[ENG] SV08 Surging Sparks (NOV 8) / [JP] SV7a Paradise Dragona + SV8 Supercharged Breaker (OCT 18)


A Growing Storm of Stellar Strength!

Terawatts of electricity crash down from the sky in a tropical paradise, setting the stage for the supercharged Pikachu ex! With the power of a Stellar Tera Pokémon ex, it lights up the shoreline, revealing a parade of dragon Pokémon led by the towering Alolan Exeggutor ex! Archaludon ex and Latias ex round out the horde, while new ACE SPEC cards and more new Pokémon ex bring surprises of their own. Currents crackle and dragons roar in the Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—Surging Sparks expansion!

The international (TPCI - Eng/EU/Etc) set SV08 will be mostly comprised with the cards from Japan/TPC's SV7a and SV8.

Release Dates

SV7a - Paradise Dragona (JP) - September 13th

SV8 - Supercharged Breaker* (JP) - October 18th

SV08 - Surging Sparks (English) - November 8th


Cards

SV7a Paradise Dragona - JP

Main Set

Main Set (64 Cards)

Highlight Pokemon

Set Mascots

Alolan Exeggutor Stellar Tera ex - [G][W] 150 - Choose any number of Basic Energy cards from your hand and attach them to your Pokemon in any way you like.

[G][W][F] Flip a coin. If heads, Knock Out 1 of your opponent’s Basic Pokemon in play. If tails, Knock Out 1 of your opponent’s Benched Basic Pokemon.

Exeggecute - [C] This attack can be used on the first turn of the first player. Search your deck for a card that evolves from this Pokemon and put it onto this Pokemon to evolve it. Then, shuffle your deck.

Latias ex - [Ability] Your Basic Pokemon have no Retreat Cost.

Latios - Unlikely Meta relevancy.

Other Potentially Impactful ex

Stellar Tera

Flygon Stellar Tera ex - [F] 30 - You may switch this Pokemon with a Pokemon on your Bench.

[W][F][M] This attack does 100 damage to each of your opponent’s Pokemon ex and Pokemon V. (Don’t apply Weakness or Resistance for this damage.)

Black Kyurem ex - [C][C][C] 90 - If your opponent’s Active Pokémon is a [Dragon] Pokémon, it is now Paralyzed.

Archaludon ex - [Ability] Once during your turn, when you play this card from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokemon, you may attach up to 2 Basic Metal Energy from your discard to your Pokemon anyway you like

[M][M][M] 220 - During your next turn, this Pokemon has no Weakness

Misc Meta Potential

likely some of the final Pokemon with the Ancient/Future tag

Gouging Fire - [R][R][C] 100+ If your opponent has 4 or fewer Prize cards remaining, this attack does 70 more damage.

Iron Crown - [M][C] - 40+ If your opponent has 3 Benched Pokémon or more, this attack does 80 more damage.

Shiinotic - [Ability] Once during your turn, if this Pokémon is in the Active Spot, you may use this Ability. Your opponent’s Active Pokémon is now Asleep.

Smoochum [First Since L/HGSS Era] - Search your deck for up to 2 Basic [P] Energy cards and attach them to your Benched Pokemon in any way you like. Then, shuffle your deck.

Dialga - [C] Search your deck for 2 cards. Shuffle your deck. Then, put the 2 cards on top of your deck in any order.

Highlight Trainers

Supporters

Drayton
Look at the top 7 cards of your deck. You may reveal a Pokémon and a Trainer card you find there and put them into your hand. Shuffle the other cards back into your deck.

Surfer
Switch your Active Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon. If you do, draw cards until you have 5 cards in your hand.

Drasna
Shuffle your hand into your deck and flip a coin. If heads, draw 8 cards. If tails, draw 3 cards.

Lisia’s Appeal
Switch in 1 of your opponent’s Benched Basic Pokémon to the Active Spot. The new Active Pokémon is now Confused.

ACE Specs

Energy Search PRO [Item]
Search your deck for any number of Basic Energy of different types, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Then shuffle your deck.

Megaton Blower [Item]
Discard all Pokémon Tool cards and Special Energy attached to each of your opponent’s Pokémon and discard any Stadium card in play.

Rich Energy
When you attach this card from your hand to a Pokémon, draw 4 cards.

Misc

Items

Helper Bell
You can use this card only if you go second, and only on your first turn.

  • Search your deck for a Supporter card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.

Obstructive Letter
Your opponent counts the cards in their hand, shuffles them, and puts them on the bottom of their deck. Then, they draw a card for each card they put on the bottom of their deck.

Dragon’s Potion
Heal 60 damage from your Active Dragon Pokémon.

Tools

Counter Gain
If you have more Prize cards remaining than your opponent, the attacks of the Pokémon this card is attached to cost [C] less.

Secret Rares

Connected Artworks
ARs
SRs
SARs
URs

SV8 - JP

Main Set (53/106)

Highlight Pokemon

Meta Potential ex

Set Mascot

Pikachu Stellar Tera ex


[Ability] If this Pokémon has full HP and would be Knocked Out by an attack, it isn’t Knocked Out and its remaining HP becomes 10 instead.

[G][L][M] 300 - Discard 3 Energy from this Pokémon.

Stellar Tera

Palossand ex - [C][C][C] 160 - The Defending Pokémon can’t retreat during your opponent’s next turn.

Hydreigon ex - [D][C] 200 - Discard the top 3 cards from your opponent’s deck.

[P][D][M][C] 130 - This attack also does 130 damage to 2 of your opponent’s Benched Pokémon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokemon.)

Deino [D] - Discard the top card of your opponent’s deck.

Zweilous [D] - Discard the top 2 cards of your opponent’s deck.

Tatsugiri ex - [R][W] 100 . This attack’s damage ignores all effects on your opponent’s Active Pokémon.

[R][W][D] - Look at the top 10 cards of your deck. Choose any number of Pokémon you find there and put them onto your Bench. Then, shuffle the other cards back into your deck.

Non-Tera

Milotic ex - [Ability] Prevent all damage and effects done to this Pokémon by your opponent’s Tera Pokémon’s attacks.

[W][C][C] 160 - Your Opponent’s Active Pokémon is now Asleep.

Misc Meta Potential

Rabsca - [G] 40+ If there are 3 or fewer cards in your deck, this attack does 200 more damage

Wo-Chien - [G][C] 20 - If you have 3 or fewer cards in your deck, this attack also does 120 to 2 of your opponent’s Benched Pokemon

Magneton - [Ability] Once during your turn, you may attach up to 3 Basic Energy cards from your discard pile to your [L] Pokemon in any way you like. If you use this Ability, this Pokemon is Knocked Out.

Togekiss - [Ability] Whenever your opponent’s Active Pokémon gets Knocked Out, flip a coin. If heads, take one more Prize card for that KO. This Ability does not stack.

Mesprit - [P][P] 160 - You can only use this attack if you have Uxie and Azelf on your bench

Terapagos - [C] - Search your deck for up to 3 Basic Energy all of different types, and attach them to your Tera Pokémon in any way you like. Then, shuffle your deck.

Highlight Trainers

Supporters

Cyrano
Search your deck for up to 3 Pokémon ex, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.

Clemont’s Quick Thinking
Heal 60 damage from each of your [L] Pokémon.

Jasmine’s Gaze
During your opponent’s next turn, all of your Pokémon take 30 less damage from your opponent’s Pokémon’s attacks. (Including Pokémon put in play after this card)

ACE Specs

Scramble Switch [Item]
Switch your Active Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon. Then, you may move as many Energy attached to the old Active Pokémon to the new Active Pokémon as you like.

Miracle Intercom [Item]
Put up to 2 Supporter cards from your discard pile into your hand.

Amulet of Hope [Tool]
If the Pokémon this card is attached to is Knocked Out by damage from an attack from your opponent’s Pokémon, you may search your deck for up to 3 cards and put them into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.

Misc

Items

TBA

Tools

TM: Fluorite
[G][W][P] Fluorite: Discard all Energy from this Pokémon. If you do, heal all damage from each of your Tera Pokémon.

Stadiums

Amped Amphitheater
Basic Pokémon in play get +30 HP.

Gravity Mountain
The maximum HP of all Stage 2 Pokémon in play is reduced by 30.

Secret Rares

Connected Arts


ARs (3/12)
SRs (1/11)
SARs (2/6)
URs (0/3)

SV08 Surging Sparks - Eng

Mostly will contain SV7a + SV8 + The Stellar Tera Sylveon and Ceruledge Decks

Main Set - 250 Cards

  • 8 Ace Specs
    • 3 from SV7a, 3 from SV8, 2 from Sylveon & Ceruledge Stellar ex Decks
  • 8 Stellar Tera Pokemon ex and 9 Tera Pokemon ex

Secret Rares:

  • 23 Illustration Rares
    • 12 from SV7a, 11 from SV8 because of the Magneton ETB Promo (Likely)
  • 11 Special Illustration Rares
    • 5 from SV7a, 6 from SV8 (Likely)
  • 6 Hyper Rare Gold Etched Cards

New Cards from Sylveon and Ceruledge Decks

All Cards
  • Don’t Expect AR/SR/SARs of these cards in this set
Meta Potential

From the Sylveon Deck

Sylveon Stellar Tera ex - [P][C][C] 160 - During your opponent’s next turn, the Defending Pokemon’s attacks do 100 less damage (before applying Weakness and Resistance).

[W][L][P] Choose 2 of your opponent’s Benched Pokémon. They shuffle those Pokémon and all attached cards into their deck. If 1 of your Pokémon used Angelite during your last turn, this attack can’t be used.

Eevee [Ability] - If this Pokémon is in the Active Spot, it can evolve during your first turn or on the turn it was put into play.

Azumarill [Ability] - Double-Edge used by this Pokémon costs [P] if you have any Tera Pokémon in play.

[P][P][P][P] Double-Edge: 230 - This Pokémon also does 50 damage to itself.

Precious Carrier [Ace Spec - Item]
Search your deck for any number of Basic Pokémon and put them onto your Bench. Then, shuffle your deck.

From the Ceruledge Deck

Ceruledge Stellar Tera ex - [R] 30+ This attack does 20 more damage for each Energy card in your discard pile.

[R][P][M] 280 - Discard all Energy from this Pokémon.

Ho-Oh - [R][R][C] 100+ If you have any Benched Tera Pokémon, this attack does 100 more damage.

Perfect Mixer [Ace Spec - Item]
Search your deck for up to 5 cards and discard them. Then, shuffle your deck.

Tera Orb [Item]
Search your deck for a Tera Pokémon, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.


Products

SV08 - Eng

Direct Products

ETBs
  • Pokemon Center Exclusive
  • Regular ETB

  • ETB Promo (note: the regular ETB will only come with the non-stamped version)

Booster Box/Bundles
Blister Packs

Prerelease Kits
  • Kits TBA

Prerelease Promos

Accessories

4 Pocket Binder (Left) / 9 Pocket Binder (Right)

Indirect Products

Pokemon TCG Fall Collector Chest (November 15th)
  • 6 Pokémon TCG booster packs
  • 3 foil cards featuring Pikachu, Dipplin, and Teal Mask Ogerpon
  • 1 Pokémon coin featuring Terapagos
  • 4 colorful sticker sheets
  • 1 mini portfolio to store your favorite cards
Grand Adventure Collection [Pokémon Horizons: The Series Collaboration]
  • November 15th

SV7a - JP

Booster Box/Packs
Accessories

Deck Sleeves, Box, Playmat - Altaria & Lisia

Deck Sleeves, Box - Latias & Latios

Deck Sleeves, Box - Alolan Exeggutor & Friends

Deck Sleeves - Drayton

Display Frame - Dragon Friends

SV8 - JP

Booster Box/Packs
Accessories

Deck Box, Sleeves Premium Gloss - Terastal Type: Stellar Pikachu

Deck Box, Sleeves - Jasmine

Deck Box, Sleeves - Slaking

Deck Sleeves - Relaxed Teasing

Deck Sleeves - Connected World -Everyone's Home-

Deck Sleeves - Colorful Triple Uxie, Mesprit, & Azelf

Deck Sleeves Premium Gloss - Milotic

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SV7a Paradise Dragona

Booster Pack Art

  • Mascot - Stellar Alolan Exeggutor
  • ft. Latias & Latios

Main Set

SV7a 001/064 Exeggcute (illus. Tetsu Kayama)
SV7a 040/064 Stellar Alolan Exeggutor ex (illus. aky CG Works)


SV7a 009/064 Gouging Fire (illus. AKIRA EGAWA)

SV7a 019/064 Latias ex (illus. takuyoa)
SV7a 020/064 Latios (illus. kantaro)


SV7a 031/064 Passimian (illus. Teeziro)

  • Teeziro’s 6th card of his 3x3 connected artwork (see below)

SV7a 035/064 Klefki (illus. mingo)

SV7a 048/064 Swablu (illus. sowsow)
SV7a 041/064 Altaria (illus. rika)


SV7a 042/064 Dialga (illus. Takumi Wada)

SV7a 054/064 Dark Ball (illus. Studio Bora Inc.)
SV7a 057/064 Dragon’s Potion (illus. AYUMI ODASHIMA)
SV7a 064/064 ACE Rich Energy



SV7a 060/064 Drayton (illus. GIDORA)
SV7a 063/064 Lisia’s Appeal (illus. En Morikura)


  • Drayton is a member of the Blueberry Academy Elite Four (Indigo Disk DLC)
  • Lisia is a Hoenn contest idol and niece of Sootopolis City’s gym leader Wallace, her signature Pokémon is Altaria (also in the set)

Teeziro’s connected artwork

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Even though passimian isn’t exactly my favourite pokemon it’s really exciting to see the teeziro page getting additions, i sure hope they keep doing this with different artists

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got some new reveals today. i’m sure koala will go into detail

i’ll update the post better once we get scans





also, they announced the sealed battle details for the set


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That Latios and Latias look great. That Flygon is probably one of the ugliest cards I‘ve seen.

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SV7a Paradise Dragona

Main Set

SV7a 018/064 Smoochum (illus. Saya Tsuruta)

  • Smoochum’s first card since L1 HeartGold Collection (2009)
  • 10th baby Pokémon to receive a card in SV era

SV7a 024/064 Gimmighoul (illus. Scav)
SV7a 038/064 Gholdengo (illus. Dsuke)


SV7a 025/064 Trapinch (illus. Taiga Kayama)
SV7a 026/064 Vibrava (illus. Teeziro) - 3x3 connected artwork (see below)
SV7a 027/064 Stellar Flygon ex (illus. 5ban Graphics)



SV7a 036/064 Duraludon (illus. Tonji Matsuno)
SV7a 037/064 Archaludon ex (illus. 5ban Graphics)


SV7a 049/064 Rufflet (illus. Nakamura Ippan) - new artist
SV7a 050/064 Braviary (illus. Anesaki Dynamic)


Nakamura Ippan

An illustrator and comic artist based in Tokyo

Non binary (they/them)

A visual design major and graduate of Joshibi University of Art and Design,AOYAMAJUKU (Illustration school in Tokyo).IPPAN began working as an illustrator while attending university. They mainly works on book covers, magazine illustrations, and CD jacket designs. drew manga reportage of rural towns and published them online and in zines.Use Copic markers to draw scenes around you that you don’t want to forget, like in a picture diary. From 2021 to 2022, the manga ”ゆうれい犬と街散歩(Town walking with ghost dog)‘’ will be serialized and a book will be published. In 2022, they will publish a book “僕のちっぽけな人生を誰にも渡さないんだ(I won’t give up my little life to anyone’)” which is a collection of their picture diaries."

SV7a 053/064 Helper Bell (illus. Ayaka Yoshida)
SV7a 056/064 ACE Spec Megaton Blower (illus. Toyste Beach)
SV7a 059/064 Counter Gain (illus. Toyste Beach)



SV7a 061/064 Surfer (illus. Sanosuke Sakuma)

  • Surfer trainer class was introduced in Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon

Connected Special Art

SV7a 065/064 AR Exeggcute (illus. Yuriko Akase)
SV7a 089/064 SAR Stellar Alolan Exeggutor ex (illus. Yuriko Akase)


SV7a 070/064 AR Latios (illus. OKACHEKE)
SV7a 087/064 SAR Latias ex (illus. OKACHEKE)


  • Iconically set in Alto Mare

Teeziro’s Connected Artwork

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The exeggutor looks so ridiculously stupid, and for some reason I love it

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Are the exeggcute eggs resting after a basketball game? Thats equally hilarious as it is adorable. And I really wanna see animated exeggcutes playing a game of basketball now.

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Look at all the equipment, they’ve just been eggsercising.

…I’ll leave now. :sweat_smile:

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So goofy and so cute!

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SV7a Paradise Dragona

Main Set

SV7a 013/064 Quaxly (illus. Saboteri)
SV7a 014/064 Quaxwell (illus. OKACHEKE)
SV7a 015/064 Quaquaval (illus. nagimiso)



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Sorry if I missed this info elsewhere but is the SAR kingdra getting it’s japanese release in sv7a? If so, then I will start getting my hopes up for a Clair full art card for my Johto gym page.

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It won’t, the SIR Kingdra ex promo is the same Kingdra ex from SV6a Night Wanderer. It will have to show up in a reprint set like High Class Pack (potentially Terastal Festival)

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Ah darn! Thank you for the info, hopefully it won’t be a much longer wait

it’s happening





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The font on that surging sparks is kind of putting me off

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Oh, completely opposite but i got really excited about it, imo the best set logo in a long time :smile:

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SV7a Paradise Dragona

Main Set

SV7a 002/064 Morelull (illus. Tomokazu Komiya)
SV7a 003/064 Shiinotic (illus. Aya Kusube)


Art Rare

SV7a 066/064 AR Shiinotic (illus. matazo)

  • Forests where Shiinotic live are treacherous to enter at night. People confused by its strange lights can never find their way home again. - Sun Pokédex entry
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I swear not paying attention to the release of gen 7 really gets me sometimes - I didn’t know this Pokemon existed! Haha, I guess that’s the nice thing about AR featuring less popular Pokemon!

Overall, I like the ETB design for this set quite a bit! And while I’m sure it will be a giant pile of leftovers from Japan with no set identity, I am looking forward to the chase cards! This set feels like it has the most potential since 151, but we’ll see!

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Every time I see Shiinotic…

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