Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Gouging Fire
Surging Sparks · #38 · Rare · 2024
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Market reference
$0.16
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 38 / 252
- Release year
- 2024
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 130
- Subtype
- Basic · Ancient
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Regulation mark
- H
- Pokédex #
- 1020
- 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 copies on average · 52 decks
- Match win rate
- 41.1%
- -6.1 pts vs the 47.2% 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.
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 Surging Sparks.
Redacted Chaos #10 (100 Codes)
Aug 8, 2026
Redacted Chaos 2nd Chance #8 (50 Codes)
Aug 8, 2026
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Aug 9, 2026
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Aug 9, 2026
OceanicTournamentSeries2026 19/20
Aug 9, 2026
SEASAC League Challenge #11 (SEASON 4) [50 CODES]
Aug 9, 2026
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Gouging Fire was legal.
LING TV ARENA (Late registration Available)
today
ArshSinghTCG x ITA Tournament
today
Saturday's Tests
today
TOURNAMENT OF DOOM! WORLDS LCQ!
today
Torneo Online PTCGL AC Gratuito #8
today
Top Deck Trainer Trials #7
today
Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
9
ran Gouging Fire
Tournaments scanned
307
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
Top decks running Gouging Fire
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 2026/07/10| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $0.01 | $0.19 | $5.00 | $0.16 | $0.01 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.08 | $0.31 | $19.98 | $0.32 | $0.10 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/24| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.09 |
| 7-day average | €0.08 |
| 30-day average | €0.07 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.08 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.02 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.21 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.15 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.20 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.07 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.19 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.18 |
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 $0.16; 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 "Surging Sparks" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2024.
What rarity is Gouging Fire?
Gouging Fire is a Rare card in the Surging Sparks set.
Other Gouging Fire printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
