Every Surging Sparks card with its rarity, artist and text, plus the Pikachu ex chase, pull rates and what is in the set.
By TCGGuy Team
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Every card in Surging Sparks (SV08) in set order: 191 cards in the main set and 61 secret rares, 252 in all, from the TCGGuy Market Insights card catalog with card text from TCGdex. Search by name or number, filter by rarity, and tap a card to read it. Updated October 27, 2026.
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252 cards shown. Tap or click a card to enlarge it and read its text.
All 252 cards. Filter by rarity, search by name, number, artist or type, and tap or click a card to enlarge it and read its text. For the market value of every card, see the Surging Sparks singles page on Market Insights.
Card numbering and rarity names follow the printed cards as catalogued by TCGGuy Market Insights. Card text, HP, types and illustrator credits come from the TCGdex open database (MIT licence). Basic Energy cards carry no illustrator credit.
Surging Sparks (SV08) released on November 8, 2024 as the eighth main expansion of the Scarlet & Violet Series, and it is the Pikachu ex set: a Stellar Tera Pikachu ex leads it in four prints, from the regular Double Rare to the gold Hyper Rare, with Alolan Exeggutor ex, Archaludon ex and Latias ex alongside. The official expansion page frames it as a tropical, dragon-heavy set (Dialga, Palkia, Eternatus and Tatsugiri ex among the Dragon types) and points at its ACE SPEC cards, each deck limited to one: Megaton Blower, Miracle Headset, Precious Trolley and Scramble Switch. Nine of its Pokémon ex are Stellar Tera Pokémon ex, each with a gem-named attack that needs three different types of Energy, from Pikachu ex's Topaz Bolt to Alolan Exeggutor ex's Swinging Sphene. The official page also points at the art: the illustration rares pair up thematically, Feebas and Milotic being the example it gives.
This page is the reference list: every Surging Sparks card in set order, with the rarity names printed on the cards and used by most price trackers, the illustrator credit, and the card text. The other Scarlet & Violet era lists so far: Scarlet & Violet, Paldea Evolved, Obsidian Flames, Stellar Crown. For pull-rate math and buying advice on a hard set, our Pitch Black pull rates article covers that; the 30th Celebration guide is the friendly end of the scale.
Surging Sparks has 252 cards. Numbers 001 to 191 are the main set (every card is printed as its number over 191), and 192 to 252 are the 61 secret rares, whose number is higher than the set size. Rarity names below are the ones printed on the cards. Every tier in the set, with the card numbers it occupies:
| Rarity | Cards | Numbers | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|
| Common | 88 | 001/191 to 173/191 | The bulk of the set. Non-holo. |
| Uncommon | 61 | 003/191 to 190/191 | Non-holo; most Trainer cards sit here. |
| Rare | 16 | 011/191 to 161/191 | Holo rares: the regular print of the set's stronger non-ex Pokémon. |
| Double Rare | 18 | 004/191 to 160/191 | Every Pokémon ex in its regular art, Tera Pokémon ex included. |
| ACE SPEC Rare | 8 | 162/191 to 191/191 | ACE SPEC Trainer and Special Energy cards, limited to one per deck; numbered inside the main set. |
| Ultra Rare | 21 | 215/191 to 235/191 | Full-art Pokémon ex and Supporters. |
| Illustration Rare | 23 | 192/191 to 214/191 | Scene-style alternate art of a non-ex Pokémon, each by a named illustrator. |
| Special Illustration Rare | 11 | 236/191 to 246/191 | The premium alternate-art Pokémon ex and Supporters. |
| Hyper Rare | 6 | 247/191 to 252/191 | Gold etched cards: Pokémon ex, Trainer cards and Basic Energy. |
The official expansion page lists these products (Market Insights tracks every one of them, see the end of this page):
18 Pokémon ex in the regular Double Rare print:
Tap or click a card to read its attacks and Ability.
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Eight ACE SPEC cards, numbered inside the main set; a deck may hold only one ACE SPEC card:
Figures come from two community trackers that agree within a few packs on the first four tiers: a tracker's odds table and a documented 500-pack opening (both named in our notes). They are community-tracked, rounded, and not official Pokémon numbers; a single box can land anywhere around them.
| Rarity | Odds per pack | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Double Rare | about 1 in 6 packs | Six per 36-pack box. |
| Ultra Rare | about 1 in 15 packs | Two or three per box, for any of the 21. |
| Illustration Rare | about 1 in 13 packs | About three per box, for any of the 23. |
| ACE SPEC Rare | about 1 in 20 packs | Close to two per box, for any of the eight. |
| Special Illustration Rare | about 1 in 70 to 90 packs | One every two to two and a half boxes, for any of the 11; the two trackers sit at the two ends of that range. |
The two disagree on the gold Hyper Rares, about 1 in 100 packs on one and 1 in 189 on the other (five golds in 500 packs is too thin a sample to settle it), so we leave that figure out rather than guess.
The practical reading: the odds above are for any card of that tier. The odds of the one card you are chasing are those odds divided by the number of cards in the tier, which is why a specific Special Illustration Rare is usually cheaper to buy as a single than to open for.
Surging Sparks sits in the hard middle of the era, with the roughly 1 in 90 Special Illustration Rare odds that began at Temporal Forces, against about 1 in 32 for the 2023 sets and about 1 in 47 for Paradox Rift. With 11 SIRs in the tier, one specific card is a long shot, which is why the Pikachu ex SIR is a buy-the-single card. Prismatic Evolutions, the special set that followed, roughly doubled the SIR rate; the Mega Evolution Series is harder again, and our Pitch Black article walks through that math.
Pikachu ex owns this set: the Special Illustration Rare (238/191) led the Market Insights value ranking when this page was built, the gold Hyper Rare (247/191) ranked fourth and the full-art Ultra Rare (219/191) eighth. Latias ex (239/191) and Milotic ex (237/191) are the next SIRs, followed by Durant ex (236/191) and Hydreigon ex (240/191); the Latios (203/191) illustration rare breaks into the top ten alongside the Alolan Exeggutor ex (242/191) and Lisia's Appeal (246/191) SIRs.
The ten cards Market Insights ranked highest by market value when this page was built, most valuable first (the ranking moves; the live list is on Market Insights). Tap or click a card to read its text:
Ability Resolute Heart
If this Pokémon has full HP and would be Knocked Out by damage from an attack, it is not Knocked Out, and its remaining HP becomes 10.
Topaz Bolt 300
Discard 3 Energy from this Pokémon.
Ability Skyliner
Your Basic Pokémon in play have no Retreat Cost.
Eon Blade 200
During your next turn, this Pokémon can't attack.
Ability Sparkling Scales
Prevent all damage from and effects of attacks from your opponent's Tera Pokémon done to this Pokémon.
Hypno Splash 160
Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Asleep.
Ability Resolute Heart
If this Pokémon has full HP and would be Knocked Out by damage from an attack, it is not Knocked Out, and its remaining HP becomes 10.
Topaz Bolt 300
Discard 3 Energy from this Pokémon.
Ability Sudden Shearing
When you play this Pokémon from your hand onto your Bench during your turn, you may discard the top card of your opponent's deck.
Vengeful Crush 120+
This attack does 30 more damage for each Prize card your opponent has taken.
Crashing Headbutt 200
Discard the top 3 cards of your opponent's deck.
Obsidian 130
This attack also does 130 damage to 2 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Skill Dive
This attack does 50 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Jet Headbutt 110
Ability Resolute Heart
If this Pokémon has full HP and would be Knocked Out by damage from an attack, it is not Knocked Out, and its remaining HP becomes 10.
Topaz Bolt 300
Discard 3 Energy from this Pokémon.
Tropical Frenzy 150
You may attach any number of Basic Energy cards from your hand to your Pokémon in any way you like.
Swinging Sphene
Flip a coin. If heads, Knock Out your opponent's Active Basic Pokémon. If tails, Knock Out 1 of your opponent's Benched Basic Pokémon.
Switch in 1 of your opponent's Benched Basic Pokémon to the Active Spot. If you do, the new Active Pokémon is now Confused.
23 illustration rares, numbered 192 to 214. The official page highlights artwork that pairs up across cards, Feebas (198) and Milotic being its example; Latios (203), Ceruledge (197) and Mesprit (204) led the tier by value when this page was built. The artist is in the caption when you tap or click a card.
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11 Special Illustration Rares, numbered 236 to 246:
Tap or click a card to see the artist.
Six gold Hyper Rares close the set, numbered 247 to 252:
The 21 Ultra Rares (full-art prints of 14 Pokémon ex plus the Supporters Clemont's Quick Wit, Cyrano, Drasna, Drayton, Jasmine's Gaze, Lisia's Appeal and Surfer) are in the full list above: pick the Ultra Rare pill to see them together.
We do not print prices in our guides because they go stale fast. TCGGuy Market Insights tracks every Surging Sparks sealed product nightly, with a set index, seven-day movers and each product's history, and the singles page ranks every card in the set by market value.
Bottom line: Surging Sparks is a Pikachu set with a deep supporting cast: 23 illustration rares, 11 Special Illustration Rares, eight ACE SPEC cards and 2024 odds. Open it for the breadth; buy the Pikachu ex SIR as a single if that one card is the goal, because at roughly one SIR every two boxes and 11 to land on, a box is not the way to get it.
Product pages show live pricing and availability:
Stock on a 2024 set comes and goes, so the link above always shows what is buyable right now. If a product shows sold out, use Notify me on its page and we will email you when more arrives. To follow the market for every product in the release, sealed prices are tracked nightly on Market Insights (no login needed):
See the whole set on Market Insights →
Reviewed and edited by TCGGuy.
Set facts are from the official Pokémon TCG site's expansion and product pages. Pull rates are community-tracked figures, not official Pokémon numbers. Card text and illustrator data via TCGdex (MIT). Card images are the property of The Pokémon Company, Nintendo, Creatures, and GAME FREAK and are shown for identification. Card values change constantly.
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