How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read P5 8/17 there. Its illustration is signed Shin-ichi Yoshikawa.

Which set does it come from?

It comes from the POP Series 5 set, released here on 1 March 2007.

Boost Energy P5 8/17 Pokémon card

Versions of this card

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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 P5 8/17 there. Its illustration is signed Shin-ichi Yoshikawa.
Which set does it come from?: It comes from the POP Series 5 set, released here on 1 March 2007.

When it came out

POP Series 5 landed here on 1 March 2007.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

Number: 8/17
Set: POP Series 5P5
Illustrated by: Shin-ichi Yoshikawa

The French text is not available yet. Text shown: English.

Boost Energy can be attached only to an Evolved Pokémon. Discard Boost Energy at the end of the turn it was attached. Boost Energy provides ColorlessColorlessColorless Energy. The Pokémon Boost Energy is attached to can’t retreat. If the Pokémon Boost Energy is attached to isn’t an Evolved Pokémon, discard Boost Energy.

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.

A strength
No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.
Keep in mind
None of the 5,392 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.