Energy card (TCG)

Energy cards are the cards that power Pokémon attacks in the Pokémon Trading Card Game. To clarify, without the required Energy cards attached, a Pokémon cannot use these attacks. Energy cards come in Basic and Special forms.

Basic Energy cards

Basic Energy cards are defined as eight Energy cards that share their printed type with a Pokémon. Basic Energy cards always provide their printed type of Energy, as well as Colorless.

These eight cards (there is no basic Energy card yet that provides only Colorless Energy) are the only cards that players are allowed to have more than four of in their decks.

Name	Provides
Fighting Energy	or
Fire Energy	or
Grass Energy	or
Lightning Energy	or
Psychic Energy	or
Water Energy	or
Darkness Energy	or
Metal Energy	or

Special Energy cards

Special Energy cards are cards that do not provide merely one Energy of a specific type, or have an additional effect besides providing Energy. Some may heal the Pokémon they're attached to, add damage to their attacks, or may even provide several different types of Energy at once. A majority of them provide only Colorless Energy, however, there are several which provide one or more of any type of Basic Energy. There is no Special Energy card yet that provides one unit of only Colorless Energy without any effects.

For a full list of these, please see List of all Special Energy cards.