Type meanings for tcg

Grass
Grass-type Pokémon often
have attacks that heal
themselves or make their
opponents Poisoned.

Fire
Fire-type Pokémon have big
attacks! They can make their
opponents Burned, but their
attacks need time to build
up again.

Water
Water-type Pokémon can
manipulate Energy and move
Pokémon around on the
other team.

Fighting
Fighting-type Pokémon can
take bigger risks to do extra
damage, and some can flip
coins for combination hits.

Darkness
Darkness-type Pokémon
feature sneaky attacks that
often make opponents discard
cards! They can also make
your opponent’s Pokémon
Poisoned!

Metal
Metal-type Pokémon can
resist attacks for longer than
most other Pokémon.

Lightning
Lightning-type Pokémon can
bring back used Energy from
the discard pile—and they
can make their opponents
Paralyzed.

Psychic
Psychic-type Pokémon are
great for special powers!
Their opponents often find
themselves Asleep, Confused,
or Poisoned.

Colorless
Colorless-type Pokémon have
lots of different moves,
and they work with any kind
of deck.

Dragon
Dragon-type Pokémon have
very strong attacks, but often
require two Energy types to
use them.

Fairy
Fairy-type Pokémon
have tricks that will make
opposing Pokémon’s
attacks less effective. Since
Sword & Shield, you’ll find
some Pokémon that used to
be Fairy types showing up
as Psychic types instead