Basic Fire Energy (TCG)

Energy

Basic Fire Energy 基本炎エネルギー Basic Fire Energy

Basic Fire Energy

Classification Basic Energy card Provides Additional effect No Release information English expansion Base Set English card no. 98/102 Japanese expansion Expansion Pack Expansion Gym Heroes English card no. 128/132 Japanese Theme Deck Nivi City Gym Japanese Deck Kit Quick Starter Gift Set Japanese Deck Green Deck Expansion Gym Challenge English card no. 128/132 Japanese Theme Deck Guren Town Gym Japanese Deck Kit Intro Pack Japanese Deck Squirtle Deck Japanese card no. 4 Japanese Deck Kit Intro Pack Japanese Deck Squirtle Deck Japanese card no. 8 Japanese Deck Kit Intro Pack Japanese Deck Squirtle Deck Japanese card no. 11 Japanese Deck Kit Intro Pack Japanese Deck Squirtle Deck Japanese card no. 28 Japanese Deck Kit Intro Pack Japanese Deck Squirtle Deck Japanese card no. 31 Japanese Deck Kit Intro Pack Japanese Deck Squirtle Deck Japanese card no. 33 Expansion Base Set 2 English card no. 126/132 Expansion Neo Genesis English card no. 107/111 Japanese Deck Kit Intro Pack Neo Japanese Half Deck Chikorita Half Deck Japanese card no. 5 Japanese Deck Kit Intro Pack Neo Japanese Half Deck Chikorita Half Deck Japanese card no. 14 Japanese Deck Kit Intro Pack Neo Japanese Half Deck Chikorita Half Deck Japanese card no. 17 Japanese Deck Kit Intro Pack Neo Japanese Half Deck Chikorita Half Deck Japanese card no. 19 Japanese Deck Kit Intro Pack Neo Japanese Half Deck Chikorita Half Deck Japanese card no. 25 Half Deck Tyranitar Half Deck Japanese Half Deck Leaders Pokémon Theater Limited Edition Expansion Miscellaneous Promotional cards Expansion Expedition Base Set English card no. 161/165 Japanese Deck Pokémon-e Starter Deck Expansion EX Ruby & Sapphire English card no. 108/109 Half Deck EX Trainer Kit English card no. 10/10 Japanese Half Deck Fire Quick Construction Pack Japanese card no. 011/015 Japanese Half Deck Fire Quick Construction Pack Japanese card no. 012/015 Japanese Half Deck Fire Quick Construction Pack Japanese card no. 013/015 Japanese Half Deck Fire Quick Construction Pack Japanese card no. 014/015 Japanese Half Deck Fire Quick Construction Pack Japanese card no. 015/015 Half Deck EX Trainer Kit 2 English card no. 11/12 Japanese expansion PCG-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 056/PCG-P Expansion EX Emerald Rarity English card no. 102/106 Japanese Deck Kit Master Kit Japanese Half Deck Torchic Quarter Deck Japanese card no. 010/015 Japanese Deck Kit Master Kit Japanese Half Deck Torchic Quarter Deck Japanese card no. 011/015 Japanese Half Deck Holon Research Tower Fire Quarter Deck Japanese card no. 011/015 Japanese Half Deck Holon Research Tower Fire Quarter Deck Japanese card no. 012/015 Japanese Half Deck Holon Research Tower Fire Quarter Deck Japanese card no. 013/015 Japanese Half Deck Holon Research Tower Fire Quarter Deck Japanese card no. 014/015 Japanese Deck Kit Gift Box Mew • Lucario Japanese Half Deck Mightyena Quarter Deck Japanese card no. 010/015 Japanese Deck Kit Gift Box Mew • Lucario Japanese Half Deck Mightyena 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Japanese Half Deck Magmortar Battle Strength Deck Expansion Call of Legends English card no. 89/95 Japanese Deck Kit Beginning Set Japanese Half Deck Tepig Half Deck Expansion Black & White Rarity English card no. 106/114 Japanese Half Deck Virizion Battle Strength Deck Japanese expansion BW-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 014/BW-P Japanese Deck Victini Formation Deck Japanese expansion BW-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 084/BW-P Japanese Deck Kit Beginning Set + Japanese Half Deck Tepig Half Deck Japanese Deck Reshiram-EX Battle Strength Deck Japanese Deck Kit Beginning Set Pikachu Version Japanese Half Deck Tepig Half Deck Japanese Deck Kit Battle Gift Set: Thundurus vs Tornadus Japanese Half Deck Tornadus Half Deck Japanese expansion BW-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 130/BW-P Japanese Deck Kit National Beginning Set Japanese Half Deck Tepig Half Deck Japanese Deck White Kyurem-EX Battle Strength Deck Japanese expansion Everyone's Exciting Battle Japanese expansion BW-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 222/BW-P Japanese Deck Kit XY Beginning Set Japanese Half Deck Fennekin Half Deck Japanese expansion XY-P Promotional cards Expansion XY English card no. 133/146 Japanese Deck M Charizard-EX Mega Battle Deck Japanese Deck M Rayquaza-EX Mega Battle Deck Japanese Deck Kit Emboar-EX vs Togekiss-EX Deck Kit Japanese Half Deck Emboar-EX Half Deck Japanese expansion BREAK Starter Pack English expansion Generations Rarity English card no. 76/83 Japanese expansion XY-P Promotional cards Japanese expansion Premium Champion Pack English expansion Evolutions Rarity English card no. 92/108 Japanese expansion XY-P Promotional cards English expansion Sun & Moon Japanese expansion Premium Trainer Box Japanese expansion Sun & Moon Japanese expansion SM-P Promotional cards English expansion Burning Shadows Rarity English card no. 167/147 Japanese expansion To Have Seen the Battle Rainbow Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 064/051 Japanese expansion SM-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 129/SM-P Japanese expansion SM-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 173/SM-P Japanese expansion SM-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 174/SM-P Japanese expansion SM-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 183/SM-P Expansion Team Up Japanese Deck Flareon-GX Starter Set Fire Japanese expansion SM-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 345/SM-P Japanese expansion Tag All Stars Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 203/173 Japanese expansion SV-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 038/SV-P Expansion SVE Basic Energies English card no. 002 Japanese expansion SV-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 080/SV-P English expansion Paldea Evolved Rarity English card no. 230/197 Japanese expansion Ruler of the Black Flame Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 141/108

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

Release information

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As one of the original Basic Energy cards, Fire Energy was released at the very beginning of the Trading Card Game in the Expansion Pack in Japan and Base Set internationally. International prints were numbered while the Japanese prints were unnumbered. The first numbered Japanese prints of the original card design were part of the Squirtle Deck of the Intro Pack. Cards in the Intro Pack were reprints that retained their original numbering and expansion symbols but had an additional symbol and number to properly order the decks; six of these were Fire Energy. The Base Set 2, Gym Heroes, Gym Challenge, and Neo Genesis expansions all reprinted this card. In Japan, the Intro Pack Neo included five reprints within the Chikorita Half Deck and had a similar numbering scheme as the Intro Pack.

For the Pokémon VS Era, the basic card layout was altered. The only releases using this layout was the Japanese Leaders Pokémon Theater Limited Edition deck and the Pokémon VS expansion. While it has no visible difference from the Japanese print, the Tyranitar Half Deck included this card. The half deck was only given to participants in the Tropical Mega Battle and 2002 World Championships. The first unnumbered international print as well as first Holofoil print of Fire Energy was a participation reward during the February 2002 Energize Your Game Pokémon League season.

With the introduction of the e-Reader, the Trading Card Game adopted a new card layout to utilize the machine. Fire Energy was printed with this layout in the Expedition Base Set, first released in the Japanese Pokémon-e Starter Deck. A Holofoil version was released in the Japanese McDonald's Pokémon-e Minimum Pack. Starting with the EX Series, Basic Energy cards dropped the e-Reader strips but retained the symbol in the bottom left corner. This card was printed in this style in the EX Ruby & Sapphire expansion. The e-Reader symbol was later dropped starting with the reprint in the EX Trainer Kit; this also affected the later EX Ruby & Sapphire prints included in EX FireRed & LeafGreen and EX Team Rocket Returns Theme Decks.

In Japan, Fire Energy was reprinted with new artwork in the Fire Quick Construction Pack. However, international sets would not adopt this artwork for several years, with the reprint in the EX Trainer Kit 2 using the old artwork. The EX Ruby & Sapphire print had a variant with the Professor Program logo stamped to the top left of the card that was given to Pokémon Professors during the 2004-2005 League cycle. In Japan, another print of Fire Energy with the new artwork was released as one of the PCG-P promo cards. This card received new artwork in the EX Emerald expansion.

In Japan, the Fire Quick Construction Pack print was reprinted in the Torchic Quarter Deck of the Master Kit, the Holon Research Tower Fire Quarter Deck, and the Mightyena Quarter Deck of the Gift Box Mew • Lucario. Yet another reprint with new artwork was included in the EX Holon Phantoms expansion. A Holofoil Fire Energy utilizing the EX Trainer Kit print's design was given out to participants of the 2006-2007 Pokémon League cycle. In Japan, the start of the DP Era brought with it another Energy card redesign, which saw its first use in the Entry Pack. A variant was given out at Gym Challenge events in December 2006. This version has the Gym Challenge logo in the bottom right corner of the card. The artwork originally seen on the Fire Quick Construction Pack print was then finally released in English in the EX Power Keepers expansion. This expansion inspired the release of the World Champions Pack in Japan, which included this card.

With the international game entering the DP Series, the Entry Pack print was printed in English in the Diamond & Pearl expansion. An unnumbered Crosshatch Holo print was a participation prize during the 2007-2008 Pokémon League cycle. This print features the Pokémon Organized Play logo in the top left corner of the card. In Japan, Cosmos Holo reprints of this card were prizes at Gym Challenge events in 2009. Due to the card game changing Eras in the middle of the cycle, one print is a DPt-P promo card and the other is a L-P promo card. In Japan, the Movie Commemoration Random Pack included a reprint of Fire Energy with unique artwork never seen outside the pack. A Crosshatch Holo Fire Energy was again a prize in a Pokémon League cycle, though with the changeover from Organized Play to Play! Pokémon in 2009, the stamp was changed to match the logo and was placed in the bottom right corner.

With the transition to the HeartGold & SoulSilver Series, Basic Energy cards saw another redesign, though this time each type was given unique background art. These were first included in the HeartGold & SoulSilver expansion, previously released in the Japanese HeartGold & SoulSilver Collection. The Magmortar Battle Strength Deck included a print that removed the background art but retained the card layout redesign. The HGSS print was reprinted in the Call of Legends as a Holofoil card.

Fire Energy was reprinted with new artwork in the Tepig Half Deck of the Japanese Beginning Set, with multiple prints each bearing a different number to organize the half deck. This print was included in the Black & White expansion, having been previously reprinted in the Virizion Battle Strength Deck in Japan. It was reprinted as one of the BW-P Promotional cards included in card packs given out during the February 2011 Gym Challenge. It has the Gym Challenge logo in the bottom right corner. It saw another reprint in the Victini Formation Deck of the Battle Theme Deck: Victini and again as another BW-P card, this time as a winner prize at the Summer Carnival in Tokyo Tower in July 2011. Like the previous promo, it has the logo for the event in the bottom right. In Japan, unnumbered reprints bearing their respective sets' expansion symbols were included in the Beginning Set +, Reshiram-EX Battle Strength Deck, Beginning Set Pikachu Version, and Tornadus Half Deck of the Battle Gift Set: Thundurus vs Tornadus. A Holo version of the Black & White print was the prize for the November 2011 Basic Season cycle of the Pokémon League. Like previous versions, the Play! Pokémon logo is in the bottom right corner. A Crosshatch Holo variant of the Call of Legends print was later a prize for the 2011-2012 Pokémon League cycle, bearing the Play! Pokémon logo in the bottom right corner.

This card was reprinted as another BW-P promo, this time available in card packs given out at the March 2012 and September 2012 Gym Challenges. Again, the Gym Challenge logo is stamped in the bottom right. Further unnumbered but symboled Japanese reprints were included in the National Beginning Set, White Kyurem-EX Battle Strength Deck, and Everyone's Exciting Battle expansion before a final BW-P reprint with a stamp for the event was the participation prize for the Battle Carnival Spring 2013. The XY Beginning Set saw new artwork for Fire Energy, which made its way into the English XY expansion. But not before an unnumbered XY-P Promotional print with a Lawson stamp was released in the Lawson Limited Pokémon Coin Set in December 2013. In Japan, this card was reprinted: in the M Charizard-EX Mega Battle Deck; as unnumbered XY-P promos in May-July 2014 and February-March 2015 Pokémon Card Gym packs; as an unnumbered XY-P promo that was a prize for competing in 5 on 5 Battles at the Lizardon Mega Battle in May 2014, featuring the event's logo in the bottom right; as another unnumbered XY-P promo in Pokémon Center Crisis Battle packs in January 2015; and in the M Rayquaza-EX Mega Battle Deck; in the Emboar-EX Half Deck of the Emboar-EX vs Togekiss-EX Deck Kit; and in the BREAK Starter Pack.

A reprint with new artwork was released as an unnumbered XY-P promo available in May-July 2015 Pokémon Card Gym packs and later was a participation prize for the Pokémon Card Gym from August to October 2016. This print was released in English in the Generations expansion. The Premium Champion Pack included a Mirror Reverse Holo reprint of Fire Energy with unique artwork. An unnumbered Holo version of the XY print was included in the Battle Arena Decks: Rayquaza vs. Keldeo. To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Pokémon, Cosmos Holofoil Basic Energy cards bearing the original layout were given out as prizes for three straight wins at the 20th Anniversary Festa held in October 2016. This print was then included in the Evolutions expansion.

The Sun & Moon Series brought with it another Energy card design. For the first time, Basic Energy cards in English sets were completely unnumbered and included in every expansion starting with Sun & Moon. A Mirror Reverse Holofoil reprint of this card was included in the Japanese Sun & Moon subset. Fire Energy was released as a Secret card for the first time, in the Burning Shadows expansion, first released in the Japanese To Have Seen the Battle Rainbow expansion. This print features unique artwork. The prints of Fire Energy included in the Shining Legends booster packs were Holofoil.

Fire Energy was released as unnumbered Energy cards in several Japanese products: Incineroar-GX Starter Set Fire, Premium Trainer Box, Rockruff Full Power Deck, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon Premium Trainer Box, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon Deck Build Boxes, and the Fire Charizard-GX Deck. It was also released as numbered Energies in the Japanese Turtonator Deck.

It was reprinted as a SM-P promo numbered 129/SM-P and was given out as a Play Point prize at several events: the Champion's League 2018 Yokohama for four points; the Champion's League 2018 1st Certified Tournament for 12 points; the Champion's League 2018 Nagoya/Kyoto for six points, the Pokémon Japan Championships 2018 for six points, the Champion's League 2019 Tokyo/Niigata for six points, the Champion's League 2019 Certified Tournament for six points, the Champion's League 2019 Certified Tournament for six points, the Champion's League 2019 Kyoto for a minimum of 10 points, the Pokémon Japan Championships 2019 for six points, and the Champion's League 2020 Tokyo for a minimum of 10 points. It features the Champion's League 2018 logo in the bottom right corner of the card. Two more SM-P promos, 173/SM-P and 174/SM-P, were available from special packs given to customers of 7-Eleven stores who bought five booster packs of Ultra Sun or Ultra Moon starting December 8, 2017. 174/SM-P is a Holofoil, and both have the 7-Eleven logo stamped in the bottom right corner. It was made available as the participation prize for the Pokémon Card Station: Pokémon Card Game Classroom in 2017 and 2019. An unnumbered, Mirror Holofoil SM-P Promotional reprint was one of the prizes available from the EDION Limited Stamp Campaign.

Another new design was included in every expansion starting with Team Up, first released in the Japanese Flareon-GX Starter Set Fire. It was later included in the Japanese Tag Team GX Premium Trainer Box, Tag Team GX Deck Build Box, and the Extra Regulation Box. It was included as a Secret card in the Japanese Tag All Stars subset.

Gallery

Base Set print Illus. Keiji Kinebuchi	Pokémon VS print	Expedition Base Set print
EX Ruby & Sapphire print	EX Trainer Kit print	EX Emerald print
EX Holon Phantoms print	EX Power Keepers print	Diamond & Pearl print
Movie Commemoration Random Pack print	HeartGold & SoulSilver print	Black & White print
XY print	Generations print	Premium Champion Pack print
Evolutions print	Sun & Moon print	Burning Shadows print

Team Up print	Tag All Stars print	Sword & Shield print
Fusion Strike print	Brilliant Stars print	Battle Academy 2022 print
Crown Zenith print	SVE Basic Energy 002 print	SVE Basic Energy 010 print
Obsidian Flames 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	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori

TCG GB1 Colosseum sprite	TCG GB2 Beginning Pokémon sprite	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
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	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori

Trivia

• Prior to the Expedition Base Set, all Basic Energy cards credited Keiji Kinebuchi as their illustrator. The Expedition and all subsequent prints do not list an illustrator credit.
• The background for the HeartGold & SoulSilver variant has an outline of Ho-Oh and the Bell Tower.

Origin

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

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