Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

"Each Type of Basic Energy"

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UncleBob

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Quick question... (everyone laugh at the noob!)

If a card says something along the lines of "...plus 10 more damage for each type of basic energy card attached" and I have 5 grass energy cards attached, it'd only be +10 because there is only one type of energy attached, right? Meaning that the most you could get from this is +60, right?
 
Yep, exactly. So if you had 1 Grass Energy and 1 Fire Energy attached, you'd do +20, whereas if you had 3 Grass Energy and a Rainbow Energy (provides basic Energy, but is not a basic Energy card), you'd only do +10.
 
Physics Squirrel said:
I heard that Rainbow (or at least Multi) Energy counts as each type of basic energy card. :\
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Not quite. Rainbow (or Multi) counts as each type of Basic energy, but if an attack or effect specifies a "basic energy card' (that exact wording), Rainbow will not satisfy it.

Here's the various scenarios, where "X" represents a color of energy:

Attack/effect specifies energy: Rainbow satisfies it.
Attack/effect specifies energy cards: Rainbow satisfies it.
Attack/effect specifies "X" energy: Rainbow satisfies it.
Attack/effect specifies "X" energy card or cards: Rainbow satisfies it.
Attack/effect specifies Basic "X" energy card: Rainbow does not satisfy it.
Attack/effect specifies Basic energy card(s): Rainbow does not satisfy it.
 
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So rainbow is a water energy card, a fire energy card, etc. (for the purposes of stuff like Kingdra's Water Cyclone) but not a BASIC energy card?

Another thing, it is true that darkness and metal energy types can NEVER add to Rainbow Burn's damage, right.
 
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actually, 'pop is right as it currently stands because there are currently no basic energy cards for Metal and Dark. If those cards were ever printed, then they WOULD add damage.
 
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Which will never happen.

(Oops, now it will happen because I always get dinged when I say things like that ;))
 
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