Step apart Luigi, 2025 is now formally the Yr of Eevee. That’s the reasonably daring declare made at the moment on the official Pokémon Middle UK web site, and more likely to come to the U.S. model later at the moment. What does it imply? Nicely, the TCG is about to launch a brand new particular set of playing cards known as Prismatic Evolutions, all themed across the lil’ brown pup and its octet of developed varieties, with new merchandise launched all through the entire yr, and there’s a bunch of recent Eevee merch on the shop, however might it even be…?
Rumors of a brand new Eevee evolution are an ever-present a part of Pokémon fandom, with the wee creature not having gained a brand new mature kind since Sylveon (Fairy kind) arrived in 2014’s Gen VI. Ten years is the longest Eevee’s ever gone with out gaining one other—the Regular-type Pokémon started in 1996 with the ability to flip into Vaporeon (Water), Jolteon (Electrical), and Flareon (Hearth), then in 1999 gained Espeon (Psychic) and Umbreon (Darkish), after which Leafeon (Grass) and Glaceon (Ice) in 2006’s Gen IV.
Whereas the cardboard recreation has since dropped Fairy varieties, and by no means had Ice, the video video games have a wealth of potential varieties that might obtain a further eeveelution. Most blatant, particularly given they are within the TCG, are Preventing, Metallic/Metal, and Dragon. If these choices have been to disregard the TCG (the place it will undertake one thing shut sufficient, like Glaceon defaulting to a different Water kind), then there’s nonetheless Poison, Floor, Rock, Bug, or Ghost. Which is all to say, there’s no motive to not do it!
Nevertheless, we do already know the complete card checklist from January 17’s Prismatic Evolutions particular set of the Pokémon TCG, given it’s shaped from two sources—55 % of it’s reprints from 2024 units, and the remaining 45 % comes from Japanese units Terastal Pageant ex and ex Starter Deck Generations. And none of them is a brand new Eeveelution.
The set is already offering extremely standard. Pre-order inventory is promoting out in all places, and my try to choose up my traditional ETB from the Pokémon Middle proved unimaginable—it was offered out actually the second it appeared on the New Releases web page. Nevertheless, given the set is because of launch new merchandise for the whole yr, it appears probably this over-excitement will finally wane.
What you can purchase proper now within the UK, and certain later at the moment within the U.S., are a bunch of cute Eevee plushes. Of those, eight are model new, added to the most recent sub-category that’s confusingly not “Sitting Cuties,” reasonably known as “Poké Doll.” There’s an Eevee, and one among every eeveelution (besides Flareon?!), and so they’re super-cute. Please, somebody, cease me from doing one thing foolish. (Additionally, Flareon? You OK?)
I’ve made a little bit gallery of all of them, so click on subsequent to see all these.
Within the meantime, let’s all wildly over-speculate that this very apparent advertising concept, with its personal emblem, is definitely the start of a spectacular announcement of a Dragon-type Eevee to be revealed on this yr’s Pokémon Legends: Z-A. Zulteon. Think about if I bought that proper.
