Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Spheal
Surging Sparks · #199 · Illustration Rare · 2024
Listings
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Market reference
$10.42
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Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 199 / 252
- Release year
- 2024
- Rarity
- Illustration Rare
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Sealeo
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Regulation mark
- H
- Pokédex #
- 363
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 10 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
Strategy & play
How Spheal 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.
- Inflicts Sleep — they flip each turn to wake, so it’s a coin-flip lock: disruptive but unreliable on its own.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Metal ×2 — a Metal attacker doing ≥35 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Currently Standard-legal — usable in the main rotating format.
How to beat Spheal
- Exploit its Metal weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 3.25 copies on average · 4 decks
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
Building around Spheal?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
WPowder Snow — 10
Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Asleep.
Weakness:M×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Spheal or Surging Sparks.
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Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Spheal was legal.
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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 | $8.73 | $11.00 | $110.31 | $10.42 | $11.99 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/18| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €4.61 |
| 7-day average | €4.66 |
| 30-day average | €5.43 |
| Low | €2.50 |
| Trend price | €4.83 |
| Low (excellent+) | €2.50 |
| averageSellPrice | €5.48 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Spheal is real?
Spheal 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 Spheal worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Spheal is $10.42; 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 Spheal from?
Spheal is from the Pokémon set "Surging Sparks" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2024.
What rarity is Spheal?
Spheal is a Illustration Rare card in the Surging Sparks set.
Other Spheal printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
