Surging Sparks

Chien-Pao SSP 56/191

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Chien-Pao SSP 56

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What you might be wondering about this card

How can you tell your card is this one?
Look at the bottom of your card: you should read SSP 56/191 there. Its illustration is signed Yuya Oka.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the Surging Sparks set, released here on 8 November 2024.

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

What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP
120
Type
Water
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
H
Number
56/191
Set
Surging SparksSSPSet guide
Illustrated by
Yuya Oka

Its Ability

Snow SinkEnlisement Neigeux

When you play this Pokémon from your hand onto your Bench during your turn, you may discard a Stadium in play.Lorsque vous jouez ce Pokémon de votre main sur votre Banc pendant votre tour, vous pouvez défausser un Stade en jeu.

Its attacks

Icicle LoopBoucle Stalactite

120

Put an Energy attached to this Pokémon into your hand.Ajoutez à votre main une Énergie attachée à ce 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, Snow Sink. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  3. A strength

    Lillie's Clefairy ex / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex runs it in 72 of the 73 lists we have read, seen across 56 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

    Weakness Metal ×2. Against a Metal Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,384 tournament lists we have read, 724 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on September 27, 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
Lillie's Clefairy ex / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex72 of 7356SSP 56
Latias ex / Mega Kangaskhan ex66 of 8355SSP 56
Raging Bolt ex / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex55 of 6349SSP 56
Lillie's Clefairy ex48 of 5343SSP 56
Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex / Fan Rotom19 of 3919SSP 56
Flareon ex / Noctowl18 of 3818SSP 56
Dragapult ex / Blaziken ex14 of 6413SSP 56
Mega Lopunny ex / Dudunsparce14 of 8714SSP 56
Toucannon14 of 5114SSP 56
Joltik12 of 3612SSP 56
Mega Dragonite ex4 of 334SSP 56
Mega Camerupt ex3 of 523SSP 56
Blissey ex2 of 232SSP 56
Bronzong2 of 272SSP 56
Hydreigon ex2 of 652SSP 56
Luxray ex2 of 62SSP 56
Mega Starmie ex2 of 702SSP 56
Alakazam / Dusknoir1 of 881SSP 56
Azumarill1 of 381SSP 56
Blaziken ex1 of 211SSP 56
Dragapult ex / Dudunsparce1 of 711SSP 56
Dragapult ex1 of 641SSP 56
Mega Kangaskhan ex / Bouffalant1 of 641SSP 56
Mega Absol ex1 of 491SSP 56
Mega Greninja ex1 of 651SSP 56
Terapagos ex / Noctowl1 of 191SSP 56

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