Paldean Tauros 39/191 · Surging Sparks

Surging Sparks is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on 8 November 2024. The printed size is 191. This checklist is longer, at 252 cards. Paldean Tauros is 39/191, in position 39 of 252 on this checklist. Before it is 38 Gouging Fire, and after it is 40 Mantine. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Paldean Tauros is a Basic Water Pokémon with 130 HP. In the Pokédex this is Tauros (#128), generation 1 (Kanto).

Tauros (#128) has 36 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 27 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Tauros 47/64 in Jungle (1999). That card is named Tauros, while this one is Paldean Tauros. That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. 21 other cards of Tauros list a different HP.

The attack Upthrusting Horns lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. You may put 2 Energy attached to your opponent's Active Stage 2 Pokémon into their hand. Jet Headbutt is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Colorless. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The regulation mark is H.

I keep a set binder for Surging Sparks, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Surging Sparks set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Tauros can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Hisuian and Paldean forms. I still need this card.