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BASIC ENERGY Basic Energy cards come in six varieties: . Each Basic Energy card provides one Energy of the type shown. Because Basic Energy cards are the only exception to the rule limiting up to four cards with a certain name in a deck, Basic Energy cards are the primary source of fuel in a deck. They provide no additional benefit than supplying Energy but can be easily drawn, are expendable, and can be easily retrieved via Trainer cards or Pokémon. All Basic Energy Cards are CGI -illustrated, and many carry no illustration credits. However, since they were originally illustrated by Keiji Kinebuchi and have changed little in their appearance since then, one can deduce that Kinebuchi is still the illustrator for Basic Energy cards today. SPECIAL ENERGY Any Energy card that isn't a Basic Energy card is a Special Energy card. They either provide more than one Energy at a time, grant special properties to the Pokémon using it, or sometimes both. Double Rainbow Energy, for example, can provide two Energy of any type and reduce damage done it its holder. However, Special Energy cards are hard to obtain, since they are not exempt from the 4-card rule, compounded with the relatively few cards capable of finding them. Two types of Energy can only be found in the form of Special Energy cards: Energy. Pokémon with attacks that require these types of Energy will usually be able to do more damage or produce better effects than attacks that use Basic Energy cards, and the Darkness and Metal Energy cards themselves have benefits. Another disadvantage is that the card game generally discourages use of Special Energy cards. Some Pokémon and Trainers benefit if their opponent is holding Special Energy cards or lose some of their powers if they're holding them. For example, Electabuzz from EX Unseen Forces takes little damage from Pokémon with Special Energy cards attached to it. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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