Scarlet & Violet
Basic Lightning Energy SVI 257/198
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What you might be wondering about this card
- How can you tell your card is this one?
- Look at the bottom of your card: you should read SVI 257/198 there.
- Which set does it come from?
- It comes from the Scarlet & Violet set, released here on 31 March 2023.
When it came out
Scarlet & Violet landed here on 31 March 2023.
In Japan these cards were already in shops on 20 January 2023, under the code SV1S + SV1V. That is 70 days ahead of us.
What the card itself says
Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.
- Type
- Lightning
- Number
- 257/198
- Set
- Scarlet & VioletSVISet guide
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.
Who plays it
Every printing of Basic Lightning Energy plays the same way at a tournament. So the decks below count them all together, and the last column shows the one players wrote on their list.
| Deck | Lists | Tournaments | Printing listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latias ex / Mega Kangaskhan ex | 10 of 83 | 8 | MEE 12 |
| Mega Manectric ex / Eelektrik | 9 of 66 | 7 | MEE 12 |
| Raging Bolt ex / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex | 5 of 63 | 4 | MEE 12 |
| Eelektrik | 4 of 37 | 4 | MEE 12 |
| Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex / Fan Rotom | 4 of 39 | 4 | MEE 12 |
| Joltik | 3 of 36 | 3 | MEE 12 |
| Blissey ex | 2 of 23 | 2 | MEE 12 |
| Flareon ex / Noctowl | 2 of 38 | 2 | MEE 12 |
| Toucannon | 2 of 52 | 2 | MEE 12 |
| Cinccino ex | 1 of 49 | 1 | MEE 12 |
| Iono's Bellibolt ex | 1 of 39 | 1 | MEE 12 |
| Iron Thorns ex | 1 of 30 | 1 | MEE 12 |
| Mega Kangaskhan ex / Bouffalant | 1 of 64 | 1 | MEE 12 |
| Raging Bolt ex / Iono's Bellibolt ex | 1 of 16 | 1 | MEE 12 |
| Seaking | 1 of 75 | 1 | MEE 12 |