Psychic (TCG)

TCG types
Grass Fire Water Lightning Psychic Fighting Darkness Metal Fairy Dragon Colorless

The Psychic type is one of the nine TCG elemental types.

The Psychic type contains all Psychic and Ghost Pokémon found in the Game Boy games. For example, Alakazam and Gengar are Psychic types in the TCG.

Recently, in the Diamond and Pearl expansion set, Poison-type Pokémon have been represented as Psychic-types.

Battle properties

Generally Psychic Pokémon have a weakness to:

• Psychic (if the Pokémon was a Psychic or Poison type in the Game Boy games)
• Darkness (if the Pokémon was a Ghost type in the Game Boy games)

Psychics are weak to Psychics in the TCG, because in the Game Boy games, Psychics are weak to to Ghosts.

These types are generally weak to Psychic Pokémon:

• Psychic
• Fighting

These types are generally resistant to Psychic Pokémon:

• Colorless (only before EX Ruby & Sapphire)
• Darkness
• Metal (Diamond & Pearl onwards)

Illustration depiction

The general psychic energy picture is a purple eye inside what appears to be a white containment unit. The eye is surrounded by purple colouring that is lighter at the top than the the bottom.

Psychic Pokémon in the TCG

See Category:Psychic-type Pokémon cards for all Pokémon cards that have this type.