Darkness Energy (Basic)

Energy

Darkness Energy 悪エネルギー Evil Energy

Darkness Energy

Classification Basic Energy card Provides Additional effect No Release information Expansion Diamond & Pearl English card no. 129/130 Japanese expansion DPt-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 028/DPt-P Expansion Call of Legends Rarity English card no. 94/95 Japanese expansion BW-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 017/BW-P Expansion Black & White Rarity English card no. 111/114 Japanese Half Deck Cobalion Battle Strength Deck Japanese expansion BW-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 033/BW-P Japanese expansion BW-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 089/BW-P Expansion Kalos Starter Set English Deck Fennekin Deck Japanese Deck Kit XY Beginning Set Japanese Half Deck Fennekin Half Deck Japanese expansion XY-P Promotional cards Japanese Half Deck Yveltal Half Deck Expansion XY Rarity English card no. 138/146 Deck Kit XY Trainer Kit Half Deck Noivern Half Deck English card no. 19/30 Deck Kit XY Trainer Kit Half Deck Noivern Half Deck English card no. 22/30 Deck Kit XY Trainer Kit Half Deck Noivern Half Deck English card no. 26/30 Deck Kit XY Trainer Kit Half Deck Noivern Half Deck English card no. 28/30 Japanese Deck M Charizard-EX Mega Battle Deck English expansion Generations Rarity English card no. 81/83 Japanese expansion XY-P Promotional cards Japanese expansion Premium Champion Pack Expansion Evolutions Rarity English card no. 97/108 Expansion Sun & Moon English expansion Burning Shadows Rarity English card no. 168/147 Japanese expansion Facing a New Trial Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 066/049 Japanese expansion Facing a New Trial Japanese expansion SM-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 134/SM-P Japanese expansion SM-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 188/SM-P Expansion Team Up Japanese expansion SM-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 350/SM-P Japanese expansion Tag All Stars Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 208/173

Darkness Energy (Japanese: 悪エネルギー Evil Energy) is a Basic Energy card which provides one Darkness Energy . This can be attached to Pokémon cards and used to power moves with Darkness or Colorless Energy requirements.

It was first released in Diamond & Pearl expansion, as Darkness-type Pokémon were becoming more prevalent in the TCG by this point, much like their counterparts in the games. This was to counter the fact that both the old Darkness Energy and the old Metal Energy, originally released in Neo Genesis, were classified as Special Energy cards, meaning only four of them were allowed in a legal deck. Combined with their rarity, many players had to go to great lengths to mix in a few Darkness-types into their deck. With the release of the Basic Energy version of Darkness Energy, an unlimited number is now allowed in a deck, although there is no longer a specific advantage to using this version, unlike with the Special Energy counterpart.

Release information

During the BW era, this card was released as one of the BW-P Promotional cards, numbered 017/BW-P, and was included in a ten card random pack released during the February 2011 Gym Challenge. It was later awarded as number 033/BW-P alongside Zorua for those who participated in the March 2011 Open Challenge. It was reprinted again in the BW-P Promos, numbered 089/BW-P, as a winner's prize awarded to those who won various competitions at the Summer Carnival from July 23 to August 28.

As of the XY Series, there are 2 English prints of the basic Darkness Energy.The first is the Unnumbered ©2013 print., which was included within the English Fennekin Deck of the Kalos Starter Set. The second is the print included in the {{TCG|XY} expansion.

The first Japanese release of the basic Darkness Energy during the XY Era was the prints included in the Fennekin Half Decks of both the XY Beginning Set and the XY Beginning Set for Girls. In December 2013, a special Unnumbered XY-P Promotional print was released as part of a Lawson promotional campaign in which shoppers could obtain a special set of stamped basic Energies included within the Pokémon Coin Set. January 2014 saw the release of Darkness Energy within the Yveltal Half Deck featuring the Half Deck's Set Symbol.

Gallery

Diamond & Pearl print	Movie Commemoration Random Pack print	HeartGold & SoulSilver print
Black & White print	Generations print	Premium Champion Pack print
Evolutions print	Sun & Moon print	Burning Shadows print
Team Up print	Sword & Shield print	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori

Trivia

• Due to this card first being released after Basic Energy cards stopped listing illustrator credits in the Expedition Base Set, no known print of this card has a known illustrator. However, the artwork on the Special variation of this card is changed to that of artist Takumi Akabane, while this, the Basic version, retains the artwork by Milky Isobe from Neo Genesis.
• The background for the HeartGold & SoulSilver variant has an outline of Umbreon.

Origin

Basic Energy cards   Grass     Fire     Water     Lightning     Psychic     Fighting     Darkness     Metal     Fairy

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