Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Ho-Oh
Surging Sparks · #19 · Uncommon · 2024
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Market reference
$0.11
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 19 / 252
- Release year
- 2024
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 130
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Regulation mark
- H
- Pokédex #
- 250
- 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 Ho-Oh 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 (Shining Blaze) 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 Lightning ×2 — a Lightning 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 Ho-Oh
- Exploit its Lightning 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 · 29 decks
- Match win rate
- 48.3%
- +1.1 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.
Brock's Scouting
in 57% of decks · 21 seen
Combusken
in 32% of decks · 12 seen
Torchic
in 32% of decks · 12 seen
Blaziken ex
in 32% of decks · 12 seen
Area Zero Underdepths
in 49% of decks · 18 seen
Dragapult ex
in 73% of decks · 27 seen
Lillie's Clefairy ex
in 78% of decks · 29 seen
Drakloak
in 73% of decks · 27 seen
Building around Ho-Oh?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
RCFlap — 50
RRCShining Blaze — 100+
If you have any Tera Pokémon on your Bench, this attack does 100 more damage.
Weakness:L×2
Resistance:F-30
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Ho-Oh or Surging Sparks.
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Aug 1, 2026
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Aug 1, 2026
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Aug 1, 2026
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Aug 1, 2026
OceanicTournamentSeries2026 18/20
Aug 2, 2026
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Aug 2, 2026
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Ho-Oh was legal.
TOURNAMENT OF DOOM! DRAGAPULT IS....
today
Amyverse Webcam Wonders #21 💙 $5 Cash Prize!
today
ASRcristiano # 178 - 60 codes prize pool!
today
⚡ Surge's TCG Vault Winner Takes All TCG Live #17
today
⚡Surge's TCG Vault WEBCAM Cash Prize Event⚡
today
Nightshades Premier Circuit Challenge #18 25 Codes
today
Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
5
ran Ho-Oh
Tournaments scanned
291
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
Top decks running Ho-Oh
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.01 | $0.15 | $19.98 | $0.11 | $0.01 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.05 | $0.25 | $25.00 | $0.15 | $0.15 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/22| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.03 |
| 7-day average | €0.04 |
| 30-day average | €0.05 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.04 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.02 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.05 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.22 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.20 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.05 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.21 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.21 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Ho-Oh is real?
Ho-Oh 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 Ho-Oh worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Ho-Oh is $0.11; 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 Ho-Oh from?
Ho-Oh is from the Pokémon set "Surging Sparks" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2024.
What rarity is Ho-Oh?
Ho-Oh is a Uncommon card in the Surging Sparks set.
Other Ho-Oh printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
