Base Set

Fighting Energy BS 97/102

BSKOCommon
Fighting Energy BS 97

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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 BS 97/102 there. Its illustration is signed Keiji Kinebuchi.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the Base Set set, released here on 9 January 1999.

When it came out

Base Set landed here on 9 January 1999.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

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

Type
Fighting
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
0
Number
97/102
Set
Base SetBS
Illustrated by
Keiji Kinebuchi

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

    Mega Lucario ex / Hariyama runs it in 65 of the 84 lists we have read, seen across 58 different tournaments.

  3. A strength

    It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.

  4. A strength

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

Who plays it

Every printing of Fighting 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.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
Mega Lucario ex / Hariyama65 of 8458MEE 6
Cynthia's Garchomp ex58 of 7052MEE 6
Mega Lucario ex58 of 7151MEE 6
Raging Bolt ex / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex58 of 6650MEE 6
Ceruledge ex42 of 5540MEE 6
Okidogi / Barbaracle40 of 5139MEE 6
Latias ex / Mega Kangaskhan ex38 of 8533MEE 6
Lillie's Clefairy ex38 of 5436MEE 6
Bloodmoon Ursaluna / Lunatone36 of 4034MEE 6
Mega Zygarde ex30 of 3328MEE 6
Lillie's Clefairy ex / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex25 of 7521MEE 6
Paldean Tauros25 of 2824MEE 6
Mamoswine ex24 of 2624MEE 6
Mega Zygarde ex / Barbaracle24 of 2624MEE 6
Azumarill19 of 3917MEE 6
Toucannon18 of 5518MEE 6
Raging Bolt ex / Iono's Bellibolt ex15 of 1615MEE 6
Dudunsparce10 of 3010MEE 6
Crustle8 of 938MEE 6
Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex / Fan Rotom8 of 407MEE 6
Blissey ex7 of 237MEE 6
Cinderace ex6 of 66MEE 6
Hydreigon ex6 of 666MEE 6
Joltik5 of 365MEE 6
Bronzong4 of 274MEE 6
Blaziken ex3 of 213MEE 6
Alakazam2 of 362MEE 6
Flareon ex2 of 102MEE 6
Flygon ex2 of 102MEE 6
Mega Absol ex2 of 522MEE 6
Mew ex2 of 92MEE 6
Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium2 of 522MEE 6
Sylveon2 of 222MEE 6
Greninja ex / Blaziken ex1 of 241MEE 6
Mega Greninja ex1 of 681MEE 6
Seaking1 of 751MEE 6
Yanmega ex1 of 421MEE 6