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Cards/Night Maintenance
Night Maintenance card from the POP Series 8 set
Illustration by Ryo Ueda. Card image via the Pokémon TCG API.
Item

Night Maintenance

Rotated Out

A handy card to recover lost resources from the discard pile

ItemBeginner to play

What this card does

Look at your discard pile to find up to three cards

Choose any mix of Pokémon and basic Energy cards

Show the chosen cards to your opponent and shuffle them back into your deck

What it does

Night Maintenance

Search your discard pile for up to 3 in any combination of Pokémon and basic Energy cards. Show them to your opponent and shuffle them into your deck.

This card acts as a safety net when you have lost important pieces. It lets you retrieve up to three items from the discard pile and put them back into your deck for later use.

Which deck it belongs in

It suits decks that rely on specific basic Energy types or key Pokémon cards. These decks benefit greatly from being able to recycle those essential pieces after they are discarded.

Strengths
  • Recovers lost Energy
  • Finds key Pokémon
  • Flexible card count
Watch out for
  • Limited to three cards
  • Only basic Energy allowed
  • Shuffles deck randomly
Pro tip

Use this card when you are missing a specific basic Energy type needed for your attacks.

Good to know

Night Maintenance is an Item card that helps keep the game flowing by reducing the chance of running out of resources.

Note for the parent

Remind your child to check their discard pile carefully before shuffling, as the order of cards in the deck becomes random again.

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