The cardSVI 173 · MEG 115 · PBL 107

Energy Switch

Energy Switch has appeared in several sets: Scarlet & Violet (SVI 173), Mega Evolution (MEG 115) and Pitch Black (PBL 107). 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.

Retreat cost0
SetPitch Black (PBL)

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.
  • Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium / Arboliva ex runs it in 55 of the 55 lists we have read, seen across 47 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.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium / Arboliva ex55 of 5547MEG 115
Latias ex / Mega Kangaskhan ex41 of 4137MEG 115
Raging Bolt ex37 of 3735MEG 115
Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex36 of 3735MEG 115
Lillie's Clefairy ex / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex35 of 3527MEG 115
Toxtricity27 of 2726MEG 115
Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex / Fan Rotom24 of 2822MEG 115
Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium22 of 2420MEG 115
Mega Absol ex21 of 2118MEG 115
Toxtricity21 of 2921MEG 115
Mega Kangaskhan ex / Bouffalant20 of 3617MEG 115
mega-darkrai-ex20 of 2417MEG 115
Bloodmoon Ursaluna / Lunatone19 of 2819MEG 115
Flareon ex / Noctowl13 of 2812MEG 115
Team Rocket's Spidops13 of 1413MEG 115
Sinistcha / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex13 of 2112MEG 115
hydreigon-ex11 of 4111MEG 115
rocket-nidoking-ex11 of 2210MEG 115
Raging Bolt ex / Iono's Bellibolt ex8 of 108MEG 115
Joltik7 of 227MEG 115
Azumarill6 of 316MEG 115
Mega Sharpedo ex / Toxtricity6 of 496MEG 115
Toucannon6 of 236MEG 115
Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex / Froslass5 of 285MEG 115
Hop's Zacian ex4 of 324MEG 115
Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex4 of 294MEG 115
Mega Charizard X ex4 of 384MEG 115
other3 of 373MEG 115
N's Zoroark ex / Crustle3 of 63MEG 115
eelektrik-blk2 of 202MEG 115
Froslass / Munkidori2 of 302MEG 115
mega-latias-ex2 of 82MEG 115
mega-zygarde-ex2 of 172MEG 115
N's Zoroark ex2 of 332MEG 115
Terapagos ex / Noctowl2 of 172MEG 115
Archaludon ex / N's Zoroark ex1 of 231MEG 115
Crustle1 of 461MEG 115
Dragapult ex / N's Zoroark ex1 of 81MEG 115
Mega Feraligatr ex1 of 211MEG 115
mega-gengar-ex1 of 141MEG 115
mega-lopunny-ex1 of 131MEG 115
mega-sharpedo-ex1 of 81MEG 115
Mega Venusaur ex1 of 291MEG 115
Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium / Hydrapple ex1 of 341MEG 115
Okidogi / Barbaracle1 of 351MEG 115
Wailord ex1 of 261MEG 115
Mega Zygarde ex / Barbaracle1 of 201MEG 115

When it came out

Pitch Black landed here on 17 July 2026.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 22 May 2026, under the code M5. That is 56 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates

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