Superior Energy Retrieval (Plasma Freeze 103)

Trainer Item

Superior Energy Retrieval スーパーエネルギー回収 Super Energy Recovery

Paldea Evolved Regular print Illus. Studio Bora Inc. English expansion Plasma Freeze Rarity English card no. 103/116 Japanese expansion Spiral Force Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 047/051 English expansion Paldea Evolved Rarity English card no. 189/193 Japanese expansion Triplet Beat Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 064/073 English expansion Paldea Evolved Rarity English card no. 277/193 Japanese expansion Clay Burst Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 098/071 Japanese Deck Terastal Starter Set Skeledirge ex Japanese card no. 009/020 Japanese Deck Kit Venusaur & Charizard & Blastoise Special Deck Set ex Japanese card no. 031/049 Japanese expansion Shiny Treasure ex Japanese card no. 157/190

Superior Energy Retrieval (Japanese: スーパーエネルギー回収 Super Energy Recovery) is an Item card. It was first released as part of the Plasma Freeze expansion.

Card text

Plasma Freeze print

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

Team Plasma

Team Plasma

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

FLARE

(Prism Star) Rule You can't have more than 1 card with the same name in your deck. If a card would go to the discard pile, put it in the Lost Zone instead.

TAG TEAM

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VSTAR Power

Discard 2 cards from your hand. (If you can't discard 2 cards, you can't play this card.) Put 4 basic Energy cards from your discard pile into your hand. (You can't choose a card you discarded with the effect of this card.)

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

You may play as many Item cards as you like during your turn (before your attack).

Paldea Evolved print

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

Team Plasma

Team Plasma

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

FLARE

(Prism Star) Rule You can't have more than 1 card with the same name in your deck. If a card would go to the discard pile, put it in the Lost Zone instead.

TAG TEAM

{{{ruletext}}}

VSTAR Power

You can use this card only if you discard 2 other cards from your hand. Put up to 4 Basic Energy cards from your discard pile into your hand. (You can't choose a card you discarded with the effect of this card.)

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

You may play any number of Item cards during your turn.

Release information

Black & White Series

This card was included in the Plasma Freeze expansion with artwork by 5ban Graphics, first released in the Japanese Spiral Force expansion.

Scarlet & Violet Series

Superior Energy Retrieval was reprinted in the Japanese Triplet Beat subset with new artwork by Studio Bora Inc., and as a hyper rare in the Japanese Clay Burst expansion with artwork by the same artist. Both the Regular and the hyper rare prints were included in English in the Paldea Evolved expansion. These prints feature a slight text change to include the phrase up to, in order to give players the option to take fewer than the maximum number of cards. In Japan, the Regular print of this card was reprinted in the Terastal Starter Set Skeledirge ex, the Venusaur & Charizard & Blastoise Special Deck Set ex, and the Shiny Treasure ex subset.

Gallery

Plasma Freeze print Illus. 5ban Graphics	Paldea Evolved Regular print Illus. Studio Bora Inc.	Paldea Evolved hyper rare print Illus. Studio Bora Inc.
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori

Trivia

This card's effect matches that of Super Energy Retrieval, a card previously released in the Neo Genesis expansion.

Origin

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.