Surging Sparks

Skeledirge

SSPFR31· Rare
Skeledirge SSP 31

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What the card itself says

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

HP
180
Type
Fire
Stage
Stage 2
Retreat cost
3
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
H
Number
31/191
Set
Surging SparksSSPSet guide
Illustrated by
akagi

Its Ability

UnawareInconscient

Prevent all effects of attacks used by your opponent's Pokémon done to this Pokémon. (Damage is not an effect.)Évitez tous les effets infligés à ce Pokémon provenant des attaques utilisées par les Pokémon de votre adversaire. (Les dégâts ne sont pas un effet.)

Its attacks

TorchertoTorcherto

60+

This attack does 20 more damage for each Benched Pokémon (both yours and your opponent's).Cette attaque inflige 20 dégâts supplémentaires pour chaque Pokémon de Banc (les vôtres et ceux de votre adversaire).

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

    It has an Ability, Unaware. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  2. A strength

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

  3. Keep in mind

    Retreat cost 3. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.

  4. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,810 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.

  5. Keep in mind

    It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Crocalor to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.

  6. Keep in mind

    Weakness Water ×2. Against a Water Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,810 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

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

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 9 Skeledirge cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Skeledirge card and its price