Base Set / #100/102

Lightning Energy

Printed language: English · Energy

Set (printed edition): Base Set
Rarity (source): Common
Illustrator: Keiji Kinebuchi
Source reference: base1-100

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The role of this Energy

A basic Lightning Energy helps prepare attacks marked with the Lightning symbol. A player attaches it to an Active or Benched Pokémon at a chosen moment, within the usual limit of one Energy card attached from the hand per turn. The Sun & Moon—Ultra Prism booklet describes Lightning Pokémon as able, depending on their attacks, to recover discarded Energy or Paralyse an opponent. These possibilities illustrate the type's style; they are not automatic effects of this basic card.

Rule background shared by basic Energy cards of this type; this card’s edition and finish remain distinct.

A detail worth noticing

The official booklet links two very different ideas to the Lightning type: retrieving Energy from the discard pile and leaving an opponent Paralysed. A basic Lightning Energy does neither on its own. The Pokémon card's text explains when these effects become possible.

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Card details

Stage (source): Basic
Energy type (source): Normal

Documented variants

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Normal
First Edition
normal · unlimited · standard
normal · shadowless · standard · 1st-edition
normal · shadowless · standard

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