Prismatic Evolutions

Sylveon PRE 40/131

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Sylveon PRE 40

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

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What you might be wondering about this card

How can you tell your card is this one?
Look at the bottom of your card: you should read PRE 40/131 there. Its illustration is signed MINAMINAMI Take.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the Prismatic Evolutions set, released here on 17 January 2025.

When it came out

Prismatic Evolutions landed here on 17 January 2025.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 6 December 2024, under the code SV8a. That is 42 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP
120
Type
Psychic
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
H
Number
40/131
Set
Prismatic EvolutionsPRESet guide
Illustrated by
MINAMINAMI Take

Its Ability

SafeguardRune Protect

Prevent all damage done to this Pokémon by attacks from your opponent's Pokémon ex.Évitez tous les dégâts infligés à ce Pokémon par les attaques des Pokémon-ex de votre adversaire.

Its attacks

Magical ShotCoup Magique

100

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

  1. A strength

    Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.

  2. A strength

    It has an Ability, Safeguard. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  3. A strength

    Sylveon runs it in 22 of the 22 lists we have read, seen across 22 different tournaments.

  4. A strength

    Mark H. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.

  5. Keep in mind

    Weakness Metal ×2. Against a Metal Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,384 tournament lists we have read, 724 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on September 27, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

These decks really played this card at a tournament. We spot it by the little set code printed at the bottom, the one players copy onto their list — two cards sometimes share a name, the code never lies.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
Sylveon22 of 2222PRE 40
Dudunsparce15 of 3013PRE 40
Eelektrik9 of 379PRE 40
Froslass / Munkidori8 of 517PRE 40
Bronzong4 of 274PRE 40
Mega Manectric ex / Eelektrik3 of 663PRE 40
Flareon ex / Noctowl1 of 381PRE 40
Steven's Metagross ex1 of 641PRE 40

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 30 Sylveon cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Sylveon card and its price