Surging Sparks

Paldean Tauros

SSP18· Uncommon
Paldean Tauros SSP 18

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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
18/191
Set
Surging SparksSSPSet guide
Illustrated by
Taiga Kasai

Its attacks

Rear Kick

30

Spirited Tackle

90+

If your opponent's Active Pokémon is a Stage 1 Pokémon, this attack does 90 more damage.

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

    Lillie's Clefairy ex / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex runs it in 30 of the 41 lists we have read, seen across 24 different tournaments.

  2. A strength

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

  3. A strength

    Mark H. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.

  4. Keep in mind

    Weakness Water ×2. Against a Water Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read, 1,533 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
Lillie's Clefairy ex / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex30 of 4124SSP 18
Latias ex / Mega Kangaskhan ex18 of 5817SSP 18
Froslass / Munkidori5 of 325SSP 18
Lillie's Clefairy ex3 of 343SSP 18
Yanmega ex3 of 273SSP 18
Flareon ex / Noctowl2 of 312SSP 18
Mega Absol ex2 of 222SSP 18
Mega Charizard X ex2 of 402SSP 18
Raging Bolt ex2 of 382SSP 18
Mega Froslass ex / Dudunsparce1 of 301SSP 18
Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex / Fan Rotom1 of 301SSP 18

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 37 Tauros cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Tauros card and its price