Surging Sparks

Kecleon

SSPFR150· Common
Kecleon SSP 150

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What the card itself says

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

HP
70
Type
Colorless
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
H
Number
150/191
Set
Surging SparksSSPSet guide
Illustrated by
Shinji Kanda

Its Ability

Expert HiderExpert en Camouflage

If any damage is done to this Pokémon by attacks, flip a coin. If heads, prevent that damage.Si des dégâts sont infligés à ce Pokémon par des attaques, lancez une pièce. Si c'est face, évitez ces dégâts.

Its attacks

Lick WhipFouet Léchouille

This attack does 30 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)Cette attaque inflige 30 dégâts à l'un des Pokémon de votre adversaire. (N'appliquez ni la Faiblesse ni la Résistance aux Pokémon de Banc.)

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, Expert Hider. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  3. A strength

    Flygon ex runs it in 8 of the 10 lists we have read, seen across 8 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 Fighting ×2. Against a Fighting Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read, 875 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on September 22, 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
Flygon ex8 of 108SSP 150
Hydreigon ex1 of 461SSP 150

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

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 12 Kecleon cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Kecleon card and its price