that makes the whole Eeveelution family look like a dream sequence. Released in 2025, it's become one of the most searched Vaporeon ex value cards out there, and for good reason. Raw copies sit at $279, and a PSA 10 climbs all the way to $1,075, so there's real money riding on how this one grades.

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Market value & price

Raw / Ungraded

$279

Grade 9

$274

PSA 10

$1.1k

PSA 10 is 3.9× the raw price

Value by grade

Where it drops

Pulled 200+× on PackSpy across Courtyard, Collector Crypt, Tilt Rips, Mnstr · biggest hit $625.

Found in packs: Pokémon Starter Pack · Pokémon Master Pack · Water Pack · Wildcard Basic Pack · Legendary Pokémon Gacha Pack …

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Card details

Set: Prismatic Evolutions
Card number: 149 of 180
Rarity: Special illustration rare
Type: Water
HP: 280
Stage: Stage1
Weakness: Lightning ×2
Retreat cost: 2
Illustrator: Narano
Released: 2025

Attacks

Severe Squall
Water · Colorless
This attack does 60 damage to each of your opponent's Pokémon ex. This attack's damage isn't affected by Weakness or Resistance.
Aquamarine280
Fire · Water · Lightning
During your next turn, this Pokémon can't attack.

Vaporeon ex — collector's take

Is Vaporeon ex worth grading?

Here's the honest math: a PSA 10 is worth about 3.9x what the raw card sells for, which sounds like an easy decision until you actually try to pull off a gem mint copy. Special illustration rares like this one are full-art, edge-to-edge prints, and any little whitening or centering issue keeps it out of that top grade. Grading costs money and takes time, and you won't know the outcome until the slab comes back, so if your copy has sharp corners and clean edges under a loupe, it's worth the gamble. If it's got soft corners or a visible scratch, you may be better off enjoying it raw or selling ungraded, since a Grade 9 only brings $274, barely different from the raw price.

How rare is it?

PackSpy doesn't have a hard population count for this one yet, but special illustration rares in Prismatic Evolutions are already a tough pull by design, sitting near the top of the set's rarity ladder alongside the other SIRs. That scarcity is exactly why the price gap between raw and PSA 10 is so wide: fewer perfect copies exist relative to demand, and collectors chasing a complete illustration rare run will pay up for a clean slab. Until more grading data rolls in, treat this as a genuinely hard card to find in gem mint condition.

Where to pull it

This is where our data actually earns its keep. PackSpy has tracked Vaporeon ex being pulled 200 or more times across collector-crypt, courtyard, tilt-rips and mnstr, with the biggest recorded pull landing at $625. It's shown up in packs like Water Pack, Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack, Pokémon Starter Pack, Grail Pokémon Gacha Pack and Pokémon Ultra (Spicy), so if you're chasing this one live, those are the pack types where it's actually surfaced. Worth saying plainly though: opening packs is a gamble, and most rips don't come close to covering what you paid, so treat any pull as a bonus rather than a plan.

Questions people ask

How much is Vaporeon ex worth?

A raw, ungraded Vaporeon ex #149 currently sits at $279. Once graded, a Grade 9 comes in at $274, while a PSA 10 gem mint copy is worth $1,075, so grading can meaningfully change the value if the card is sharp enough.

Is Vaporeon ex worth grading?

It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for about 3.9x the raw price. But gem mint copies of special illustration rares are genuinely hard to hit, and grading costs and time are real, so only send in copies that look clean under close inspection.

What set is Vaporeon ex from?

Vaporeon ex #149 comes from Prismatic Evolutions, released in 2025. It's a special illustration rare illustrated by Narano, one of the standout chase cards in the set.