Gouging Fire SSP 38/191

Name: Gouging Fire SSP 38/191
Brand: Pokémon

SSPRare

Card language

Seller location

Gouging Fire arrived in Surging Sparks on 8 November 2024.

The market for this printing

Finish unspecified

No quotation can be assigned to this reference until its finish is identified. Card language: English. Sellers: European Union. Asking prices, excluding shipping and import charges.

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: 130
Type: Fire
Stage: Basic
Retreat cost: 2
Weakness: ×2
Regulation mark: H
Number: 38/191
Set: Surging SparksSSPSet guide

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.

A strength
Mega Charizard X ex runs it in 2 of the 84 lists we have read, seen across 2 different tournaments.
A strength
It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.
A strength
Mark H. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.
Keep in mind
Weakness Water ×2. Against a Water Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 8,073 tournament lists we have read, 3,295 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on November 7, 2026. TCGdex

Every version of this card

Look at the number printed at the bottom of your card. That is what tells you which version you are holding. Tap yours to open its page.

Gouging Fire SVP 151/225SVP Black Star PromosPromoPromo
Gouging Fire SSP 38/191Surging SparksRareThe one you are looking atRare

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
Deck	Lists	Tournaments	Printing listed
Mega Charizard X ex	2 of 84	2	SSP 38

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 7 Gouging Fire cards on one page, priciest first.

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Gouging Fire SSP 38/191

The market for this printing

When it came out

What the card itself says

What to make of it

Every version of this card

Who plays it

The other cards of this Pokémon

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What to make of it

What the card itself says

Who plays it

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Its attacks

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Blazing Charge