Surging Sparks

Smoochum

SSPFR75· Common
Smoochum SSP 75

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

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What the card itself says

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

HP
30
Type
Psychic
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
0
Weakness
×2
Resistance
-30
Regulation mark
H
Number
75/191
Set
Surging SparksSSPSet guide
Illustrated by
Saya Tsuruta

Its attacks

no cost

Delightful KissBisou Délicieux

Search your deck for up to 2 Basic Energy cards and attach them to 1 of your Benched Pokémon. Then, shuffle your deck.Cherchez dans votre deck jusqu'à 2 cartes Énergie de base, puis attachez-les à l'un de vos Pokémon de Banc. Mélangez ensuite votre deck.

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 retreats for free. You can pull it back to the Bench whenever you like, even with no Energy on it at all.

  2. A strength

    Slowking runs it in 10 of the 37 lists we have read, seen across 10 different tournaments.

  3. A strength

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

  4. A strength

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

  5. Keep in mind

    Weakness Darkness ×2. Against a Darkness Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,810 tournament lists we have read, 2,312 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
Slowking10 of 3710SSP 75
Mega Kangaskhan ex / Bouffalant5 of 395SSP 75
Mega Latias ex2 of 82SSP 75
Terapagos ex / Noctowl2 of 192SSP 75
Blissey ex1 of 201SSP 75
Bronzong1 of 271SSP 75
Mega Diancie ex / Dusknoir1 of 381SSP 75
Hydreigon ex1 of 461SSP 75
Mega Diancie ex1 of 91SSP 75
Sylveon1 of 221SSP 75

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 8 Smoochum cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Smoochum card and its price