
If you don’t have a high budget for cards, and most people don’t, you don’t really have any appealing options. So, for the average collector, what happens if you want to add these cards to your collection right now? You can gamble on Evolving Skies packs, which are way more expensive than any other Sword and Shield pack, or you can buy them individually from card shops or other sellers. Even its eleventh most expensive card is sitting above $50 according to TCGPlayer.

Sets like Evolving Skies have over doubled in price due to the strength of its alternate artworks, with the top card Umbreon VMAX reaching ridiculous heights on the market.


Accessibility has often been tough when it comes to the best Pokemon cards, and with the introduction of alternate artworks in the 8th generation it has become even more difficult to obtain all the illustrations you want.
