Spheal (Surging Sparks 43)

Spheal
タマザラシ Tamazarashi

Illustration rare print
Illus. miki kudo

Evolution stage

Card name

HP

70

weakness ×2	resistance None	retreat cost

English expansion	Surging Sparks
Rarity
English card no.	043/191
Japanese expansion	Super Electric Breaker
Japanese rarity
Japanese card no.	027/106

English expansion	Surging Sparks
Rarity
English card no.	199/191
Japanese expansion	Super Electric Breaker
Japanese rarity
Japanese card no.	111/106

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Spheal.

Spheal (Japanese: タマザラシ Tamazarashi) is a Water-type Basic Pokémon card. It is part of the Surging Sparks expansion.

Card text

Powder Snow

こなゆき

10

Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Asleep.

Pokédex data

Spheal - Clap Pokémon

No.

0363

Height

2'7" (0.8 m)

Weight

87.1 lbs. (39.5 kg)

Pokédex entry

This Pokémon's body is covered in blubber and impressively round. It's faster for Spheal to roll around than walk.

ぶ厚い脂肪に包まれた見事にまんまるな体。歩くより転がるほうが速い。

Release information

This card was included as a Regular card and a Full Art illustration rare card in the Surging Sparks expansion, first released in the Japanese Super Electric Breaker expansion. The Regular print features artwork by Teeziro, while the Full Art illustration rare print features artwork by miki kudo.

Gallery

Regular print
Illus. Teeziro

Illustration rare print
Illus. miki kudo

Trivia

The Regular print of this card forms a combined illustration with eight other cards released in the Scarlet & Violet Series of the Pokémon TCG: Dudunsparce, Torkoal, Wattrel, Golbat, Slowpoke, Togetic, Vibrava, and Passimian. All nine cards feature illustrations by Teeziro and were first released in Japan in 2024. The full combined illustration is featured on the つながるせかい -みんなのすみか- Tsunagaru Sekai -Minna no Sumika- (lit. "Connected World - Everyone's Habitat") line of TCG card sleeves.

Origin

Powder Snow is a move in the Pokémon games that Spheal can learn. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Sword.

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.