How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read JTG 159/159 there.

Which set does it come from?

It comes from the Journey Together set, released here on 28 March 2025.

Journey Together

Spiky Energy JTG 159/159

JTGKOUncommon

We cannot estimate this card right now.

Versions of this card

Check the number and illustration against the card you are looking for.

JTG 159Journey TogetherUncommonSelected printingYou receiveWe cannot estimate this card right now.
JTG 190Journey TogetherHyper rareYou receiveYour price is waiting under another language.

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 JTG 159/159 there.
Which set does it come from?: It comes from the Journey Together set, released here on 28 March 2025.

When it came out

Journey Together landed here on 28 March 2025.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 24 January 2025, under the code SV9. That is 63 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.

Regulation mark: I
Number: 159/159
Set: Journey TogetherJTGSet guide

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

As long as this card is attached to a Pokémon, it provides Energy. If the Pokémon this card is attached to is in the Active Spot and is damaged by an attack from your opponent's Pokémon (even if this Pokémon is Knocked Out), put 2 damage counters on the Attacking 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.

A strength
Crustle runs it in 89 of the 92 lists we have read, seen across 75 different tournaments.
A strength
No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.
A strength
Mark I. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.

Standard format: source checked on September 27, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

These decks really played this card at a tournament. We spot it by the little set code printed at the bottom, the one players copy onto their list — two cards sometimes share a name, the code never lies.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
Deck	Lists	Tournaments	Printing listed
Crustle	89 of 92	75	JTG 159
Sylveon	18 of 22	18	JTG 159
Seaking	10 of 75	9	JTG 159
Mega Lopunny ex / Dusknoir	6 of 76	6	JTG 159
Toucannon	5 of 51	5	JTG 159
Hydreigon ex	3 of 65	3	JTG 159
Mega Lopunny ex / Dudunsparce	3 of 87	3	JTG 159
Mega Kangaskhan ex / Bouffalant	2 of 64	2	JTG 159
Mega Manectric ex / Eelektrik	2 of 66	2	JTG 159
Bronzong	1 of 27	1	JTG 159
Mega Lopunny ex	1 of 24	1	JTG 159
Mega Manectric ex	1 of 8	1	JTG 159
Yanmega ex	1 of 41	1	JTG 159