The 10 Most Iconic Umbreon Cards of All Time
From a 2001 Umbreon under a full moon to Karen's Umbreon, ten cards read from their scans, and why none of them wins by hitting hard.
The most iconic Umbreon cards are the ones collectors know at a glance: the Gold Star with blue rings, the VMAX on a rooftop, the Japanese card named after a trainer. Ten of them, from 2001 to 2025.
The countdown runs from 10 to 1 in the order of the carousel this list comes from, ranked by how iconic each card is, not by price. Watch the attacks as you go: Umbreon rarely hits hard, and it never needs to.
10. Umbreon GX, 2017 full art
5ban Graphics drew Umbreon in smooth 3D, in profile, on nothing but a teal background, so the yellow rings and the red eye do all the work. 200 HP, numbered 142/149, with a star for its rarity.
Strafe does 30 and lets Umbreon switch to the Bench. Shadow Bullet adds 30 to one of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. Dark Call GX does no damage at all: it discards 2 Energy from your opponent's Pokémon.
9. Umbreon ex, 2005
Ryo Ueda set Umbreon against a red sky that sparkles all over, eyes glowing, rings lit. 110 HP, 112/115, and the reminder that your opponent takes 2 Prize cards when a Pokémon-ex is Knocked Out.
Darker Ring, its Poké-Power, works the moment you evolve: one of your opponent's Benched Pokémon is dragged into the Active spot. Black Cry then stops the Defending Pokémon from retreating or using any Poké-Powers during the next turn.
8. Umbreon in Simplified Chinese, 2025
The only daylight card on the list. HYOGONOSUKE drew Umbreon lying in the grass of a forest clearing, sunbeams falling through the trees, almost hidden in the green. The name printed at the top, 月亮伊布, reads as the moon Eevee.
Its first attack does 60 damage to one of your opponent's Pokémon that already has damage counters on it. The second does 80 and leaves the Active Pokémon Confused. 110 HP, ©2025.
7. Umbreon 13/75, 2001
Kimiya Masago drew the picture everyone has in mind: Umbreon on a rock, back to a huge full moon, rings glowing. The line under the art calls it the Moonlight Pokémon, and the flavour text explains the rings: when darkness falls, they begin to glow, striking fear in the hearts of anyone nearby.
Bite does 20. Feint Attack does 30 to any of your opponent's Pokémon you choose, and its damage isn't affected by Weakness, Resistance, Pokémon Powers or any other effects on the Defending Pokémon.
6. Umbreon H30, 2003
Atsuko Nishida put Umbreon in tall grass at night, looking back over its shoulder, the sky full of holo stars. The card has the barcode stripes of its era along the edges and the number H30/H32, part of a small holo subset.
Dark Gaze is a Poké-Body: while Umbreon is your Active Pokémon, Benched Pokémon on both sides can't use Poké-Powers. Sharp Claws does 10, or 40 if you flip heads.
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5. Umbreon VMAX, 2021
Keiichiro Ito made Umbreon giant, clinging to a tower above a sleeping town, a pink glow around it, a full moon in a green sky. 310 HP, numbered 215/203, above the size of its set, and a Single Strike label.
Dark Signal, its Ability, triggers when you evolve into it: you may switch one of your opponent's Benched Pokémon with their Active Pokémon. Max Darkness does 160.
4. Umbreon V, 2021
Teeziro drew Umbreon on a brick wall at the end of a narrow street, a lantern on one side, a full moon behind it. Dark spiky shapes fill the bottom of the card, and Umbreon looks straight past them at you.
Mean Look does 30 and keeps the Defending Pokémon from retreating during your opponent's next turn. Moonlight Blade does 80, or 160 if Umbreon has any damage counters on it.
3. Umbreon ex, 2025 Tera
Yashiro Nanaco built Umbreon out of crystal facets and sat it under a ring of coloured gems, surrounded by swirls, flowers and stars. Two gold stars sit next to the number, 161/131.
As a Tera Pokémon, it takes no damage from attacks while it sits on your Bench. Moon Mirage does 160 and Confuses your opponent's Active Pokémon. Onyx does no damage: you discard all its Energy and take a Prize card.
2. Umbreon Gold Star, 2007
A gold star after the name and blue rings instead of yellow: Masakazu Fukuda's Umbreon leaps across a red and black background. It is the last card of a 17-card set, 17/17, and the card reminds you that you can't have more than 1 Pokémon ☆ in your deck.
Dark Ray, its Poké-Power, works when you put it on your Bench: you pick a card from your opponent's hand without looking and discard it. Feint Attack does 30 to the Pokémon of your choice, ignoring every effect on it.
Masakazu Fukuda also drew the Mew Gold Star, number 5 in our ranking of the most iconic Mew cards, where it copies the opponent's attacks instead of discarding their cards.
1. Karen's Umbreon, Japanese 1st Edition
Hajime Kusajima drew Umbreon curled up with its eyes closed, rings glowing on a dark starry holo, while a small portrait of its trainer watches from the right. The card is in Japanese, with a 1st Edition mark, the number 091/141 and only 60 HP.
Both attacks need a coin. The first is a glare that Paralyzes the Defending Pokémon on heads, the second does 20, plus 10 on heads. The weakest card on the list in numbers, and the one collectors put first.
What Umbreon's iconic cards have in common
None of them wins by hitting hard. The biggest number on the ten cards is 160, and Karen's Umbreon, at the top, does 20. What every card carries instead is a way to take something away from the opponent.
Darker Ring and Dark Signal drag a Benched Pokémon into the fight. Black Cry and Mean Look stop it from leaving. Dark Gaze switches off Poké-Powers, Dark Call GX discards Energy, Dark Ray discards a card from the hand. Feint Attack, twice, ignores every defence. The rest Confuse or Paralyze.
The second thread is the night. Three cards draw a full moon, three print Moonlight Pokémon under the art, and the 2025 Tera card attacks with Moon Mirage. The one Umbreon lying in the sun still carries the moon in its Chinese name.
“Umbreon never needed big damage: it wins by taking options away.”
Another dark favourite gets the same treatment in our ranking of the most iconic Gengar cards.
Iconic cards are the ones collectors keep. Stakd shows what each Umbreon in your binder is worth, from the 2001 full moon to the 2025 Tera ex.
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