Pokemon TCG: Surging Sparks Most Expensive Cards
The next Pokemon set, releasing on November 8, 2024, is Surging Sparks. This expansion has several exciting cards in it, including a powerful new Pikachu Tera Pokemon, as well as plenty of chase cards.
Which of these Surging Sparks Pokemon cards will be the most expensive?
Below, take a look at what are likely to be the top Surging Sparks chase cards of them all!
#1. Latias ex – Special Illustration Rare
I’m calling Latias as the top chase card from Surging Sparks. It’s got all the hallmarks of a top chase – insane playability, a popular/nostalgic Pokemon, gorgeous artwork and incredible rarity. For those of you who don’t read Japanese, the key thing Latias ex has going for it is its powerful Skyline ability – an ability that grants free retreat for Basic Pokemon.
An ability like that is going to be insane in decks focused on Basic Pokemon: decks like Raging Bolt ex, or Roaring Moon ex. We’ll be seeing a lot of this card in competitive play, but collectors will also be shelving it for its broad appeal and incredible beauty.
#2. Pikachu ex – Ultra Rare
Despite being considerably easier to pull than a Special Illustration Rare, this Ultra Rare Pikachu ex will likely draw a huge market value just from bearing one of Pokemon’s most bankable characters of them all.
Apart from it being a Pikachu chase card, players are already clamoring for Pikachu ex, seeing it’s combination of attack and ability as a strategic advantage in the Pokemon TCG. Basically, Pikachu ex can withstand any hit and have 10 HP remaining, while it’s attack dishes out an unheard of 300 base damage. That’s pretty insane, with the only issue being it’s relatively random collection of energies it takes to power it up.
However, Joltik does let you power up Pokemon with both a grass and an lightning energy, so there might be more synergy here than you’d think!
#3. Lisia’s Appeal – Special Illustration Rare
Most modern Pokemon TCG sets have a supporter chase card alongside the rare Pokemon. This expansion’s is Lisia’s Appeal, and I think it could rival Pikachu for second most valuable on this list. Not only is the artwork great (Altaria and all), Lisia’s Appeal has a strong effect, working much like the ever popular Boss’s Order’s only with an added advantage of making the foe’s basic confused.
#4. Jet Energy Gold Card
Gold card versions of popular staple cards like this do really well on the secondary card market. Although seen a little less lately with Lost Box largely out of the meta, Jet Energy is still a popular card. This gold artwork does it justice, featuring the blue backdrop from the standard card but contained within the full art backdrop expected of a hyper rare.
I would not be surprised to see this card retain strong value overtime: the gold Earthen Vessel from Shrouded Fable is still one of the most valuable cards of the year.
#5. Latios – Illustration Rare
As cool as the Latias SIR card is from this expansion, this Latios Illustration Rare might be even more gorgeous. Latios has always been my favorite of the pair, and here we get a glimpse of the iconic Pokemon flying out into the sunset over the city we all know from the Pokemon Heroes movie.
Of course, given its lesser rarity, this Latios won’t be worth as much as Latis. But don’t underestimate the potential value of a gorgeous Illustration Rare card! They often end up being the most valuable from any given set.
