Lightning Energy
Lightning Energy has appeared in several sets: Scarlet & Violet Energy (SVE 4) and Mega Evolution Energy (MEE 4). 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.
- Raging Bolt ex runs it in 37 of the 37 lists we have read, seen across 35 different tournaments.
- It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.
- No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.
What it costs
We have no price to show you for this card today. The link below takes you where it sells, and you will see the day's numbers there.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raging Bolt ex | 37 of 37 | 35 | MEE 4 |
| Mega Manectric ex / Eelektrik | 34 of 34 | 33 | MEE 4 |
| iron-thorns-ex | 29 of 29 | 24 | MEE 4 |
| Flareon ex / Noctowl | 28 of 28 | 24 | MEE 4 |
| Mega Dragonite ex | 28 of 28 | 27 | MEE 4 |
| Iono's Bellibolt ex | 24 of 24 | 24 | MEE 4 |
| Joltik | 22 of 22 | 20 | MEE 4 |
| Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex / Fan Rotom | 22 of 28 | 20 | MEE 4 |
| eelektrik-blk | 20 of 20 | 20 | MEE 4 |
| Mega Kangaskhan ex / Bouffalant | 14 of 36 | 13 | MEE 4 |
| Terapagos ex / Noctowl | 13 of 17 | 13 | MEE 4 |
| Latias ex / Mega Kangaskhan ex | 12 of 41 | 12 | MEE 4 |
| Crustle | 10 of 46 | 9 | MEE 4 |
| Raging Bolt ex / Iono's Bellibolt ex | 10 of 10 | 10 | MEE 4 |
| blissey-ex | 6 of 18 | 6 | MEE 4 |
| Luxray ex | 6 of 6 | 6 | MEE 4 |
| Toucannon | 6 of 23 | 6 | MEE 4 |
| bronzong-tef | 4 of 25 | 4 | MEE 4 |
| Lillie's Clefairy ex / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex | 3 of 35 | 3 | MEE 4 |
| doublade-por | 3 of 24 | 3 | MEE 4 |
| other | 3 of 37 | 3 | MEE 4 |
| Blaziken ex | 1 of 20 | 1 | MEE 4 |
| Erika's Victreebel | 1 of 22 | 1 | MEE 4 |
| hydreigon-ex | 1 of 41 | 1 | MEE 4 |
| mega-zygarde-ex | 1 of 17 | 1 | MEE 4 |
| Seaking | 1 of 34 | 1 | MEE 4 |
When it came out
Mega Evolution Energy landed here on 25 September 2025.
Where to find it
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