Portal TCG · Scarlet & Violet · English
Scarlet & Violet is done. The Mega Evolution era took over in late 2025, and a year on, the generation's prices have settled enough to show the real pecking order. So we ranked the ten most valuable English Scarlet & Violet cards by current UK market price, with the PSA 10 alongside.
The surprise is where the value ended up. It is not the early icons that lead, it is the special sets of the generation's final year, Prismatic Evolutions, Black Bolt, White Flare and Destined Rivals, that own almost the entire top ten. Five sets, and no single one runs away with it, but Black Bolt and White Flare place five cards between them.
Market price first, PSA 10 alongside, from Cynthia's Garchomp at £156 all the way up to an Umbreon ex that sits in a league of its own.
All card prices from Pulse TCG, captured 21 September 2026. Track your own collection's value with Pulse, first month of Investor or Vendor tier free with code PORTAL10.
10. Cynthia's Garchomp ex, Special Illustration Rare
Destined Rivals · #232 · Special Illustration Rare
Market
£156.17MarketPSA 10
£343.01Pulse PSA 10The champion's ace closes out the ten. Destined Rivals paired its Pokemon with famous trainers, and Cynthia's Garchomp ex is the pick of the bunch at £156 raw and £343 gem-mint. It edges out a wall of Prismatic eeveelutions just behind it, a sign of how deep the demand for the trainer-branded cards runs.
9. Zekrom ex, Special Illustration Rare
Black Bolt · #166 · Special Illustration Rare
Market
£171.45MarketPSA 10
£372.81Pulse PSA 10Zekrom again, and Black Bolt's third card in the ten. This is the special illustration rare version, the more affordable way into the set's chase at £171 raw, with a PSA 10 that doubles it to £372. When one set places three cards on a generation-wide list, that set is the story.
8. Pikachu ex, Special Illustration Rare
Surging Sparks · #238 · Special Illustration Rare
Market
£193.01MarketPSA 10
£662.23Pulse PSA 10The mascot makes the list. Surging Sparks gave Pikachu ex a gorgeous special illustration and it became the set's runaway chase, holding £193 raw with a PSA 10 that clears £662. The one card here that needs no explanation to a non-collector, and the only entry from Surging Sparks.
7. Sylveon ex, Special Illustration Rare
Prismatic Evolutions · #156 · Special Illustration Rare
Market
£253.11MarketPSA 10
£1133.49Pulse PSA 10The second Prismatic Evolutions eeveelution on the list, and the one plenty rate as the prettiest in the set after Umbreon. Sylveon ex holds £253 raw, but the gem-mint premium is enormous: a PSA 10 clears £1,133, more than four times over. Prismatic's eeveelution special arts are a set within a set.
6. Reshiram ex, Black White Rare
White Flare · #173 · Black White Rare
Market
£294.11MarketPSA 10
£927.18Pulse PSA 10Zekrom's opposite number, and White Flare's answer to Black Bolt's dragon. The Reshiram ex Black White Rare mirrors it almost exactly, just under £294 raw and £927 gem-mint. The two legendary dragons anchoring their own twin sets is the neatest bit of symmetry on the whole list.
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5. Zekrom ex, Black White Rare
Black Bolt · #172 · Black White Rare
Market
£304.95MarketPSA 10
£1043.09Pulse PSA 10Black Bolt's namesake legendary. The Zekrom ex Black White Rare is the set's second big hitter behind Victini, holding over £304 raw and clearing £1,000 in a gem-mint slab. Between this, Victini and its own SIR further down, Black Bolt is the most represented set on the list.
4. Victini, Black White Rare
White Flare · #172 · Black White Rare
Market
£316.84MarketPSA 10
£1149.99Pulse PSA 10Victini again, this time from White Flare, Black Bolt's twin set. It sits just behind its sibling on raw price but actually clears MORE gem-mint, £1,150 in a PSA 10. Two Victinis in the top four, from two different sets, tells you exactly how hot these Black White Rares run.
3. Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex, Special Illustration Rare
Destined Rivals · #231 · Special Illustration Rare
Market
£369.23MarketPSA 10
£903.42Pulse PSA 10Destined Rivals leaned into the villain arc, and its Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex special illustration became the set's headline chase. At over £369 raw and £903 gem-mint, it is the most valuable trainer-branded Pokemon of the generation, and the card that carried the whole Team Rocket subset.
2. Victini, Black White Rare
Black Bolt · #171 · Black White Rare
Market
£401.97MarketPSA 10
£1020.00Pulse PSA 10The surprise of the whole list. Black Bolt's Victini is a Black White Rare, the special full-art chase that tops the set, and demand has pushed it past £400 raw with a PSA 10 over £1,000. Proof that the generation's final-year special sets, not its early icons, are where the money went.
1. Umbreon ex, Special Illustration Rare
Prismatic Evolutions · #161 · Special Illustration Rare
Market
£804.46MarketPSA 10
£4599.98Pulse PSA 10The grail of the entire generation, and it is not close. The moonlit Umbreon ex special illustration from Prismatic Evolutions clears £800 raw and an eye-watering £4,600 in a gem-mint slab. It is the card that defined the set, the one everyone wanted, and a year on it still towers over everything else Scarlet & Violet produced.
One year on, the shape is clear: Umbreon ex is the generation's undisputed grail, and the 2025 special sets carry everything behind it. The early 2023 sets that launched Scarlet & Violet have quietly been overtaken by its final wave of chase-heavy releases.
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