Surging Sparks

Paldean Tauros SSP 18/191

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Paldean Tauros SSP 18

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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 18/191 there. Its illustration is signed Taiga Kasai.
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
130
Type
Fire
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
H
Number
18/191
Set
Surging SparksSSPSet guide
Illustrated by
Taiga Kasai

The Korean text is not available yet. Text shown: English.

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 48 of the 74 lists we have read, seen across 40 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 5,427 tournament lists we have read, 2,185 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on September 28, 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 ex48 of 7440SSP 18
Latias ex / Mega Kangaskhan ex25 of 8323SSP 18
Mega Absol ex7 of 497SSP 18
Yanmega ex6 of 416SSP 18
Froslass / Munkidori5 of 515SSP 18
Lillie's Clefairy ex5 of 535SSP 18
Flareon ex / Noctowl2 of 382SSP 18
Mega Charizard X ex2 of 542SSP 18
Raging Bolt ex / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex2 of 632SSP 18
Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex / Fan Rotom2 of 402SSP 18
Mega Froslass ex / Dudunsparce1 of 321SSP 18

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