Energy Restore

What it does

Energy Restore flips 3 coins, retrieving a basic Energy card from the discard pile into hand for each heads result, with the caveat that a player can't retrieve more Energy cards than remain in the discard pile at the time. The two wordings describe the identical effect, differing only in capitalization of the word basic.

Printing history

Energy Restore first appeared in the Japanese Pokémon VS expansion before its English debut in Expedition Base Set in 2002, with art by Hideyuki Nakajima, who illustrated the Ruby and Sapphire, Diamond and Pearl, and Majestic Dawn reprints using the same artwork. Ryo Ueda illustrated new art for the Arceus printing in 2009, the card's final catalogued appearance, giving the card two distinct illustration eras across five printings. The card's full-frame artwork was reused unchanged across four separate English printings before the Arceus set introduced new art by Ryo Ueda. The card also appeared in several limited Japanese products including the Theater Limited VS Pack, the Torchic Constructed Starter Deck, and the Movie Commemoration VS Pack tied to Manaphy.

Printings in detail

Our catalog lists 5 printings of Energy Restore across 5 sets, all Uncommon rarity, spanning the WOTC era through the Diamond and Pearl era, with no rare or secret treatments among any of the printings.

Cards to know

• Energy Restore (Expedition Base Set #141)

  Expedition Base Set printing is Energy Restore's English debut, illustrated by Hideyuki Nakajima

• Energy Restore (Diamond & Pearl #106)

  Diamond and Pearl printing carries the same artwork forward into that era

• Energy Restore (Arceus #86)

  Arceus printing introduces new artwork by Ryo Ueda