Surging Sparks
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SSP246· Special illustration rare
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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
- Crustle runs it in 12 of the 52 lists we have read, seen across 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crustle | 12 of 52 | 12 | SSP 179 |
| mega-froslass-ex | 10 of 28 | 10 | SSP 179 |
| Sinistcha / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex | 6 of 22 | 6 | SSP 179 |
| Toxtricity | 5 of 31 | 4 | SSP 179 |
| Blaziken ex | 2 of 20 | 2 | SSP 179 |
| mega-darkrai-ex | 2 of 25 | 2 | SSP 179 |
| Cynthia's Garchomp ex | 1 of 33 | 1 | SSP 179 |
| Mega Absol ex | 1 of 21 | 1 | SSP 179 |
| other | 1 of 37 | 1 | SSP 179 |
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.