Espeon has one card above $200 and nineteen below $100. Twenty-four cards exist in the Chinese-only sets, twenty-two of them priced, and the gap between the top of this list and the tenth place on it is more than six times over.
The character’s Chinese catalogue is unusually bottom-heavy. The number one is a VMAX from CS4aC, the number two is an ex from the newest set in the line, and everything from fourth place down sits below $90. This is the ranked ten, with the PSA 10 value of each and what a raw copy costs beside it.
How this list was built
Three rules, applied in this order.
- The card has to sit in a Chinese-only set. Every card below carries a set code ending in C — CS4aC, CBB2C, CSM2bC, CSV9.5C. That trailing letter marks a Simplified Chinese print run, and it is the dependable way to tell a Chinese-only card from a card that merely happens to be printed in Chinese. Reading a Chinese set code from end to end covers the whole system.
- The card has to have a tracked PSA 10 value. Twenty-four Espeon cards exist across these sets and twenty-two of them have a PSA 10 price on record. The two that do not are recent enough that graded copies have not changed hands yet, and a card with no price cannot be ranked.
- The card has to be a Pokémon card. Sealed product, trainer cards and energy are out of scope.
One exclusion applies here as it does to every character ranking we publish. Promo printings of Espeon exist in Chinese and they are not on this list. Promo numbering is shared across the Chinese branches — the same promo number appears in Traditional Chinese product as well — so a promo number on its own cannot establish which branch a card came from. Everything below sits inside a numbered set whose code ends in C, which is unambiguous.
The ten, ranked
10. Espeon [Rotary] #508 — Gem Pack Vol. 2 (CBB2C) — $39
Raw $1.99 · grade 9 $12.95
A Rotary foil from Gem Pack Vol. 2, and the lowest of the four Vol. 2 printings in this top ten. Nineteen times its raw price in a PSA 10 holder — on a two-dollar card, the holder is essentially the whole asset.
9. Espeon [Stars] #505 — Gem Pack Vol. 2 (CBB2C) — $39
Raw $2.03 · grade 9 $13.11
Forty-seven cents separate this card from the Rotary foil below it, which is the narrowest gap anywhere in this top ten. Two different treatments from the same group, effectively the same price in a holder.
8. Espeon V #513 — Gem Pack Vol. 2 (CBB2C) — $41
Raw $2.48 · grade 9 $13.69
The lower of two Espeon V cards in the Vol. 2 group. Sixteen and a half times its raw price graded, and the first card on this list where the V tier appears at all.
7. Espeon V #58 — CS4aC #58 — $42
Raw $1.25 · grade 9 $12.06
The lowest raw price in this top ten by a wide margin: a dollar and a quarter ungraded against $42 in a PSA 10 holder, thirty-three times over. It is one of two Espeon V printings in CS4aC, and the weaker of the two.
6. Espeon VMAX #514 — Gem Pack Vol. 2 (CBB2C) — $50
Raw $6.24 · grade 9 $15.96
The top of the Vol. 2 ladder below the art rare, and the highest Gem Pack card in this top ten. Espeon’s Vol. 2 group prints fourteen cards in total, and this is the fourth-highest of them by tracked value.
5. Espeon & Deoxys GX — CSM2bC #166 — $77
Raw $34.30 · grade 9 $34.99
The weaker of two Espeon and Deoxys tag team printings in CSM2bC. Raw and grade 9 sit within seventy cents of each other at $34.30 and $34.99, so the whole premium on this card is the single step from a grade 9 to a PSA 10.
4. Espeon & Deoxys GX — CSM2bC #35 — $87
Raw $13.99 · grade 9 $28.17
The stronger of the two tag team printings, at $87 against $77. It is also the last card in this top ten above $80 — everything below it sits between $39 and $50, a drop of nearly half in a single step.
3. Espeon V #146 — CS4aC — $131
Raw $67.11 · grade 9 $71.25
The higher of the two Espeon V cards in CS4aC, at three times the price of #58. Raw and grade 9 sit four dollars apart here, which means the whole value of this card rests on the top grade — a PSA 10 is worth $60 more than a grade 9.
2. Espeon ex — Grand Terastal Gathering (CSV9.5C) #232 — $153
Raw $34.95 · grade 9 — no record
The newest card in this top ten, and the only Espeon ex in the language. With no grade 9 record at all, it is also the one card here whose mid-grade market cannot be read from the data — the raw and PSA 10 figures are the only two reference points that exist.
1. Espeon VMAX — CS4aC #169 — $247
Raw $136.00 · grade 9 $125.00
The most valuable Espeon in the Chinese-only sets, and the only card of the twenty-two above $200. It holds 18.8% of the value of every priced Espeon card on its own. Note the raw figure against grade 9: raw copies are tracked above the grade 9 price here, at $136.00 against $125.00, which happens where a particular grade band has thin records rather than because the card is worth less in a holder.
What the ranking shows
Espeon’s distribution has a single tail and a very wide base. Nineteen of the twenty-two priced cards sit under $100, and the top card is worth six times the card in tenth place.
| Band | Cards | Combined PSA 10 value | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| $200 and above — ranked 1 | 1 | $247 | 18.8% |
| $100 – $200 — ranked 2 to 3 | 2 | $285 | 21.7% |
| $40 – $100 — ranked 4 to 8 | 5 | $297 | 22.6% |
| Under $40 — ranked 9 to 22 | 14 | $483 | 36.8% |
| Every priced Espeon card | 22 | $1,311 | 100% |
Two further patterns run across the whole group.
Every card here is worth more in a PSA 10 than raw or in a grade 9. That holds across all twenty-two priced Espeon cards without exception. The median raw-to-PSA-10 multiple is 13.41 and the median grade-9-to-PSA-10 multiple is 2.98 — the second figure is identical across every character we have measured, because it reflects the shape of the grade curve rather than anything specific to Espeon.
Gem Pack Vol. 2 supplies the count, CS4aC supplies the money. Vol. 2 contributes fourteen of the twenty-four Espeon cards and $516 of the total; CS4aC contributes five cards and $477 — nearly the same value from a third of the cards. The volume-by-volume guide sets out the Gem Pack structure.
Where Espeon is printed
| Product | Set code | Espeon cards |
|---|---|---|
| Gem Pack Vol. 2 | CBB2C | 14 |
| CS4aC | CS4aC | 5 |
| CSM2bC subset | CSM2bC | 3 |
| Grand Terastal Gathering | CSV9.5C | 2 |
| Total | 24 |
The counts are cards, not artworks. Gem Pack prints each Pokémon in a group as a ladder of treatments — a Poké Ball foil, a Master Ball foil, a stars pattern, a rotary pattern, a stamped version, and so on, up to the art rare at the top — so a single Espeon group can contribute fourteen separate cards to that total while only one of them is a chase.
If you want one card
- One card, no budget limit: Espeon VMAX from CS4aC, #169, at $247. It is the only Espeon in the language above $200, and it is the strongest card the character has in any Chinese set.
- One card with room to move: the Espeon ex from Grand Terastal Gathering, #232, at $153. It is the newest Espeon card printed and the only ex the character has, which makes it the entry with the least settled price history.
- The whole character in one product: a copy of Gem Pack Vol. 2. Fourteen of Espeon’s twenty-four Chinese cards come from that one volume, more than half the character in a single purchase.
Frequently asked questions
Which Espeon card is the most valuable in Simplified Chinese?
Espeon VMAX from CS4aC — #169 — carries the highest tracked PSA 10 value among Espeon cards in Chinese-only numbered sets, at $247. It is the only Espeon card in the language above $200. Chinese promo printings sit outside that comparison, because their numbering is shared between the Chinese branches.
Are these cards Simplified Chinese exclusives?
No. Every card on this list is printed under a Chinese-only set code, but the Pokémon and the card design also appeared in other languages. “Chinese-only” describes the print run, not the artwork. Espeon is not among the four commissioned Collect 151 art rares — those four are Pikachu — so nothing in this ranking is exclusive to the Chinese line.
Is a PSA 10 worth the premium over a raw card?
On this list, every card is worth more in a PSA 10 than raw or in a grade 9, and the median raw-to-PSA-10 multiple across the twenty-two priced Espeon cards is 13.41. Grading outcomes are never certain, and nothing here is a prediction about what any individual card will grade at.
Why does Espeon have so many cheap cards?
Because fourteen of Espeon’s twenty-four Chinese cards come from a single Gem Pack volume, and Gem Pack prints each Pokémon in a group as a ladder of foils rather than a single card. Most rungs of that ladder trade between $1 and $3 raw, which pulls the character’s median value down even though its top card is a $247 VMAX.
How does Espeon compare with the rest of the Eevee family?
Espeon’s combined $1,311 is the third lowest of the six forms we have ranked, above only Glaceon and Eevee. Like Eevee it has no runaway card, but unlike Eevee it has a genuine top end: its first place is worth six times its tenth, where Eevee’s is worth four.
Other cards in the family
Espeon is one of nine evolution forms, and each has its own ranking on this site: Eevee, Umbreon, Sylveon, Leafeon and Glaceon are published, and the rest of the family follows. For characters outside the Eevee line, Pikachu, Charizard and Psyduck are ranked separately. If you are looking at the whole market rather than one character, the ten most popular Chinese-exclusive cards ranks across Pokémon, and the price ladder sorts the same catalogue into bands.
Sources
Sources and further reading
- PriceCharting — Pokémon Chinese console listings, including CS4aC, Gem Pack Vol. 2 (CBB2C), CSM2bC and Grand Terastal Gathering (CSV9.5C). PSA 10 values retrieved 25 September 2026.
- PriceCharting — individual card pages for Espeon VMAX #169 and Espeon V #58, #146 (CS4aC); Espeon ex #232 (CSV9.5C); Espeon & Deoxys GX #35, #166 (CSM2bC); Espeon V #513, Espeon VMAX #514, Espeon [Stars] #505 and Espeon [Rotary] #508 (Gem Pack Vol. 2).
- CardSpicy — Gem Pack Vol. 1 to 6: what is in each volume, on group and treatment structure.
- CardSpicy — How to read a Simplified Chinese Pokémon set code, on the trailing C and the secret-rare numbering convention.
Prices quoted are secondary-market observations at the dates cited and move quickly; nothing here is a valuation or an investment recommendation. Our own asking prices for the cards we hold are on each product page.