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An '''engine''' in the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]] is a player-made term used to refer to a card or a series of cards that, when played, greatly increase a player's drawing or searching speed, thus helping them burn through their deck faster.  The most well-known and effective engine is probably the infamous {{TCG|Holon Engine}}, which consists entirely of Trainer and Supporter cards.  However, while engines are often centered around Trainer cards, some engines are centered around Pokémon cards. However, if an engine is based around one or more Pokémon cards, the Pokémon will generally sit on a player's bench and utilize its {{TCG|Poké-Power}}.  Some cards could be considered engines by themselves, such as {{TCG ID|EX Power Keepers|Delcatty|8}}. In essence, the power of an engine is its drawing or searching ability.

The ''Cosmic Power engine'' utilized {{TCG ID|Great Encounters|Claydol|15}}'s ''Cosmic Power'' Poké-Power to simply draw cards.  ''Cosmic Power'' allows the player to put up to two cards from his or her hand on the bottom of their deck and draw cards until they have six in their hand.  ''Cosmic Power'' is one of the simplest, yet most effective engines to date, yet it is not without its problems.  Since Claydol sits on the bench, it is vulnerable to being sniped by attacks such as {{TCG ID|Supreme Victors|Garchomp C LV.X|145}}'s ''Dragon Rush'', at which point the Claydol player may be left without a way to reliably draw cards.