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| style="background: #{{tcg grass color}};" rowspan="3" | {{e|Grass}}<br>[[Grass (TCG)|{{color|000|Grass}}]]
| style="background: #{{grass color}};" | [[Grass (type)|{{color|000|Grass}}]]
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| style="background: #{{poison color}};" | [[Poison (type)|{{color|000|Poison}}]]{{tt|*|Until the EX Power Keepers set}}
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| style="background: #{{bug color}};" | [[Bug (type)|{{color|000|Bug}}]]
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| style="background: #{{tcg fire color}};" | {{e|Fire}}<br>[[Fire (TCG)|{{color|000|Fire}}]]
| style="background: #{{fire color}};" | [[Fire (type)|{{color|000|Fire}}]]
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| style="background: #{{tcg water color}};" rowspan="2" | {{e|Water}}<br>[[Water (TCG)|{{color|000|Water}}]]
| style="background: #{{water color}};" | [[Water (type)|{{color|000|Water}}]]
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| style="background: #{{ice color}};" | [[Ice (type)|{{color|000|Ice}}]]
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| style="background: #{{tcg lightning color}};" | {{e|Lightning}}<br>[[Lightning (TCG)|{{color|000|Lightning}}]]
| style="background: #{{electric color}};" | [[Electric (type)|{{color|000|Electric}}]]
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| style="background: #{{tcg fighting color}};" rowspan="3" | {{e|Fighting}}<br>[[Fighting (TCG)|{{color|000|Fighting}}]]
| style="background: #{{fighting color}};" | [[Fighting (type)|{{color|000|Fighting}}]]
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| style="background: #{{rock color}};" | [[Rock (type)|{{color|000|Rock}}]]
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| style="background: #{{ground color}};" | [[Ground (type)|{{color|000|Ground}}]]
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| style="background: #{{tcg psychic color}};" rowspan="4" | {{e|Psychic}}<br>[[Psychic (TCG)|{{color|000|Psychic}}]]
| style="background: #{{psychic color}};" | [[Psychic (type)|{{color|000|Psychic}}]]
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| style="background: #{{ghost color}};" | [[Ghost (type)|{{color|000|Ghost}}]]
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| style="background: #{{poison color}};" | [[Poison (type)|{{color|000|Poison}}]]{{tt|*|From the Diamond & Pearl set until the Sword & Shield set}}
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| style="background: #{{fairy color}};" | [[Fairy (type)|{{color|000|Fairy}}]]{{tt|*|Starting with the Sword & Shield set}}
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| style="background: #{{tcg colorless color}};" rowspan="3" | {{e|Colorless}}<br>[[Colorless (TCG)|{{color|000|Colorless}}]]
| style="background: #{{normal color}};" | [[Normal (type)|{{color|000|Normal}}]]
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| style="background: #{{flying color}};" | [[Flying (type)|{{color|000|Flying}}]]
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| style="background: #{{dragon color}};" | [[Dragon (type)|{{color|000|Dragon}}]]{{tt|*|Until the Dragons Exalted set}}
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| style="background: #{{tcg darkness color}};" rowspan="2" | {{e|Darkness}}<br>[[Darkness (TCG)|{{color|FFF|Darkness}}]]
| style="background: #{{dark color}};" | [[Dark (type)|{{color|000|Dark}}]]
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| style="background: #{{poison color}};" | [[Poison (type)|{{color|000|Poison}}]]{{tt|*|Starting with the Sword & Shield set}}
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| style="background: #{{tcg metal color}};" | {{e|Metal}}<br>[[Metal (TCG)|{{color|FFF|Metal}}]]
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| style="background: #{{tcg dragon color}};" | {{e|Dragon}}<br>[[Dragon (TCG)|{{color|FFF|Dragon}}]]
| style="background: #{{dragon color}};" | [[Dragon (type)|{{color|000|Dragon}}]]{{tt|*|Starting from the Dragons Exalted set}}
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| style="background: #{{tcg fairy color}}; {{roundybl|20px}}" | {{e|Fairy}}<br>[[Fairy (TCG)|{{color|FFF|Fairy}}]]
| style="background: #{{fairy color}}; {{roundybr|20px}}" | [[Fairy (type)|{{color|000|Fairy}}]]{{tt|*|Until the Cosmic Eclipse set}}
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'''Energy type''', commonly referred to as '''type''' (Japanese: '''タイプ''' ''type'') is a property of both {{TCG|Pokémon}} and {{TCG|Energy card}}s in the {{pkmn|Trading Card Game}}. It was formerly known as '''color''' (Japanese: '''{{ruby|色|いろ}}''' ''color'') in [[Wizards of the Coast]] published expansions. On Pokémon, it is sometimes referred to as a '''Pokémon type'''.<ref>[[Pokémon Trading Card Game Rules]]</ref><ref>[https://tcg.pokemon.com/en-us/expansions/celebrations/ Celebrations dedicated website]</ref><ref>[https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-tcg/black-white-dragons-exalted Dragons Exalted overview]</ref> It is based on the [[type]] mechanic from the [[Pokémon games]]. There are eleven types currently in the game.

==Available types==
The Pokémon TCG has eleven Energy types. These are {{TCG|Colorless}}, {{TCG|Grass}}, {{TCG|Fire}} , {{TCG|Water}}, {{TCG|Lightning}}, {{TCG|Fighting}}, {{TCG|Psychic}},  {{TCG|Darkness}}, {{TCG|Metal}}, {{TCG|Dragon}} and {{TCG|Fairy}}. Despite the name of "Colorless", it is still an Energy type. Only some older cards like {{TCG ID|Jungle|Venomoth|13}} from {{TCG|Jungle}} act like Colorless is not a Energy type, or color as it was sometimes referred to back them, by allowing the player to choose any type except for Colorless.

Four types of the aforementioned types were added in later expansions. Darkness and Metal were first introduced in {{TCG|Neo Genesis}}, Dragon in {{TCG|Dragons Exalted}}, and Fairy in {{TCG|Kalos Starter Set}}. Of these, the Fairy type was retired in February 2020 with the release of the {{TCG|Sword & Shield}} expansion.<ref>[https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/changes-coming-to-the-pokemon-tcg-with-sword-shield/ ''Changes Coming to the Pokémon TCG with Sword & Shield'' - Pokémon.com] (accessed September 01, 2021)</ref> As such, no cards that have Fairy as an Energy type have been printed since that expansion.

As an adaption of the Pokémon video games, some complexities occur regarding typing. The games have nineteen types, compared to the TCG's eleven. This means some compression occurs between mediums so that every [[Pokémon (species)|Pokémon]] can be represented on a card with an Energy type. For example, {{t|Fighting}}-, {{t|Rock}}- and {{type|Ground}} Pokémon from the games are all featured as {{ct|Fighting}} cards. The table to the right demonstrates a number of these simplifications. Note that the video game typing assigned to each particular Energy type has changed depending on different series. This has been indicated via hover text in the table, and on the articles for the respective Energy types.

For the most part, the names of a type from the games compared to an Energy type is a direct match. However, the {{type|Electric}} is represented by the {{TCG|Lightning}} Energy type, {{type|Dark}} is represented by the {{TCG|Darkness}} Energy type, and {{type|Steel}} is represented by the {{TCG|Metal}} Energy type,

==Properties==
[[File:ClawitzerFusionStrike75.jpg|200px|thumb|{{TCG ID|Fusion Strike|Clawitzer|75}} is a {{ct|Water}} Pokemon. This can be seen in the upper right corner of the card, which has the corresponding symbol. The rest of the card has a blue frame, to match the type. It has an attack that requires one {{e|Water}} Energy, as per its type, and a second attack that requires two {{e|Water}} Energy and one {{e|Colorless}} Energy, which is still fairly normal for a {{ct|Water}} Pokémon card.]]
An Energy type primarily modifies how a card is regarded by other cards, Types get their meaning from other cards. For example, the ''Ice Shard'' {{TCG|attack}} on {{TCG ID|Ultra Prism|Snover|37}} and {{TCG ID|Forbidden Light|Snover|3}} deals more damage to Pokémon that are {{ct|Fighting}}, and the ''Hydro Pump'' attack on {{TCG ID|Boundaries Crossed|Keldeo|47}} deals 10 more damage for every {{e|Water}} Energy attached to Keldeo.

Every Energy type has a symbol to represent it, which is printed prominently on cards of that Energy type. For example, the {{ct|Grass}} is represented by a stylized leaf on a green background, and the {{ct|Psychic}} is represented by a stylized eye on a purple background.

The {{ct|Colorless}} has the peculiar property of being something of a "neutral" type, due to Colorless costs in attacks being a wildcard symbol that can be met using Energy of any type. 

==Types of Pokémon==
Most Pokémon have a single type. For example, the {{TCG ID|Chilling Reign|Steenee|14}} from {{TCG|Chilling Reign}} is {{ct|Grass}}. The type of a Pokémon card is displayed as a symbol in the upper right corner of the card. Some Pokémon are {{TCG|Dual-type Pokémon}}, and they have two types. Dual-type Pokémon were first introduced in the {{TCG|EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua}} expansion. This property is displayed slightly differently depending on the set, with the more recent ones from {{TCG|Steam Siege}} and the {{TCG|HeartGold & SoulSilver Series}} displaying both symbols. Older cards from the {{TCG|EX Series}} are always either part {{ct|Darkness}} or {{ct|Metal}}, and a variation of the symbol of their non-Darkness or Metal type but with a background based on the Darkness or Metal type. (Those cards have an extra text box explaining their Energy types with both symbols.)

===Correlations with card text===
The type of a Pokémon has little inherent rules meaning. It is a property that other cards refer to, rather than something that affects how a Pokémon behaves. However, the Energy type of a card often has correlations with the text of the rest of the card.
*The costs of the {{TCG|attack}}s that a Pokémon has usually have the same type as the Pokémon or include {{e|Colorless}} Energy. Some attacks have costs that are a mix of both.
**{{ct|Dragon}} Pokémon are exceptions, as Energy cannot be Dragon-typed. Instead, Dragon-type Pokémon have attacks with costs containing other Energy types.
*If a Pokémon has effects that reference Pokémon and Energy of a specific Energy type in a positive manner, that type will usually be the type of the Pokémon.
[[File:ScovillainObsidianFlames25.jpg|200px|left|thumb|{{TCG ID|Obsidian Flames|Scovillain|25}} is a {{ct|Grass}} Pokemon, even though the {{p|Scovillain|species}} in the video games is quite prominently a dual {{2t|Grass|Fire}} type. Sometimes, the TCG represents this concept by using an Ability that allows the card to have both typings.]]

Even with this in mind, there are many cards which do not follow this these conventions. Some cards will have one Energy type, but have attacks with costs that include other Energy types. For instance, one {{TCG ID|Ancient Origins|Quagsire|39}} card from {{TCG|Ancient Origins}} is {{ct|Fighting}}, but both of its attacks have costs including {{e|Water}} Energy. This often correlates to a typing the species has in the video games that is not the typing of the specific card. However, there are a number of cases where cards have Energy types in their attack costs that do not have a basis in the video games. Many of these cases are part of specific groups of Pokémon, such as {{TCG|Amazing Pokémon}} or {{TCG|Crystal Pokémon}}.

===Appearance===
A card's typing affects the rest of the card's aesthetic, as the frame of a Pokémon card is the same color as the type. For {{ct|Darkness}} Pokémon, this causes text on the card to be printed in white instead of black. This does not always apply to Dual-type Pokémon that are Darkness-type. In Steam Siege only the portions of the card printed on a black background used white text, while in EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua the cards just used regular black text. {{TCG|Reverse Holofoil}} Pokémon cards starting from {{TCG|Emerging Powers}}, with some exceptions for specific groups of Pokémon cards, have [[holofoil]] patterns that incorporate the symbol of the Energy type of the Pokémon.

===Changing Energy types of Pokémon===
A Pokémon can change its type through certain effects, overwriting the original typing of the card.<ref>[https://compendium.pokegym.net/ruling/1097/ Compendium VMAX], [[Team Compendium]]</ref> For instance, {{TCG ID|Rising Rivals|Wash Rotom|RT5}} has an {{TCG|Poké-Power}} which swaps its Energy type from {{ct|Lightning}} to {{ct|Water}}. While ''Wash Shift'' is active, Wash Rotom is no longer Lightning-type. Meanwhile, older card {{TCG ID|Wizards Promo|Smeargle|32}} has an attack that places Coloring {{TCG|counter}}s that change the opponent's Energy type to a chosen non-Colorless type. Some of these effects can make a Pokémon have two types. For example, [[Hoopa V (SWSH Promo 176)|Hoopa]]{{TCGV}} is {{ct|Psychic}}, but its ''Two-Faced'' {{TCG|Ability}} makes it a Psychic-type and {{ct|Darkness}} card once it is in play. Some of these effects are active as soon as the Pokémon enters play, but others like ''Dual Armor'' on {{TCG ID|Plasma Storm|Lucario|78}} with collector number 78 from {{TCG|Plasma Storm}} have to be activated through specific game actions. Technically, through such effects, a Pokémon can have any number of types. The {{TCG ID|Rising Rivals|Kecleon|67}} from {{TCG|Rising Rivals}} has a {{TCG|Poké-Body}} that just makes it every extant type at time of printing, all at once. However, effects that change the type of a Pokémon other than the one the effect is printed on are rare. 

There are also effects that can add types to Pokémon without replacing types, which are also rare. Three such examples are the {{TCG ID|Ancient Origins|Flareon|13}}, {{TCG ID|Ancient Origins|Vaporeon|22}}, and {{TCG ID|Ancient Origins|Jolteon|26}} cards from {{TCG|Ancient Origins}}, which have Abilities that add the Pokémon's respective Energy type to all of their owner's {{TCG|Stage 1 Pokémon}} without replacing their original types. This combines with the prior overwriting effects in the most optimal manner, resulting in a Pokémon that has every Energy type an effect says that it has along with all of the Energy types being added to. If {{TCG ID|Obsidian Flames|Scovillain|25}} is being affected by these Vaporeon and Jolteon, then Scovillian would be a Grass/Fire/Water/Lightning Pokémon. 
<ref>[https://compendium.pokegym.net/ruling/21/ Compendium VMAX], [[Team Compendium]]</ref>

===Weakness & Resistance===
[[File:CorvisquirePaldeaEvolved165.jpg|200px|thumb|right|{{TCG ID|Paldea Evolved|Corvisquire|165}} is a {{ct|Colorless}} Pokemon, and the species is a {{t|Flying}} type in the video games. This correlates with the Weakness and Resistance seen on the card. As per the bottom of the card, this card's {{ct|Lightning}} Weakness means it takes double the damage from an attack used by a Lightning-type Pokémon, and it has a {{ct|Fighting}} Resistance, so it takes 30 less damage from any attacks from a Fighting-type Pokémon]]
One of the key ways a Pokémon type matters is through Weakness and Resistance. Weakness and Resistance are game mechanics that can change how much damage a Pokémon takes from an attack.<ref>[https://compendium.pokegym.net/ruling/875/ Compendium VMAX], [[Team Compendium]]</ref>

Pokémon cards usually have an Energy type as an Weakness. When a Pokémon is an Active Pokémon and it takes damage from the attack of a Pokémon that has the same type as that Weakness, the first Pokémon takes increased damage from that attack. The effect that the Weakness has on the damage of the attack is always printed next to the Energy type of that Weakness, called an "amount" Traditionally, this is "x2", with the "x" standing for multiplication, meaning the damage is doubled from the what it was before calculating Weakness. However, cards from the {{DL|Pokémon Trading Card Game|Diamond & Pearl Series}} and the {{DL|Pokémon Trading Card Game|Platinum Series}} vary from this standard. Many cards from those sets have weaknesses that call for adding damage instead of multiplying, such as a "+20" indicating that 20 damage is added to the attack's damage.

Some Pokémon cards have an Energy type as an Resistance. This works almost identically to Weakness, except that now the Pokémon takes less damage from the attack instead of more. The exact effect of Resistances have varied depending on the set, but the most traditional effect is "-30", reducing the damage that an attack deals by 30. From the {{DL|Pokémon Trading Card Game|Diamond & Pearl Series}} to the {{TCG|Sword & Shield Series}}, most Pokémon with a Resistance reduce the damage by 20 instead of 30.

If a Pokémon has both a Weakness and a Resistance to the Energy type of a Pokémon using an attack, then the damage is first modified by the Weakness, then the Resistance.

Only damage calculation regarding an Active Pokémon takes Weakness and Resistance into account. When [[Benched Pokémon]] take damage, these characteristics are ignored unless a card otherwise says to take them into account. One example is {{TCG|Steam Siege}}'s {{TCG ID|Steam Siege|Galvantula|42}}, which as an attack that damages Benched Pokémon and applies Weakness and Resistance for that damage. {{TCG ID|Roaring Skies|Wide Lens|95}} is a {{TCG|Pokémon Tool card}} that makes all attacks work in this manner, but the attack does have to damage a Benched Pokémon to begin with.

Certain attacks have effects that make them ignore Weakness and Resistance in damage calculation. Even if a Pokémon using one of these attacks has an Energy type matching that of a Defending Pokémon's Weakness or Resistance, the damage being dealt will not be changed by either characteristic. One such attack can be found on {{TCG ID|Fusion Strike|Electrode|88}}. This is traditionally written as a variation on, "This attack's damage isn't affected by Weakness or Resistance." It is also possible for attack to not be affected by Weakness, and for an attack to not be affected by Resistance, but not both of them at once. {{TCG ID|Team Up|Zapdos|40}} has an attack that is an example of the former, {{TCG ID|Sword & Shield|Rhyperior|99}} has an attack that is an example of the latter. Ignoring Resistances is an upside, but ignoring Weakness is a downside. 

These effects often comes bundled with an effect that ignores any other effect on the {{DL|Appendix:Glossary (TCG)|Defending Pokémon}}, as seen on the card {{TCG ID|Twilight Masquerade|Cornerstone Mask Ogerpon ex|112}}. Despite the usual wording of "isn't affected by Weakness or Resistance, or by any effects on your opponent's Active Pokémon," Weakness and Resistance are not effects. As stated before, they are game mechanics.
[[File:PorygonBaseSet39.jpg|200px|thumb|left|{{TCG ID|Base Set|Porygon|39}}, the only card with an attack that can modify the opponents Weakness and an attack that can modify the opponents Resistance. Notice that Colorless is not a valid choice for either. This is an older card, where this was the status quo for type selecting effects.]]

Pokémon usually have one Energy type as a Weakness. A rare few cards like the {{TCG ID|XY|Sableye|68}} in {{TCG|XY}} and the {{TCG ID|Unbroken Bonds|Spiritomb|112}} in {{TCG|Unbroken Bonds}} have the special property of having no Weakness. So too do all {{ct|Dragon}} Pokémon released from {{TCG|Evolving Skies}} onward. Some cards have one Energy type as a Resistance, but most cards lack it. The vast majority of {{ct|Metal}} Pokémon have a Resistance, but the Energy type of that Resistance varies depending on the set.

Certain Pokémon can have two Energy types as Weaknesses and/or Resistances. In these cases, both if a Pokémon using an attack against them has the Energy types of both Weaknesses and/or both Resistances, then the damage of the attack is modified twice by the Weakness and/or Resistance amount.<ref>[https://compendium.pokegym.net/ruling/823/ Compendium VMAX], [[Team Compendium]]</ref> Some cards that are known to make use of this are {{TCG|Pokémon-ex}} and {{TCG|Pokémon LEGEND}}, but this is by no means exclusive to those cards. (Equally true is that Pokémon with more than one Weakness or Resistance have not been printed since {{TCG|EX Power Keepers}}, save for Pokémon LEGEND.)

Some effects can change the Weakness and Resistance of Pokémon in play. Most commonly, this is to remove the Weakness from a card, as seen on the very literally named {{TCG ID|Aquapolis|Weakness Guard|141}} and {{TCG ID|Unified Minds|Weakness Guard Energy|213}}, or as an effect on one of {{TCG ID|Primal Clash|Gardevoir-EX|105}}'s attacks. Resistance can also be removed in this way, like on {{TCG ID|Flashfire|Magnetic Storm|91}}. Other effects can overwrite the Energy type of the Weakness of a card, such as the attack on {{TCG ID|151|Porygon|137}} from {{TCG|151}} or one attack on {{TCG ID|Unbroken Bonds|Meowstic|80}} from Unbroken Bonds. These effects do not change the amount of Weakness, only the Energy type of that Weakness. If there was no Weakness before, these effects will set the amount to "x2". Other effects can indeed change an amount of Weakness, usually setting it to "x4" and really boosting the damage. Examples of that include the Abilities on {{TCG ID|Boundaries Crossed|Vileplume|3}} from {{TCG|Boundaries Crossed}} and {{TCG ID|151|Kabutops|141}} from 151. These effects will not do anything to a card that has no Energy type as a Weakness. Uniquely, the card {{TCG ID|Astral Radiance| Supereffective Glasses|152}} changes the amount of Weakness applied during damage calculation, if it is being applied, to "x3". This means the characteristic of the Defending Pokémon does not change despite the damage from the attack. being increased more than normal.

====Metagame====
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According to the game's director, [[Atsushi Nagashima]], the metagame of the TCG has traditionally focused on "a rock-paper-scissors relationship" between {{TCG|Grass}}, {{TCG|Fire}}, and {{TCG|Water}} Pokémon. However, it was believed that the metagame had been shifting too rapidly, and as such, the {{DL|List of Pokémon Trading Card Game expansions|Sword & Shield Series}} would expand the focus to further incorporate {{TCG|Lightning}} and {{TCG|Fighting}} Pokémon.<ref name = ablaze20/><ref name = comic20/>

===Gym Leader Challenge===
The {{TCG|Gym Leader Challenge format}} uses Pokémon type as part of its ruleset. A legal [[deck]] in Gym Leader Challenge can only contain Pokémon that share a single type. Those Pokémon can have other types in addition to this shared type. This restriction only checks Pokémon as they exist outside of play, fully ignoring effects printed on cards that change their own type.

===Relationship to Video Games===
[[File:CoalossalRebelClash107.jpg|200px|thumb|right|{{TCG ID|Rebel Clash|Coalossal|107}} is a card for a {{p|Coalossal|species}} that is {{2t|Rock|Fire}}. This card takes after the Rock typing, but Rock is not an Energy type. Pokemon that are Rock-type are printed as cards of the Fighting Energy type, and this card follows suit by having that Energy type. However, the Ability Tar Generator nods back at the Rock/Fire typing by affecting both Fighting and Fire Energy in a positive manner. Note that the card has a Weakness of Grass, matching a weakness of the Rock type from the game.]]
As an adaption of the Pokémon video games, many details of Pokémon cards regarding Energy types call back to elements seen in the games. The Energy type that a Pokémon card has usually matches one of the types the species has in the video games. For example, {{p|Infernape}} is a {{2t|Fire|Fighting}}-type Pokémon in the games, so {{TCG|Infernape}} cards tend to be either {{ct|Fire}} or {{ct|Fighting}}. For the Pokémon in the games that have types do not have a corresponding Energy type, they get cards that have Energy types that their typing has been grouped into, as per the table at the start of the article. One example of this is that {{t|Rock}}- and {{type|Ground}} Pokémon from the games get cards in the TCG that have the {{TCG|Fighting}} Energy type.

As stated before, if a Pokémon card has attacks that have costs which include Energy types that are not Colorless or the same Energy type of the card, the Energy types of that cost are likely to be Energy types based on the typing of the species in the video game that is not the card's Energy type.

Generally speaking, if a Pokémon card has effects that reference an Energy type in a positive manner and that type is not of the Energy type of the card, those effects will benefit the typing based on the typing of the species in the video game that is not the card's Energy type.

The Weakness and Resistance of Pokémon cards usually are based on their weaknesses in the games; for example, {{t|Ice}} is folded into {{ct|Water}} in the TCG, but Pokémon cards with the Water Energy type representing Ice-type Pokémon in the video games have a Weakness of {{TCG|Metal}}, much like how in the [[core series]] {{type|Ice}} is weak to {{t|Steel}}. 

As is always true of trading card games, these patterns do not hold in every circumstance. Sometimes, a Pokémon card has an Energy type that does not correspond with the types the species has in the video games. Other times, their Weakness and Resistance actively contradict the video games by holding true to the TCG pattern, or they are just Energy types that do not match the species's weaknesses and resistances in the video game. Sometimes, this has to do with certain groups of cards that have mechanical implications, such as {{TCG|Dark Pokémon}}, {{TCG|Rocket's Pokémon}}, {{TCG|δ Delta Species}} and {{TCG|Crystal Pokémon}}.

The pages for each Energy type make note of these correlations between video game and trading card game.

===="Attacks and types"====
One misconception of the TCG is that each attack has a type, and this type is what is used to determine if a Pokémon takes increased or decreased damage due to Weakness and Resistance. This line of thought further notes that the Energy types in the cost of an attack do not affect this "typing". This interpretation likely draws from the video games, where every [[move]] has a type. This is false; even a rulebook for [[Base Set 2]], the fourth expansion of the game, states that Weakness and Resistance are applied when the Energy type of the Pokémon using the attack matches.<ref>[https://www.judgeball.com/files/archives/tcg-rulebooks/en/WOTC_v1.pdf Advanced Rulebook, version 1],Judge Ball </ref>. However, this interpretation has been officially acknowledged in the past, in a question to Wizards of the Coast.<ref>[https://compendium.pokegym.net/ruling/322/ Compendium VMAX], [[Team Compendium]]</ref> It has also been listed on this very page as a truth.

However, it is true that sometimes, the TCG uses non-standard attack costs to be thematic. For example, {{TCG ID|Wizards Promo|Surfing Pikachu|28}} is a {{ct|Lightning}} Pokémon, but its ''Surf'' attack has a cost of {{e|Water}}{{e|Water}}. This may be to depict the idea of the move {{m|Surf}}, which attacks opponents with a wave of water, on a TCG card which itself is not {{ct|Water}}.

==Types of Energy==
[[File:BasicLightningEnergySVEEnergy4.jpg|200px|thumb|right|{{TCG|Basic Lightning Energy}} is a Basic Energy card with an Energy type of {{TCG|Lightning}}, so it provides {{e|Lightning}} Energy]]
The Energy type of an {{TCG|Energy card}} determines the type of Energy it provides. <ref name="JungleTotemBlazingEnergy">[https://compendium.pokegym.net/ruling/1833/ Compendium VMAX], [[Team Compendium]]</ref> 

For {{TCG|Basic Energy card}}s, this indicated both by the name of the card, and by the illustration that shows the Energy symbol of that type. {{TCG|Basic Darkness Energy}} for instance, is a card that has an Energy type of Darkness, so it provides one unit of Darkness Energy. The card's illustration shows a Darkness Energy. The upper right corner of the card will also show the Energy type. (If it is an Energy card from {{TCG|Base Set}}, or has a design derived from it such as in {{TCG|Evolutions}}, the Energy symbol is instead displayed in the upper left corner, by the bar for the card's category.)

{{TCG|Special Energy card}} is less consistent with their Energy type. Many Special Energy depict Energy that appear to be an Energy of a specific type, as seen on {{TCG ID|Rebel Clash|Speed L Energy|173}}, {{TCG ID|Rebel Clash|Horror P Energy|172}}, and the Special Energy version of {{TCG ID|Neo Genesis|Metal Energy|19}}. This Energy is also displayed in the upper right corner of the card. (The same provisions for Energy from Base Set or based on the appearance of those cards still applies.) However, most Special Energy cards do not have a non-Colorless Energy type until they are in play, even if their illustration appears to show so.<ref>[https://compendium.pokegym.net/ruling/668/ Compendium VMAX], [[Team Compendium]]</ref>. This means that effects that look for Energy of specific Energy types in zones that are not the in-play zone are unable to interact with Special Energy. (The primary exceptions to this are the Special Energy versions of Metal Energy and {{TCG ID|Neo Genesis|Darkness Energy|104}}, which do have the Metal and Darkness Energy types while not in play.)

[[File:BurningEnergyBREAKthrough151.jpg|200px|thumb|left|{{TCG ID|BREAKthrough|Burning Energy|151}} is a  Special Energy card. It looks like a Fire Energy, but technically it does not have an Energy type at all until it is attached to a Pokémon. Then it gains the {{TCG|Fire}} Energy type and provides {{e|Fire}} Energy. The card's color scheme is also inverted compared to a normal {{TCG|Basic Fire Energy}}, which is duplicated in the icon in the upper right corner.]]
Many Special Energy cards depict Energy that is not precisely one of the Energy types. The Energy in the artwork is what is seen in the icons in the upper right corner, even if it does not exactly match an Energy type. For example, {{TCG ID|BREAKpoint|Splash Energy|113}} depicts a darkened version of Water Energy, which is exactly what the icon shows. Cards that provide more than one unit of Energy, such as {{TCG ID|EX Team Rocket Returns|R Energy|95}} and {{TCG ID|Unbroken Bonds|Triple Acceleration Energy|190}}, have an icon in the upper right for every unit of Energy.

Also note that while {{ct|Dragon}} Pokémon exist, Dragon Energy does not exist within the rules. No Energy card can provide Dragon-typed Energy. {{TCG ID|Roaring Skies|Double Dragon Energy|97}} depicts two "Dragon Energy" but does not change this.

===Attack costs and Energy types===
[[File:YveltalShiningFates46.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The ''Amazing Destruction'' attack on the {{TCG ID|Shining Fates|Yveltal|46}} needs Energy of three different Energy types just to use, and after meeting those requirements the attack has two Colorless Energy left in the cost.]]
The Energy type that Energy cards have is important because in order for a Pokémon to use an attack, that Pokémon must have Energy attached to them that meets the cost of cost of the attack. The Energy types of that Energy, and therefore the types of the Energy they are providing, have to match the Energy types contained within the cost. For instance, the {{TCG ID|Dragons Exalted|Garchomp|90}} in {{TCG|Legendary Treasures}} has the attack ''Dragonblade'', which has a cost of {{e|Water}}{{e|Fighting}}. For Garchomp to be able to use the attack, it needs an Energy card attached to it that provides {{e|Water}} Energy and an Energy card attached to it that provides {{e|Fighting}} Energy. A combination of {{TCG|Basic Water Energy}} and {{TCG|Basic Fighting Energy}} is the simplest way to meet this cost, but there are multiple other ways to mix and match Energy cards that allow Garchomp to use ''Dragonblade''. A player could attach a {{TCG ID|Vivid Voltage|Wash W Energy|165}} instead of Basic Water Energy, or a {{TCG ID|Vivid Voltage|Stone F Energy|164}} in place of the Basic Fighting Energy. Many cards, one of which is {{TCG ID|Team Rocket|Rainbow Energy|17}}, can provide one unit of Energy of any type and could substitute for either Basic Energy.

Colorless Energy in attack costs is interesting because the symbol in attack costs represents a "wildcard": Any Energy type can fulfill the requirements of a Colorless Energy cost. For instance, the attack ''Clanging Scales'' on the {{TCG ID|Crimson Invasion|Kommo-o|77}} from {{TCG|Crimson Invasion}} has a cost of {{e|Lightning}}{{e|Fighting}}{{e|Colorless}}. It can be met with Energy providing {{e|Lightning}}{{e|Fighting}}{{e|Metal}}, {{e|Lightning}}{{e|Fighting}}{{e|Fairy}}, {{e|Lightning}}{{e|Fighting}}{{e|Psychic}}, or even {{e|Lightning}}{{e|Fighting}}{{e|Colorless}}. 

===Changing Energy types of Energy===
Some effects can change the Energy type that an Energy provides. The absolute most iconic example is the {{TCG ID|Base Set|Charizard|4}} in {{TCG|Base Set}}, whose ''Energy Burn'' {{TCG|Pokémon Power}} changes the Energy type of all Energy attached to it to {{ct|Fire}}. It has been imitated multiple times, with the relevant example of {{TCG|Lost Thunder}}'s {{TCG ID|Lost Thunder|Typhlosion|42}} having a ''Blazing Energy'' Ability that can change the Energy types of all of the Energy attached to all of its owner's Pokémon to Fire. Changing the Energy type of an Energy card in this way does not change the name of the card.<ref name="JungleTotemBlazingEnergy" /> As such, a {{TCG|Basic Grass Energy}} attached to the Charizard would have an Energy type of {{TCG|Fire}}, and provide {{e|Fire}}, but still be called Basic Grass Energy. This kind of effect interacts less than gracefully with Energy cards that can provide multiple types of Energy like the aforementioned Rainbow Energy. When this kind of card has its Energy type changed, the effect that allows the card to provide multiple different types of Energy ends.<ref>[https://compendium.pokegym.net/ruling/74/ Compendium VMAX], [[Team Compendium]]</ref> 

The prior effects overwrite an Energy's Energy type, but it is possible for a card to add Energy types without replacing the orginal type. The only such example is {{TCG ID|EX Delta Species|Holon Research Tower|94}}, which can add the Metal Energy type to any Energy attached to a Delta Species Pokémon. This effect works similarly to cards like {{TCG ID|Forbidden Light|Unit Energy FDY|118}} and {{TCG ID|Dragons Exalted|Blend Energy GRPD|117}}, making it so that the Energy card can provide either Energy of its original Energy type or Metal Energy, but only 1 unit of either.

==In the video games==
===Trading Card Game series===
In {{vg|Pokémon Trading Card Game}} and [[Pokémon Trading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR!]], there are seven available Pokémon types: {{TCG|Grass}}, {{TCG|Fire}}, {{TCG|Water}}, {{TCG|Lightning}}, {{TCG|Fighting}}, {{TCG|Psychic}}, and {{TCG|Colorless}}.

* [[List of Pokémon cards by type (TCG GB1)]]
* [[List of Pokémon cards by type (TCG GB2)]]

===Pokémon Trading Card Game Online===
In [[Pokémon Trading Card Game Online]], cards still have Energy types. Each Energy type has a different set of animations for when a Pokémon of that type uses an attack that deals damage. At certain thresholds of damage, the animation changes, becoming more extravagant as the damage rises.

The Energy type of Pokémon are referenced as part of [[Challenge (TCGO)|Challenges]], which call for taking specific actions using Pokémon of specific types. 

===Pokémon Trading Card Game Live===
In [[Pokémon Trading Card Game Live]], cards still have Energy types. Animations for damaging attacks again vary by type, but in this game the type of the Pokémon that most recently became an Active Pokémon determines the visuals that the in play zone uses. At the start of the game, this favors the Active Pokémon of the player taking the first turn. When an Active Pokémon evolves into a Pokémon of a different type, then this updates the in play zone.

Players can filter Pokémon and Energy search results by their Energy type. Oddly enough, Special Energy cards that provide Energy of every type are filtered as though their Energy type is Dragon. Those cards do not show up when the filter is set to any other type.

The Energy type of Pokémon are referenced as part of [[Battle Pass (TCG Live)|Quests]], which sometimes require playing Pokémon of specific types or putting Pokémon of those types in a deck. These Quests are not part of the standard Quest pool, only appearing during themed events.

==References==
<references> 
<ref name = ablaze20>[https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/an-interview-with-atsushi-nagashima-about-pokemon-tcg-sword-shield-darkness-ablaze/ An Interview with Atsushi Nagashima About Pokémon TCG: ''Sword & Shield—Darkness Ablaze'', The Pokémon Company International]</ref>
<ref name = comic20>[https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/pokemon-tcg-interview-creatures-atsushi-nagashima/ Pokemon TCG Game Director Reveals How the Popular Card Game Gets Made, ComicBook.com]</ref>
</references>

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