Surging Sparks
Tatsugiri ex
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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.
- HP
- 160
- Type
- Dragon
- Stage
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Regulation mark
- H
Its attacks
Surprise Pump
100This attack's damage isn't affected by any effects on your opponent's Active Pokémon.
Cinnabar Lure
Look at the top 10 cards of your deck. You may put any number of Pokémon you find there onto your Bench. Shuffle the other cards back into your deck.
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
- 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.
- Greninja ex / Blaziken ex runs it in 3 of the 19 lists we have read, seen across 3 different tournaments.
- It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.
- No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.
WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR
- 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.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greninja ex / Blaziken ex | 3 of 19 | 3 | SSP 142 |
| hydreigon-ex | 1 of 43 | 1 | SSP 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.
The other cards of this Pokémon
Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 8 Tatsugiri cards on one page, priciest first.