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Cards/Unown I
Unown I card from the Mysterious Treasures set
Illustration by Daisuke Ito. Card image via the Pokémon TCG API.
Basic Pokémon

Unown I

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A quirky Basic Pokemon that helps you find Trainer cards if you have a specific set on your bench.

Psychic50 HPBasicBeginner to play

What this card does

You can search your deck for a Trainer card if Unown I, T, E, and M are all on your bench.

It can take an Energy card from the opponent's Pokemon and turn it into a generic Colorless energy source temporarily.

Signature ability

ITEM

Once during your turn (before your attack), if you have Unown I, Unown T, Unown E, and Unown M on your Bench, you may search your deck for a Trainer card, show it to your opponent, and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward. You can't use more than 1 ITEM Poké-Power each turn.

This card has an ability called ITEM that lets you find a Trainer card. You must have four specific Unown cards on your bench to use it, which makes it hard to activate in a normal game.

Attacks

C
Hidden Power

Choose an Energy card attached to the Defending Pokémon and put it face down. Treat that card as a Special Energy card that provides Colorless Energy and doesn't have any effect other than providing Energy. Put that card face up at the end of your opponent's next turn.

Abilities

Poke-POWERITEM

Once during your turn (before your attack), if you have Unown I, Unown T, Unown E, and Unown M on your Bench, you may search your deck for a Trainer card, show it to your opponent, and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward. You can't use more than 1 ITEM Poké-Power each turn.

Which deck it belongs in

It suits decks that focus on collecting and using many different Unown Pokemon together. It is not useful for fast or aggressive strategies because the conditions are too strict.

Strengths
  • Helps find Trainer cards
  • Disrupts opponent's energy
  • Unique ability
Watch out for
  • Requires four specific cards
  • Low health points
  • Weak against Psychic types
Pro tip

Check if the deck includes Unown T, E, and M before trying to use this card's ability.

From the Pokédex

Unown looks like a letter of the alphabet and is said to hold ancient secrets in its strange shape.

Note for the parent

Your child will likely struggle to get this card to work unless they have built a very specific deck around it.

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