Scarlet & Violet

Energy Switch SVI 173/198

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Energy Switch SVI 173

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

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 SVI 173/198 there. Its illustration is signed Studio Bora Inc..
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.

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
173/198
Set
Scarlet & VioletSVISet guide
Illustrated by
Studio Bora Inc.
Move a Basic Energy from 1 of your Pokémon to another of your Pokémon.Déplacez une Énergie de base de l'un de vos Pokémon vers un autre de vos Pokémon.

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.

  1. 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.

  2. A strength

    Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium / Arboliva ex runs it in 85 of the 85 lists we have read, seen across 71 different tournaments.

  3. A strength

    No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.

Who plays it

Every printing of Energy Switch 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
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium / Arboliva ex85 of 8571MEG 115
Latias ex / Mega Kangaskhan ex83 of 8369MEG 115
Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex77 of 7867MEG 115
Lillie's Clefairy ex / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex73 of 7357MEG 115
Raging Bolt ex / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex61 of 6352MEG 115
Toxtricity59 of 5951MEG 115
Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium49 of 5242MEG 115
Mega Absol ex48 of 4942MEG 115
Mega Darkrai ex47 of 5443MEG 115
Mega Kangaskhan ex / Bouffalant39 of 6436MEG 115
Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex / Fan Rotom31 of 3929MEG 115
Toxtricity (Phantasmal Flames)31 of 5630MEG 115
Bloodmoon Ursaluna / Lunatone27 of 3827MEG 115
Team Rocket's Spidops26 of 2724MEG 115
Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex / Froslass18 of 5717MEG 115
Sinistcha / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex18 of 2917MEG 115
Hydreigon ex17 of 6517MEG 115
Flareon ex / Noctowl16 of 3815MEG 115
Raging Bolt ex / Iono's Bellibolt ex14 of 1614MEG 115
Mega Zygarde ex13 of 3211MEG 115
Team Rocket's Nidoking ex11 of 2410MEG 115
Joltik9 of 369MEG 115
Toucannon9 of 519MEG 115
Mega Sharpedo ex / Toxtricity7 of 927MEG 115
Azumarill6 of 386MEG 115
Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex6 of 546MEG 115
N's Zoroark ex6 of 706MEG 115
Eelektrik5 of 375MEG 115
Froslass / Munkidori5 of 514MEG 115
Hop's Zacian ex5 of 485MEG 115
Mega Charizard X ex5 of 535MEG 115
Toxtricity / Brute Bonnet5 of 75MEG 115
Flareon ex3 of 83MEG 115
Mega Gengar ex3 of 283MEG 115
Mega Lopunny ex3 of 243MEG 115
N's Zoroark ex / Crustle3 of 63MEG 115
Mega Manectric ex / Eelektrik2 of 662MEG 115
Mega Latias ex2 of 82MEG 115
Mega Sharpedo ex2 of 112MEG 115
Mega Venusaur ex2 of 692MEG 115
Okidogi / Barbaracle2 of 452MEG 115
Terapagos ex / Noctowl2 of 192MEG 115
Mega Zygarde ex / Barbaracle2 of 252MEG 115
Archaludon ex / N's Zoroark ex1 of 271MEG 115
Crustle1 of 921MEG 115
Dragapult ex / N's Zoroark ex1 of 81MEG 115
Greninja ex1 of 671MEG 115
Lillie's Clefairy ex1 of 531MEG 115
Mega Dragonite ex1 of 331MEG 115
Mega Feraligatr ex1 of 281MEG 115
Mega Lucario ex1 of 681MEG 115
Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium / Hydrapple ex1 of 721MEG 115
Paldean Tauros1 of 271MEG 115
Wailord ex1 of 331MEG 115
Yanmega ex1 of 411MEG 115