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Pokémon often also have one Weakness and one Resistance. Some special Pokémon such as {{TCG|Pokémon-ex}} have multiple Weaknesses and/or Resistances. | Pokémon often also have one Weakness and one Resistance. Some special Pokémon such as {{TCG|Pokémon-ex}} have multiple Weaknesses and/or Resistances. | ||
Unlike in the games, there are only eleven known types. Originally, | Unlike in the games, there are only eleven known types; ten of these types are active in the TCG as of 2020. Originally, the TCG had seven types: {{TCG|Grass}} {{e|Grass}}, {{TCG|Fire}} {{e|Fire}}, {{TCG|Water}} {{e|Water}}, {{TCG|Lightning}} {{e|Lightning}}, {{TCG|Fighting}} {{e|Fighting}}, {{TCG|Psychic}} {{e|Psychic}}, and {{TCG|Colorless}} {{e|Colorless}}. In later expansions, four more types were added: {{TCG|Darkness}} {{e|Darkness}}, {{TCG|Metal}} {{e|Metal}}, {{TCG|Dragon}} {{e|Dragon}}, and {{TCG|Fairy}} {{e|Fairy}}. The Fairy type was retired in February 2020 with the release of the {{TCG|Sword & Shield}} expansion.<ref>[https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/changes-coming-to-the-pokemon-tcg-with-sword-shield/ ''Changes Coming to the Pokémon TCG with Sword & Shield'' - Pokémon.com] (accessed September 01, 2021)</ref> | ||
Because of the limited number of types, many of the 18 types found in the games have been combined in the TCG, such as {{t|Fighting}}-, {{t|Rock}}- and {{type|Ground}} from the games being featured as {{TCG|Fighting}}-type cards. The Weakness and Resistance of certain Pokémon are also similar to their weaknesses in the games; for example, even though {{t|Ice}} counts as {{ct|Water}} in the TCG, most Ice-type Pokémon cards are weak to {{TCG|Metal}}, much like how in the [[core series]] {{type|Ice}} is weak to {{t|Steel}}. Despite this standard categorization, however, some Pokémon may be featured as a different type than they would. | Because of the limited number of types, many of the 18 types found in the games have been combined in the TCG, such as {{t|Fighting}}-, {{t|Rock}}- and {{type|Ground}} from the games being featured as {{TCG|Fighting}}-type cards. The Weakness and Resistance of certain Pokémon are also similar to their weaknesses in the games; for example, even though {{t|Ice}} counts as {{ct|Water}} in the TCG, most Ice-type Pokémon cards are weak to {{TCG|Metal}}, much like how in the [[core series]] {{type|Ice}} is weak to {{t|Steel}}. Despite this standard categorization, however, some Pokémon may be featured as a different type than they would. | ||
Few effects may also change or add types, Weaknesses and Resistances to Pokémon in play. | Few effects may also change or add types, Weaknesses, and Resistances to Pokémon in play. | ||
==Damage type== | ==Damage type== | ||