How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read SLG 59/73 there. Its illustration is signed Toyste Beach.

Which set does it come from?

It comes from the Shining Legends set, released here on 6 October 2017.

Energy Retrieval SLG 59/73 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 SLG 59/73 there. Its illustration is signed Toyste Beach.
Which set does it come from?: It comes from the Shining Legends set, released here on 6 October 2017.

When it came out

Shining Legends landed here on 6 October 2017.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

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

Retreat cost: 0
Number: 59/73
Set: Shining LegendsSLG
Illustrated by: Toyste Beach

Put 2 basic Energy cards from your discard pile into your hand.Ajoutez 2 cartes Énergie de base de votre pile de défausse à votre main.

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
It retreats for free. You can pull it back to the Bench whenever you like, even with no Energy on it at all.
A strength
Mega Charizard X ex runs it in 51 of the 53 lists we have read, seen across 45 different tournaments.
A strength
No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.

Who plays it

Every printing of Energy Retrieval 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.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
Deck	Lists	Tournaments	Printing listed
Mega Charizard X ex	51 of 53	45	SVI 171
Mega Greninja ex	37 of 65	36	SVI 171
Iono's Bellibolt ex	35 of 39	34	SVI 171
Bloodmoon Ursaluna / Lunatone	30 of 38	29	SVI 171
Mega Camerupt ex	28 of 52	27	SVI 171
Okidogi / Barbaracle	21 of 45	21	SVI 171
Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium	20 of 52	18	SVI 171
Ethan's Magcargo	19 of 25	18	SVI 171
Palafin ex	15 of 42	15	SVI 171
Raging Bolt ex / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex	15 of 63	15	SVI 171
Raging Bolt ex / Iono's Bellibolt ex	15 of 16	15	SVI 171
Lillie's Clefairy ex / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex	14 of 73	11	SVI 171
Hydreigon ex	11 of 65	11	SVI 171
Scizor ex	11 of 13	11	SVI 171
Mega Zygarde ex / Barbaracle	7 of 25	7	SVI 171
Mega Gengar ex	5 of 28	5	SVI 171
Mega Latias ex	5 of 8	5	SVI 171
Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium / Hydrapple ex	5 of 72	5	SVI 171
Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex / Fan Rotom	5 of 39	5	SVI 171
Mega Sharpedo ex	4 of 11	4	SVI 171
Alakazam	3 of 35	3	SVI 171
Blaziken ex	3 of 21	3	SVI 171
Mega Darkrai ex	3 of 54	3	SVI 171
Mega Froslass ex / Dudunsparce	3 of 32	3	SVI 171
Toxtricity (Phantasmal Flames)	3 of 56	3	SVI 171
Latias ex / Mega Kangaskhan ex	2 of 83	2	SVI 171
Ethan's Typhlosion	2 of 66	2	SVI 171
Lillie's Clefairy ex	2 of 53	2	SVI 171
Mega Chandelure ex	2 of 61	2	SVI 171
Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium / Arboliva ex	2 of 85	2	SVI 171
Mega Sharpedo ex / Toxtricity	2 of 92	2	SVI 171
Archaludon ex	1 of 30	1	SVI 171
Beedrill ex	1 of 53	1	SVI 171
Blissey ex	1 of 23	1	SVI 171
Mamoswine ex	1 of 26	1	SVI 171
Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex	1 of 54	1	SVI 171
Mega Absol ex	1 of 49	1	SVI 171
Mega Lopunny ex	1 of 24	1	SVI 171
Mega Starmie ex	1 of 70	1	SVI 171
Steven's Metagross ex	1 of 64	1	SVI 171
Yanmega ex	1 of 41	1	SVI 171