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Energy Returner card from the Unleashed set
Illustration by Wataru Kawahara. Card image via the Pokémon TCG API.
Item

Energy Returner

Rotated Out

A reliable way to recover lost energy from the discard pile.

ItemBeginner to play

What this card does

Search your discard pile for up to four basic Energy cards.

Show those cards to your opponent.

Shuffle them back into your deck.

What it does

Energy Returner

Search your discard pile for 4 basic Energy cards, show them to your opponent, and shuffle them into your deck.

This card helps you retrieve energy that has been used or discarded. It ensures you have resources available for future turns instead of losing them permanently.

Which deck it belongs in

It suits decks that rely on multiple basic Energy types to power different Pokemon attacks.

Strengths
  • Recovers multiple cards
  • Hides information from opponent until shown
  • Restores resources
Watch out for
  • Only works for basic Energy
  • Requires showing cards to opponent
  • Does not work on special Energy
Pro tip

Use this card when you have many different types of energy in the discard pile to maximise the benefit.

Good to know

Trainer cards like this one help keep the game flowing by managing resources efficiently.

Note for the parent

Your child can use this when they feel their deck is running low on the right kind of energy.

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