Flareon has the lowest ceiling of any form in the Eevee family. Twenty-four cards exist in the Chinese-only sets, twenty-one of them priced, and not one of those twenty-one reaches $90.
What makes it different from the two evolutions beside it is what sits near the top. Second place is not a main-set V card or a Gem Pack foil but a Flareon ex from Grand Terastal Gathering — the only card in the whole family’s three original evolutions where a higher-tier rarity prints inside the ten. It is also the only card in this ranking with no grade 9 record at all, which makes it the one price on the list that rests on raw and PSA 10 sales alone.
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 — CBB2C, CS4aC, 151C, 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 Flareon cards exist across these sets and twenty-one of them have a PSA 10 price on record. The three that do not are recent enough that graded copies have not changed hands yet, and a card with no price cannot be ranked. One is the Master Ball version of the Collect 151 printing; the other two are Grand Terastal Gathering prints.
- 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 Flareon 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. Flareon #402 — Gem Pack Vol. 2 (CBB2C) — $39
Raw $1.99 · grade 9 $12.95
The base foil of the Flareon group, and the tenth card here at $39. Nineteen times its raw price in a PSA 10 holder. It is the lowest-numbered Flareon card in the language.
9. Flareon [Stars] #406 — Gem Pack Vol. 2 (CBB2C) — $39
Raw $1.99 · grade 9 $5.50
A Stars foil, one cent above the card below it in a PSA 10 holder. Note its grade 9 record at $5.50, less than three times its own raw price — the middle grade on this card carries almost none of the premium, and nearly the whole step sits in the top grade.
8. Flareon V #413 — Gem Pack Vol. 2 (CBB2C) — $39
Raw $2.01 · grade 9 $12.96
The only V-tier card in the Vol. 2 group. Fourteen Flareon cards come out of that volume, and six of them sit inside this top ten within three dollars of one another.
7. Flareon [Master Ball] #410 — Gem Pack Vol. 2 (CBB2C) — $40
Raw $2.18 · grade 9 $13.27
The Master Ball foil, and the last card here under $40. It is the top of the ordinary Vol. 2 ladder; the two stamped foils above it are the last rungs before the main-set cards begin.
6. Flareon [Stamped] #412 — Gem Pack Vol. 2 (CBB2C) — $42
Raw $2.67 · grade 9 $10.50
The higher-numbered of the two stamped foils in Vol. 2 — and the lower-priced one by forty-one cents. Two treatments from the same group, four dollars apart in the ranking while their raw prices differ by two cents.
5. Flareon [Stamped] #411 — Gem Pack Vol. 2 (CBB2C) — $42
Raw $2.69 · grade 9 $14.57
The higher-priced of the stamped pair, and the highest card in the ranking that comes from Gem Pack Vol. 2. Everything above it is a main-set or a higher-tier print.
4. Flareon V #20 — CS4aC — $43
Raw $3.34 · grade 9 $15.60
The lower of the two CS4aC V cards, and the first card here above $42. CS4aC prints Flareon at two quality levels — V and VMAX — and both tiers appear in this ranking, with one V and one VMAX above the Gem Pack run.
3. Flareon VMAX #21 — CS4aC — $46
Raw $4.00 · grade 9 $12.61
The only VMAX card in this top ten, at $46. The three cards above it are the three most valuable Flareon printings in the language, and they come from three different products.
2. Flareon ex #223 — Grand Terastal Gathering (CSV9.5C) — $68
Raw $31.30 · grade 9 record not available
The one ex-tier Flareon in the Chinese-only sets, and the only card in this ranking with no grade 9 figure on record. Its raw price of $31.30 is the second highest in the character, which means more than half of its $68 sits in the ungraded card. Of the three original evolutions, this is the only one where a higher-tier rarity reaches the top three — Jolteon and Vaporeon are topped entirely by V and VMAX printings.
1. Flareon V #137 — CS4aC — $89
Raw $49.35 · grade 9 $28.00
The most valuable Flareon in the Chinese-only sets, and the lowest ceiling in the Eevee family — the next lowest form tops out at $94. Raw copies are tracked above grade 9, at $49.35 against $28.00, and the step from raw to PSA 10 is only 1.8 times, the narrowest at the top of any ranking we have published. It holds 10.6% of the character’s total, and it is the only Flareon card above $68.
What the ranking shows
Flareon is the only character in the family whose two most valuable cards are both expensive before grading. Seventeen of the twenty-one priced cards sit between $30 and $60, and the top two hold 18.6% of the total between them.
| Band | Cards | Combined PSA 10 value | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| $60 – $100 — ranked 1 to 2 | 2 | $157 | 18.6% |
| $30 – $60 — ranked 3 to 19 | 17 | $649 | 77.0% |
| Under $30 — ranked 20 to 21 | 2 | $37 | 4.4% |
| Every priced Flareon card | 21 | $843 | 100% |
Two further patterns run across the whole group.
The top two are the two most expensive raw cards, and the ranking below them is built on grading. Cards one and two are tracked raw at $49.35 and $31.30; their raw prices are higher than their graded ones would suggest and their multiples in a holder are the two lowest in this list, at 1.8 and 2.2 times. Every card from number three down is a three-dollar raw foil or a low-tier main-set print multiplying sixteen to twenty times. The ranking changes mechanism completely after the second card.
Flareon’s value is spread more evenly across products than either of the evolutions beside it. Gem Pack Vol. 2 contributes fourteen of the twenty-four cards and $505 of the $843 total, or 59.9% — the lowest Gem Pack share of the three original evolutions. CS4aC adds four cards and $209, and the Grand Terastal Gathering ex at number two is the only card on this list from a third product. The volume-by-volume guide sets out the Gem Pack structure.
Where Flareon is printed
| Product | Set code | Flareon cards |
|---|---|---|
| Gem Pack Vol. 2 | CBB2C | 14 |
| CS4aC | CS4aC | 4 |
| Collect 151 | 151C | 3 |
| Grand Terastal Gathering | CSV9.5C | 3 |
| Total | 24 |
That table is worth reading beside the same table for the later evolutions. Flareon, Jolteon and Vaporeon are the three original evolutions, and they are the only forms in the family that appear in Collect 151 — a set built around the first 151 Pokémon. None of Umbreon, Espeon, Leafeon, Glaceon or Sylveon appears in it, because none of them is a first-generation Pokémon. The three originals are also the only forms whose print structure is identical to one another: twenty-four cards each, split fourteen, four, three and three across the same four products.
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 the V card at the top — so a single Flareon group contributes fourteen separate cards to that total while only one of them is a chase.
If you want one card
- One card, no budget limit: Flareon V from CS4aC at #137, at $89. It is the highest tracked Flareon in the language, and the card carries most of that price raw rather than in a holder.
- One card with the widest gap to close: the Vol. 2 Master Ball foil, CBB2C 410, at $40. At $2.18 raw it is the least expensive way into a graded Flareon that is still inside the top ten.
- The one higher-tier card: Flareon ex from Grand Terastal Gathering at #223. It is the only ex-tier Flareon in the Chinese-only sets and the only one of the three original evolutions where a card of that tier reaches the top three.
Frequently asked questions
Which Flareon card is the most valuable in Simplified Chinese?
Flareon V from CS4aC — #137 — carries the highest tracked PSA 10 value among Flareon cards in Chinese-only numbered sets, at $89. It is the only Flareon card in the language above $68. 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. Flareon 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.
Why does Flareon have the lowest ceiling in the Eevee family?
Because none of the products that print it gives it a card at the top of their structure. Flareon appears in Collect 151 as an ordinary numbered card, in Gem Pack Vol. 2 as one more group alongside the other evolutions, and in CS4aC as a V and a VMAX. It has no art rare, no special art rare and no secret rare in the Chinese-only sets; its highest-tier card is the ex from Grand Terastal Gathering at #223, tracked at $68. By comparison, Umbreon’s top card is a VMAX from CS4aC tracked at $1,341.
Is a PSA 10 worth the premium over a raw card?
On the lower part of this list, clearly yes: the Gem Pack foils start raw at two dollars and trade for $39 to $42 graded, a multiple of about twenty. At the top it narrows sharply — the card at number one multiplies 1.8 times and the ex at number two multiplies 2.2 times, because both carry high raw prices already. Grading outcomes are never certain, and nothing here is a prediction about what any individual card will grade at.
How does Flareon compare with the rest of the Eevee family?
Flareon’s combined $843 places it ninth of the nine forms on both counts — the lowest total and the lowest ceiling, at $89. Vaporeon sits just above it at $813 total but $94 at the top, and Jolteon above that at $188. All three original evolutions occupy the bottom of the family ranking, below Glaceon at $1,109 and far below Umbreon at $5,382.
Other cards in the family
Flareon is one of nine evolution forms, and each has its own ranking on this site: Eevee, Umbreon, Sylveon, Espeon, Leafeon and Glaceon are published, along with Jolteon and Vaporeon. 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 Gem Pack Vol. 2 (CBB2C), CS4aC, Collect 151 (151C) and Grand Terastal Gathering (CSV9.5C). PSA 10 values retrieved 25 September 2026.
- PriceCharting — individual card pages for Flareon V #137, #20 and Flareon VMAX #21 (CS4aC); Flareon ex #223 (Grand Terastal Gathering); Flareon [Stamped] #411, #412, Flareon [Master Ball] #410, Flareon V #413, Flareon [Stars] #406 and Flareon #402 (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.