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Tatsugiri ex

Tatsugiri ex

Tatsugiri ex arrived with Surging Sparks on 8 November 2024. Here is what it does once it is on the table, and what it is worth right now.

What the card itself says

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HP160
TypeDragon
StageBasic
Retreat cost1
Regulation markH
SetSurging Sparks (SSP)

ITS ATTACKS

Surprise Pump100Fire + WaterThis attack's damage isn't affected by any effects on your opponent's Active Pokémon.
Cinnabar LureFire + Water + DarknessLook at the top 10 cards of your deck. You may put any number of Pokémon you find there onto your Bench. Shuffle the other cards back into your deck.

Printed exactly as it appears on the card.

What to make of it

Every line below comes from a number. Either it is printed on the card, or we counted it on tournament lists. You will not find a score here — you will find what matters when you decide whether to run it.

WHAT IT HAS GOING FOR IT

  • Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.
  • It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.
  • No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.

WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR

  • None of the 1,351 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.
  • It is an ex card. The turn it goes down your opponent takes two Prizes instead of one, and games do turn on exactly that.
  • Mark H, and that is the letter the next rotation takes away. After that you will not be able to play it in Standard.

What it costs

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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

Where to find it

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