Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Gouging Fire
Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos · #151 · Promo · 2023
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Market reference
$5.17
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 151 / 196
- Release year
- 2023
- Rarity
- Promo
- HP
- 130
- Subtype
- Basic · Ancient
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Regulation mark
- H
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 100 damage
- 33.33 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Gouging Fire plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Its main attack (Blazing Charge) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Fire Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fire type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water attacker doing ≥65 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 1 copy.
How to beat Gouging Fire
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥65 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.02 copies on average · 47 decks
- Match win rate
- 37.4%
- -9.6 pts vs the 47.0% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
Building around Gouging Fire?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
RLunge Out — 30
RRCBlazing Charge — 100+
If your opponent has 4 or fewer Prize cards remaining, this attack does 70 more damage.
Weakness:W×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Gouging Fire or Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos.
SEASAC League Challenge #29 (SEASON 4) [50 CODES]
Sep 2, 2026
Team Corna Weekly September's #1
Sep 2, 2026
Amyverse PTCG Live Weekly #11 💛 Cash Prize!
Sep 2, 2026
REFINE Autumn Series Session 1: Pumpkin Spice
Sep 2, 2026
SEASAC League Challenge #30 (SEASON 4) [50 CODES]
Sep 3, 2026
🏆Moujii's Dojo🏆 (Late Registration Available!)
Sep 3, 2026
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Gouging Fire was legal.
Torneo Relámpago ⚡ #73 PTCG Live (25 CODES)
today
Pudding Weekly #11 | ram for game lol
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Last Chance - Last Prize Season 3
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🐓Rinha de Galo#1 - Professor Galo TCG 🇧🇷
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Hideout TCG MID-WEEK Meta Clash 100 codes #10
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SEASAC League Challenge #28 (SEASON 4) [50 CODES]
today
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/12| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $3.99 | $5.78 | $12.04 | $5.17 | $5.69 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €30.00 |
| 7-day average | €8.63 |
| 30-day average | €7.55 |
| Low | €2.00 |
| Trend price | €10.27 |
| Low (excellent+) | €2.00 |
| averageSellPrice | €7.66 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Gouging Fire is real?
Gouging Fire is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Gouging Fire worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Gouging Fire is $5.17; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Gouging Fire from?
Gouging Fire is from the Pokémon set "Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2023.
What rarity is Gouging Fire?
Gouging Fire is a Promo card in the Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos set.
Other Gouging Fire printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
