Surging Sparks

Tatsugiri ex

SSPEN142· Double rare
Tatsugiri ex SSP 142

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What the card itself says

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HP
160
Type
Dragon
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
1
Regulation mark
H
Set
Surging Sparks (SSP)

Its attacks

Surprise Pump

100

This attack's damage isn't affected by any effects on your opponent's Active Pokémon.

Cinnabar Lure

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What to make of it

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  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

    Greninja ex / Blaziken ex runs it in 3 of the 19 lists we have read, seen across 3 different tournaments.

  3. A strength

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

  4. A strength

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

  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.

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
Greninja ex / Blaziken ex3 of 193SSP 142
hydreigon-ex1 of 431SSP 142

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

The other cards of this Pokémon

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