Surging Sparks

Pikachu ex

SSPEN238· Special illustration rare
Pikachu ex SSP 238

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€200.00

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€200.00

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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.

HP
200
Type
Lightning
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
H
Set
Surging Sparks (SSP)

Its Ability

Resolute Heart

If this Pokémon has full HP and would be Knocked Out by damage from an attack, it is not Knocked Out, and its remaining HP becomes 10.

Its attacks

Topaz Bolt

300

Discard 3 Energy from this Pokémon.

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.

  1. A strength

    Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.

  2. A strength

    It has an Ability, Resolute Heart. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  3. A strength

    Joltik runs it in 24 of the 24 lists we have read, seen across 22 different tournaments.

  4. A strength

    It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.

  5. A strength

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

  6. Keep in mind

    It is an ex card. The turn it goes down your opponent takes 2 Prizes instead of one, and games do turn on exactly that.

  7. Keep in mind

    Weakness Fighting ×2. Against a Fighting Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,299 tournament lists we have read, 760 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

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
Joltik24 of 2422SSP 57
Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex / Fan Rotom15 of 2813SSP 57
Azumarill4 of 324SSP 57
Mega Kangaskhan ex / Bouffalant3 of 383SSP 57
blissey-ex2 of 182SSP 57
Blaziken ex1 of 201SSP 57
mega-zygarde-ex1 of 181SSP 57
Toucannon1 of 241SSP 57

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

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