Energy Retrieval
Energy Retrieval has appeared in several sets: Scarlet & Violet (SVI 171), White Flare (WHT 82) and Chaos Rising (CRI 108). It is the same card every time — it plays the same, only the artwork and the price change. Here is what it does once it is on the table.
What the card itself says
Everything below is written on the card itself: how much health it has, what it fears, and what its attacks cost.
What to make of it
Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.
WHAT IT HAS GOING FOR IT
- It retreats for free. You can pull it back to the Bench whenever you like, even with no Energy on it at all.
- Mega Charizard X ex runs it in 38 of the 38 lists we have read, seen across 33 different tournaments.
- No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.
What it costs
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Who plays it
These decks really played this card at a tournament. We spot it by the little set code printed at the bottom, the one players copy onto their list — two cards sometimes share a name, the code never lies.
| Deck | Lists | Tournaments | Printing listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mega Charizard X ex | 38 of 38 | 33 | SVI 171 |
| Bloodmoon Ursaluna / Lunatone | 23 of 28 | 22 | SVI 171 |
| Iono's Bellibolt ex | 21 of 24 | 21 | SVI 171 |
| Mega Camerupt ex | 20 of 28 | 20 | SVI 171 |
| Ethan's Magcargo | 19 of 21 | 18 | SVI 171 |
| Mega Greninja ex | 19 of 30 | 18 | SVI 171 |
| Okidogi / Barbaracle | 17 of 35 | 17 | SVI 171 |
| Lillie's Clefairy ex / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex | 14 of 35 | 11 | SVI 171 |
| Palafin ex | 13 of 34 | 13 | SVI 171 |
| hydreigon-ex | 11 of 41 | 11 | SVI 171 |
| Raging Bolt ex / Iono's Bellibolt ex | 10 of 10 | 10 | SVI 171 |
| Scizor ex | 10 of 12 | 10 | SVI 171 |
| Raging Bolt ex | 7 of 37 | 7 | SVI 171 |
| Mega Zygarde ex / Barbaracle | 6 of 20 | 6 | SVI 171 |
| mega-latias-ex | 5 of 8 | 5 | SVI 171 |
| Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium | 5 of 24 | 4 | SVI 171 |
| Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex / Fan Rotom | 5 of 28 | 5 | SVI 171 |
| mega-sharpedo-ex | 4 of 8 | 4 | SVI 171 |
| Blaziken ex | 3 of 20 | 3 | SVI 171 |
| mega-gengar-ex | 3 of 14 | 3 | SVI 171 |
| Alakazam | 2 of 25 | 2 | SVI 171 |
| Mega Froslass ex / Dudunsparce | 2 of 27 | 2 | SVI 171 |
| Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium / Arboliva ex | 2 of 55 | 2 | SVI 171 |
| Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium / Hydrapple ex | 2 of 34 | 2 | SVI 171 |
| Mega Sharpedo ex / Toxtricity | 2 of 49 | 2 | SVI 171 |
| Archaludon ex | 1 of 24 | 1 | SVI 171 |
| blissey-ex | 1 of 18 | 1 | SVI 171 |
| Lillie's Clefairy ex | 1 of 30 | 1 | SVI 171 |
| mamoswine-ex | 1 of 21 | 1 | SVI 171 |
| mega-lopunny-ex | 1 of 13 | 1 | SVI 171 |
| other | 1 of 37 | 1 | SVI 171 |
When it came out
Chaos Rising landed here on 22 May 2026.
In Japan these cards were already in shops on 13 March 2026, under the code M4. That is 70 days ahead of us.
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