Umbreon VMAX (Alternate Art Secret) lost about $97.62 in a week, going from $2,324.37 to $2,226.75 as of October 23, 2026.
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Market Brief
- Asset: English Holofoil Umbreon VMAX (Alternate Art Secret), #215/203, Evolving Skies.
- Observed market: Market price of $2,226.75 as of October 23, 2026.
- What changed: Down about $97.62 over the past week.
- Possible drivers: A normal pullback after a price that held above $2,300, on a card powered by Umbreon’s fan-favorite status and the set’s best-known art.
Market Snapshot
Few cards carry a set the way this one carries Evolving Skies. Umbreon is a fan favorite, the alternate art is the one people picture first, and Umbreon VMAX (Alternate Art Secret) is the printing collectors keep coming back to. A single week of give-back doesn’t change that status.
Data checked: October 23, 2026
| Item | Umbreon VMAX (Alternate Art Secret) #215/203, English Holofoil, Evolving Skies |
| Measure | Market price |
| Then | $2,324.37 (about October 16, 2026) |
| Now | $2,226.75 (October 23, 2026) |
| Change | -$97.62 (about -4%) |
What We’re Watching
The big question is whether this is a breather or the start of a longer slide. A dip this size on a card this expensive looks more like a pause than a break. The set’s sealed market has been moving too, as we covered in our look at Evolving Skies booster box prices.
- Supply: Watch how many copies are listed. If listings thin out at the current level, the dip was a pause; a flood of new asks would point to sellers wanting out.
- Demand: Buyers need to keep closing sales near the current level. A run of completed sales well below it would show the price is still sliding.
- Catalysts: No date is on the calendar. News that would move it is a reprint of Evolving Skies content or fresh Eeveelution attention from a new release.
- Risk factors: A few lower sales can drag the market price down quickly on a card that trades this rarely, and that is the most likely way the slide continues.
FoilWire Market Read
This looks like a wobble, not a turning point. A card this iconic rarely loses its footing over one soft week, and the set’s sealed side runs through Evolving Skies Booster Box for anyone who wants to follow Evolving Skies beyond the singles. The signal that matters is whether sales keep landing near today’s level, because if they do, the Umbreon still sets the tone for the whole set.
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Market Note
Market data represents a snapshot of the sources reviewed for this article and may not reflect every private sale, marketplace, geographic region, condition, grade, fee, shipping cost, tax, or transaction occurring in the broader collectible market. Asking prices are not completed sales, individual transactions may be outliers, and limited sales volume can make collectible pricing especially difficult to interpret.
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