List of attack name variations (TCG)

These are attack name variations in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Attack name variations

Spelling and spacing

Several attacks have had different spellings across certain cards.

• Pain-Full Punch and Pain-full Punch
• Psychic and Psyche, the latter used by Ancient Mew

Variations based on the core series games

There are several moves from the core series games which originally consisted of multiple words with no spaces, but had the spaces between words introduced in Generation VI.

• Bubble Beam, formerly Bubblebeam
• Double-Edge and Double-edge
• Double Slap, formerly Doubleslap (changed in Diamond & Pearl, save for a use on Audino)
• Fire Blast or Fireblast, the latter used by a Charizard card
• Freeze-Dry and Freeze Dry
• Poison Powder, formerly Poisonpowder
• Sand Attack, formerly Sand-Attack or Sand-attack
• Self-Destruct, formerly Selfdestruct, also named Self Destruct on an Electrode card and a Ferroseed card
• Solar Beam, formerly Solarbeam
• Sonic Boom, formerly Sonicboom
• Thunder Punch, formerly Thunderpunch
• Thunder Shock, formerly Thundershock (changed in Furious Fists)
• Vise Grip, formerly Vice Grip

Punctuation

Some attacks differ by their punctuation. The attacks with question marks below are from cards that have not been released in English.

• Confuse Ray and Confuse Ray?, the latter used by Poncho-wearing Eevee
• Crimson Dive and Crimson Dive?, the latter used by Poncho-wearing Pikachu
• Draining Kiss and Draining Kiss?, the latter used by Poncho-wearing Eevee
• Fire Fang and Fire Fang?, the latter used by Poncho-wearing Eevee
• Fly and Fly?, the latter used by Poncho-wearing Pikachu
• Icy Wind and Icy Wind?, the latter used by Poncho-wearing Eevee
• Leaf Blade and Leaf Blade?, the latter used by Poncho-wearing Eevee
• Muddy Water and Muddy Water?, the latter used by Poncho-wearing Eevee
• Outrage and Outrage?, the latter used by Poncho-wearing Pikachu
• Pin Missile and Pin Missile?, the latter used by Poncho-wearing Eevee
• Powder Snow and Powder Snow?, the latter used by Poncho-wearing Pikachu
• Psychic and Psychic?, the latter used by Poncho-wearing Eevee
• Singe and Singe?, the latter used by Poncho-wearing Pikachu

Symbols

Some attacks differ by symbols other than punctuation.

• Tag Play ⊕ and Tag Play ⊖

Japanese kana variations

Some attacks differ by the use of hiragana or kakatana in Japanese.

• Sharp Sickle (Japanese: するどいかま Sharp Sickle; するどいカマ Sharp Sickle)

GX attacks

A number of GX attacks are named after existing attacks with "-GX" appended to the end. Or in other cases, an existing GX attack name has the "-GX" removed and is used as the name of a new attack. This lists them in alphabetical order, with the original attack coming first.

• Absorption-GX and Absorption
• Big Throw-GX and Big Throw
• Boomburst and Boomburst-GX
• Dangerous Rogue-GX and Dangerous Rogue
• Ice Beam and Ice Beam-GX
• Resolute Blade and Resolute Blade-GX
• Slash Back-GX and Slash Back
• Sonic Edge and Sonic Edge-GX
• Strafe and Strafe-GX
• Thunderbolt and Thunderbolt-GX
• Thundering Hurricane and Thundering Hurricane-GX
• Wild Dive-GX and Wild Dive
• Wrap and Wrap-GX

Celestial Storm and Dragon Majesty

These GX attacks are on cards based on older cards. Updates of older cards are a theme in Celestial Storm, and one spilled over into Dragon Majesty. This practice essentially "promotes" one of the attacks from the older card to a GX attack on the new card.

• Cold Crush and Cold Crush-GX
• Cross-Cut and Cross-Cut-GX
• Crush and Burn and Crush and Burn-GX
• Flame Jet and Flame Jet-GX

Hidden Fates

Hidden Fates has multiple cases of this occurring.

• Flare Blitz and Flare Blitz-GX
• Guillotine and Guillotine-GX
• Hydro Pump and Hydro Pump-GX
• Hyper Beam and Hyper Beam-GX
• Psycrush and Psycrush-GX

Language comparison

This is a comparison of TCG attacks between languages.

English attacks with multiple Japanese names

Some attacks have the same name in English but different names in Japanese:

• Assist (Japanese: おてつだい Help; ねこのて Cat's Paw)
• Bawl (Japanese: おおごえでなく Cry with Large Voice; ごうきゅう Lament)
• Call for Friends (Japanese: たすけをよぶ Call Help; なかまをさがす Search for Partner)
• Charge (Japanese: じゅうでん Charge; たいでん Electrification)
• Dive (Japanese: スピードひこう Speed Flight; ダイビング Diving)
• Draining Cut (Japanese: ディグドレイン Dig Drain; ドレインカッター Drain Cutter)
• Drum Beating (Japanese: ドラコンアタック Dracon Attack; ドラムアタック Drum Attack)
• Electric Shock (Japanese: サンダーショック Thunder Shock; でんげき Electric Attack)
• Get Help (Japanese: おてつだい Help; ちからをかりる Borrow Strength)
• Giant Claw (Japanese: きょだいなはさみ Giant Claw; ジャイアントクロー Titanic Claw)
• Helping Hand (Japanese: てだすけ Help; よいおこない Good Deed)
• Horrid Pollen (Japanese: いやなかふん Unpleasant Pollen; さいあくかふん Worst Pollen)
• Hurricane (Japanese: ハリケーン Hurricane; ぼうふう Windstorm)
• Leaf Tornado (Japanese: グラスミキサー Grass Mixer; リーフトルネード Leaf Tornado)
• Lightning Wing (Japanese: でんげきのつばさ Electrifying Wing; いかずちのつばさ Thunder Wing)
• Lure (Japanese: かどわかす Kidnap; さそうかおり Invite Aroma)
• Mini-Metronome (Japanese: ちいさくゆびをふる Slightly Wag Finger; ゆびをふる Wag Finger)
• Slicing Wind (Japanese: カッターウィンド Cutter Wind; かまいたち Kamaitachi)
• Snarl (Japanese: うなる Growl; バークアウト Bark Out)
• Strange Wave (Japanese: みちのはどう Unknown Wave; ストレンジウェーブ Strange Wave)
• Tail Slap (Japanese: しっぽでたたく Tail Swipe; スイープビンタ Sweep Slap)
• Water Cannon (Japanese: ウォーターキャノン Water Cannon; てっぽうみず Water Gun)
• Wild Blaze (Japanese: ワイルドブレイズ Wild Blaze; やまかじ Bush Fire)

Japanese attacks with multiple English names

Some attacks have the same name in Japanese but different names in English:

• All-out Tackle or Dogpile (Japanese: みんなでタックル Tackle with Everyone)
  • "All-out Tackle" is used by the Chansey from the Sample Set
• Call for Friend or Call for Friends (Japanese: たすけをよぶ Call Help)
• Bind Wound or Recovery (Japanese: きずをなおす Heal Wound)
  • "Recovery" is used used by Chansey from the Sample Set
• Bite or Pounce (Japanese: かみつく Bite)
  • "Pounce" is used by Persian from Jungle
• Blue Fire or Blue Flare (Japanese: あおいほのお Blue Fire)
• Deflector or Reflect (Japanese: リフレクター Reflector)
• Dive or Speed Dive (Japanese: スピードひこう Speed Flight)
• Electric Shock or Thunder Jolt (Japanese: でんげき Electric Attack)
  • "Electric Shock" is used by Electrode from Base Set
• Energy Patch or Power Patch (Japanese: エネパッチ Ene Patch)
  • "Ene Patch" is used by Pichu from the Sample Set
• Extra Comet Punch or Meteor Mash (Japanese: コメットパンチ Comet Punch)
• Fascinate or Tempt (Japanese: ゆうわく Allure)
  • The English names are used by different prints of Dark Persian
• Fire Tail or Flame Tail (Japanese: ほのおのしっぽ Flame Tail)
• Gold Rush or Make It Rain (Japanese: ゴールドラッシュ Gold Rush)
• Inviting Scent or Lure (Japanese: さそうかおり Invite Aroma)
• Metronome or Mini-Metronome (Japanese: ゆびをふる Wag Finger)
  • "Mini-Metronome" is used by Togepi from Wizards Black Star Promos
• Poison Whip or Poisonous Whip (Japanese: どくのムチ Poison Whip)
• Razor Wind or Slicing Wind (Japanese: かまいたち Kamaitachi)
  • "Slicing Wind" is used by Pidgeot from Laboratory
• Tail Fan or Tail Trickery (Japanese:しっぽでまどわす Puzzle with Tail)

English attacks and Japanese-only attacks

Some attacks have official English names that are equivalent to Japanese-only attacks.

• Energy Flare (Japanese: エネフレア Ene Flare) and Japanese-only Energy Flare (Japanese: エナジーフレア Energy Flare)
• Light Wave (Japanese: ひかりのはどう Light Wave) and Japanese-only Light Wave (Japanese: ひかりのなみ Light Wave)

See also

• Attack (TCG)

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