Surging Sparks
Drayton
SSP244· Special illustration rare
Versions of this card
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What the card itself says
Everything below is written on the card itself: how much health it has, what it fears, and what its attacks cost.
- Regulation mark
- H
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.
WHAT IT HAS GOING FOR IT
- Palafin ex runs it in 2 of the 34 lists we have read, seen across 2 different tournaments.
- No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.
WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR
- Mark H, and that is the letter the next rotation takes away. After that you will not be able to play it in Standard.
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.
| Deck | Lists | Tournaments | Printing listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palafin ex | 2 of 34 | 2 | SSP 174 |
| yanmega-ex | 2 of 25 | 2 | SSP 174 |
| hydreigon-ex | 1 of 43 | 1 | SSP 174 |
| mega-lopunny-ex | 1 of 15 | 1 | SSP 174 |
| Mega Sharpedo ex / Toxtricity | 1 of 53 | 1 | SSP 174 |
| Mega Starmie ex / Dusknoir | 1 of 45 | 1 | SSP 174 |
| Steven's Metagross ex | 1 of 38 | 1 | SSP 174 |
| Bloodmoon Ursaluna / Lunatone | 1 of 29 | 1 | SSP 174 |
| Wailord ex | 1 of 20 | 1 | SSP 174 |
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.