It’s always exciting to take a look at Japanese releases for the Pokémon Trading Card Game, because their sets give us a glimpse at what’s coming in the next few months for fans of English sets. The recently released Terastal Festival set is no different, with cards based around the Eeveelutions, as well as plenty of reprints of popular cards from 2024, which will be appearing in the 2025 English set, Prismatic Evolutions. What cards from the set are players most keen to get their hands on though? Let’s find out, as we check out the most wanted cards from the Pokémon Terastal Festival set!
10. Eevee ex – Special Art Rare, 224/187
Given that we’ve already mentioned the fact that Terastal Festival contains all of the Eeveelution cards, it’ll be no surprise that this list is filled with versions of Eevee and the various different creatures they can evolve into.
This particular Eevee card is a Secret Rare, which means that it’s an alternate art variant of another card in the Terastal Festival set, and the card number goes above the main set’s numbering (in this case, it’s card number 224 of 187). You can check out our full list of Secret Rare cards from Terastal Festival for more details.
So, with this card being a Special Art Rare, it has a gorgeous, vibrantly colorful illustration, a rainbow border (thanks to it being a Stellar Pokémon) and a textured foil finish too. In terms of in-game mechanics, Eevee ex has an ability named Rainbow DNA, allowing it to evolve into any Pokémon ex that evolves from Eevee ex on its turn.
Along with this, its attack, which requires a combination of Energy cards (one Fire, one Water, and one Lightning in this case), to attack the opponent’s Active Pokémon for 200 points of damage! So it’s clear that this Eevee ex is, despite its cute looks, a force to be reckoned with!
9. Flareon ex – Special Art Rare, 202/187
Next up, we have the first of the evolved forms of Eevee ex, with the Fire type Flareon ex. It’s another Special Art Rare; as a Stellar Pokémon, it also shows Flareon wearing the Stellar Crown.
Flareon ex has two attacks; the first, which costs one Fire and one Colorless Energy, deals 130 damage. It also allows you to search your deck for up to two Basic Energy cards and attach them to one of your Pokémon (it doesn’t have to be Flareon), which of course massively helps to power up the Stellar attack!
In Flareon ex’s case, the Stellar attack requires one Fire, one Water, and one Lightning Energy to use, dealing an astonishing 280 damage; do note, however, that during Flareon ex’s next turn after using this attack, it can’t attack at all (not even with its non-Stellar attack).
8. Leafeon ex – Special Art Rare, 200/187
The Grass type Eeveelution, Leafeon ex, is the next Pokémon on the most wanted Terastal Festival cards list. Yet again, it’s a card which demonstrates exactly why fans are excited about this set, and its Eeveelutions; though yes, we know art is subjective, we’re almost certain you’ll agree that this is a genuinely beautiful Pokémon card.
It’s also pretty powerful, with its standard attack (costing one Grass and one Colorless Energy to use) deals 60 damage for each Energy attached to all of your opponent’s Pokémon, which can do some serious damage if timed well.
Its Stellar attack (which costs one Grass, one Fire, and one Water) deals 230 damage to your opponent’s Active Pokémon and heals 100 damage from each of your Benched Pokémon. So Leafeon is a pretty impressive Pokémon card, and definitely earns its place in this list!
7. Espeon ex – Special Art Rare, 211/187
Psychic type Eeveelution, Espeon ex, is at the seventh spot in our list. Being another Stellar Pokémon, it goes without saying that it looks amazing, but of course looks aren’t everything.
For the cost of one Psychic and two Colorless Energy, Espeon can deal 160 points of damage to the opponent’s Active Pokémon, as well as forcing your opponent to discard a card at random from their hand.
However, it’s the Stellar attack which really sets this Espeon apart; for the cost of one Grass, one Psychic, and one Darkness Energy, you can devolve every evolved Pokémon your opponent has in play. This is done by shuffling the highest Stage Evolution card on each one back into your opponent’s deck; though this doesn’t deal any damage, disrupting your opponent’s plans in this way should be very effective indeed.
6. Vaporeon ex – Special Art Rare, 205/187
It’s good to see Vaporeon ex on this list; as a big fan of Water type Pokémon myself (way back in the ’90s, on the original Pokémon game on the Game Boy, the first Pokémon I ever had was Squirtle), it’s always been my favorite Eeveelution.
Despite its position at roughly the halfway point on this list, it’s also my personal favorite of the Terastal Festival Eeveelution cards. So let’s look at what Vaporeon ex can do!
The first attack, for the cost of one Water and one Colorless Energy, deals 60 damage to each of your opponent’s Pokémon ex in play. Considering how many Pokémon ex you’ll see in decks at the moment, this could end up being quite the game changer.
Its Stellar attack, which costs one Fire, one Water, and one Lightning Energy, deals an excellent 280 damage, but there is a cost: Vaporeon ex can’t attack on their next turn, following the turn in which they used this attack.
When these cards appear in English in the Prismatic Evolutions set, I know which card I’ll be most keen to get my hands on!
5. Pikachu ex – Ultra Rare, 236/187
Just to prove that Terastal Festival isn’t all about the Eeveelutions, here’s a card that fans are desperate to get their hands on, and which doesn’t feature anything related to Eevee! It does, however, feature the de facto mascot of Pokémon: Pikachu!
This Pikachu ex card is an Ultra Rare (check out our guide to Pokémon card rarities for more information), so it’s a fully gold, textured foil card with striking, almost minimalistic art.
So, aesthetics aside, what does this Pikachu ex card actually do in-game? This is a reprint of the Pikachu ex from Japanese set Supercharged Breaker and its English equivalent, Surging Sparks. It’s so good, in fact, that it’s the card we think is the best overall from Surging Sparks!
This card’s ability, Resolute Heart, stops Pikachu ex from being knocked out by a single attack if it has full health before damage is applied. Instead, it drops down to 10 HP rather than zero, giving it another turn to retaliate, heal, or be swapped out of the Active Spot.
Pikachu ex’s single attack deals 300 damage, but does have a major drawback: it costs one Grass, one Lightning, and one Metal Energy to use, but you also have to discard three Energy cards from Pikachu ex when it’s used. Despite this, we still believe that this is one of the best cards from the last few Pokémon sets, and this gold variant is likely to be equally sought after when Prismatic Evolutions is released!
4. Glaceon ex – Special Art Rare, 206/187
In the Pokémon video games, Glaceon is an Ice type Pokémon, but with the understandable reduction of types in the Pokémon TCG, it becomes a Water type. Its sparkly, icy design makes Glaceon a perfect fit for a textured foil Pokémon card, and it looks spectacular on this Special Art Rare variant.
Glaceon ex has two attacks. The first costs one Water and one Colorless Energy, deals 110 damage and also 30 damage to one of your opponent’s Benched Pokémon. The second is a Stellar attack, given that it uses three different Energy types: one Grass, one Water, and one Darkness Energy.
This Stellar attack is where Glaceon ex really excels, as it allows you to Knock Out one of your opponent’s Pokémon which has exactly six damage counters (that’s 60 HP of damage) on it. So if you’re clever with using the attack which deals 30 damage to a Benched Pokémon, you can whittle down an Active Pokémon while also preparing a Benched Pokémon for an instant KO!
3. Sylveon ex – Special Art Rare, 212/187
Psychic type Eeveelution, Sylveon ex, is next on the list, with another Stellar Pokémon card that also happens to be a Special Art Rare.
Not only does its first, standard attack deal 160 damage (for the cost of one Psychic and two Colorless Energy), but it also reduces incoming damage from the defending Pokémon on your opponent’s next turn – which is excellent.
Then we have the Stellar Pokémon attack, which costs one Water, one Lightning, and one Psychic Energy, which is sure to really frustrate your opponent. That’s because, rather than dealing damage, instead you can choose two of your opponent’s Benched Pokémon to be shuffled, along with any attached cards, back into their deck! It can’t be used on the following turn, but it’s still a pretty powerful and interesting attack that will seriously derail your opponent’s plans!
2. Jolteon ex – Special Art Rare, 209/187
Lightning type Jolteon ex is up next, and we’re nearing the end of our list, with almost all of the Eeveelutions covered!
With Jolteon ex’s standard attack you can deal 60 damage, plus a further 90 damage per card, when you discard up to two Basic Energy cards from any of your Benched Pokémon.
Of course, being a Stellar Pokémon, Jolteon ex has a multi-Energy attack too; costing one Fire, one Water, and one Lightning Energy, Jolteon ex can deal 280 damage, but can’t attack at all during its next turn.
1. Umbreon ex – Special Art Rare, 217/187
In the top spot of the most wanted Terastal Festival cards is this amazing Umbreon ex Special Art Rare. It should come as no surprise to most Pokémon fans that Umbreon takes the number one position here, given how much we’ve seen other Umbreon cards rise in value over the last few years!
So, it’s clear that this is a card which is highly sought after both for its aesthetics and also just the general popularity of the Darkness type Umbreon. What can it do, in terms of its abilities, though?
Well, its Darkness type attack, which costs one Darkness Energy and two Colorless, deals 160 damage and makes the Defending Pokémon Confused (check out our guide to Status Conditions in Pokémon for more details). Then we have the Stellar attack, which (and we don’t say this lightly) is phenomenal. For the cost of one Lightning, one Psychic, and one Darkness Energy (as well as discarding all Energy from Umbreon ex), you can take a Prize card without needing to Knock Out an opposing Pokémon.
That seems pretty powerful, and gives another solid reason why this Umbreon ex card is the most sought after card in the Terastal Festival set. We’re sure to see this one being very popular in Prismatic Evolutions too!
So there you have it; the list of the ten most wanted cards in Terastal Festival. Check out our lists of cards in other Japanese sets, such as Paradise Dragona and Stellar Miracle. If you haven’t yet taken the plunge with Pokémon as a game, check out our how to play guide, as well as our guide to the best beginner sets for the most popular trading card games!
