Surging Sparks

Counter Gain

SSPEN169· Uncommon
Counter Gain SSP 169

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What the card itself says

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Regulation mark
H

What to make of it

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  1. A strength

    hydreigon-ex runs it in 13 of the 43 lists we have read, seen across 12 different tournaments.

  2. A strength

    No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.

  3. A strength

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

Standard format: source checked on September 8, 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
hydreigon-ex13 of 4312SSP 169
Bloodmoon Ursaluna / Lunatone11 of 2911SSP 169
Jellicent ex / Dusknoir7 of 255SSP 169
Paldean Tauros5 of 155SSP 169
Froslass / Munkidori4 of 304SSP 169
Luxray ex2 of 62SSP 169
Azumarill1 of 321SSP 169
blissey-ex1 of 181SSP 169
Erika's Victreebel1 of 231SSP 169
Mega Absol ex1 of 211SSP 169
Mega Feraligatr ex1 of 221SSP 169
other1 of 381SSP 169
Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex1 of 411SSP 169
Slowking1 of 341SSP 169

When it came out

Surging Sparks landed here on 8 November 2024.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 18 October 2024, under the code SV8. That is 21 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates