Energy card (TCG)

Energy cards (Japanese: エネルギー Energy) are the cards that power Pokémon attacks in the Pokémon Trading Card Game. 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 (Japanese: 基本エネルギー Basic Energy) are defined as nine Energy cards that share their printed type with a Pokémon. They are the only cards that players are allowed to have more than four of in their decks, aside from Arceus. Basic Energy cards always provide their printed type of Energy, as well as Colorless. However, there is no basic Energy card yet that provides only a single Colorless Energy.

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
Fairy Energy	or

Special Energy cards

Special Energy cards (Japanese: 特殊エネルギー Special Energy) are cards that provide more than one Energy of a specific type and/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.

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

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