Shield Energy (Primal Clash 143)

Energy

Shield Energy シールドエネルギー Shield Energy

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Classification Special Energy card Provides Additional effect Yes English expansion Primal Clash Rarity English card no. 143/160 Japanese expansion Gaia Volcano Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 070/070 Japanese Deck Kit M Master Deck Build Box Speed Style Japanese card no. 048/049 Japanese expansion The Best of XY Japanese card no. 169/171

Shield Energy (Japanese: シールドエネルギー Shield Energy) is a Special Energy card. It was first released as part of the Primal Clash expansion.

Card text

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This card can only be attached to Pokémon. This card provides Energy only while this card is attached to a Pokémon.

The attacks of your opponent's Pokémon do 10 less damage to the Pokémon this card is attached to (before applying Weakness and Resistance).

(If this card is attached to anything other than a Pokémon, discard this card.)

Release information

This card was included in the Primal Clash expansion, first released in the Japanese Gaia Volcano expansion. In Japan, it was reprinted in the M Master Deck Build Box Speed Style released August 7, 2015. It was reprinted again in Japan in The Best of XY subset.

Trivia

• This card later received an erratum to change its damage reduction effect to apply after applying Weakness and Resistance. The entire effect was rephrased as "Any damage done to the Pokémon this card is attached to by an opponent's attack is reduced by 10 (after applying Weakness and Resistance)."

• This card is extremely similar in functionality to the original Metal Energy.

Origin

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.