Energy type symbols

How to read it

The Pokémon Company International’s Scarlet & Violet rulebook (2023) says Pokémon need Energy cards to power their attacks, and that the game has 11 Energy types, with Pokémon of all 11. Dexerto points out the gap with the video games, which have 18 types (and the Stellar type); the card game uses 11. Of the types the rulebook describes, Colorless Pokémon work with any kind of deck, and Dragon Pokémon often need two types of Energy for their attacks.

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Fairy

The Pokémon Company International said in 2021 that support for the Fairy type stopped with the Sword & Shield Series, and that basic Fairy Energy would not be legal in the Standard format from the 2022 season. Its Scarlet & Violet rulebook says there are no Fairy-type Pokémon cards in that series, though they exist in older expansions, and that since Sword & Shield some Pokémon that used to be Fairy types appear as Psychic types instead.

On Energy cards

From Scarlet & Violet on, The Pokémon Company International prints the Energy symbol in the bottom right corner of Energy cards as well, to make the amount and type of Energy attached to each Pokémon clearer. There it can be mistaken for a rarity circle.