Crystal Pokémon (TCG): Difference between revisions

'''Crystal Pokémon''' are a type of [[Pokémon]] found in the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]] and are considered the e-Series equivalent of the [[Shining Pokémon (TCG)|Shining Pokémon]] introduced in the later Neo Expansions.

Introduced in [[Aquapolis (TCG)|Aquapolis]], Crystal Pokémon are identified by being [[Colorless (TCG)|Colorless]] but focus on 3 particular types energy to use in its attacks. All Crystal Pokémon have the PokéBody ''Crystal Type'', in which the type of the Pokémon changes from Colorless to one of 3 specified types if the corresponding Energy card is placed on it, for one turn. These types are also emphasised on the card design. For example, Celebi's PokéBody and attacks focus on [[Grass (TCG)|Grass]], [[Water (TCG)|Water]] and [[Psychic (TCG)|Psychic]]; the colors green, blue and purple are highlighted in the card background.

In Japan, these cards were released three at a time over the course of the last three e-Card Expansions, but with the hurried release of the English sets and their condensation, [[Skyridge (TCG)|Skyridge]] featured six. In both languages, all of the Crystal Pokémon were secret cards.

While Crystal Pokémon were not bound by the 1 per-Deck rule like Shining Pokémon, they still featured several Energy for each attack and were quite costly for the effects they provided. This is likely the reason for their absence in the TCG after Skyridge, and were eventually replaced by [[Pokémon Star (TCG)|Pokémon]] [[Image:Shiningsymbol.gif]] in [[EX Team Rocket Returns (TCG)|EX Team Rocket Returns]], this time without the multiple Energy attacks.

==List of Sets that contain Crystal Pokémon==

*[[Aquapolis (TCG)|Aquapolis]]

*[[Skyridge (TCG)|Skyridge]]

*[[e-Card 3 (TCG)|e-Card 3]]

*[[e-Card 4 (TCG)|e-Card 4]]

*[[e-Card 5 (TCG)|e-Card 5]]

*{{p|Nidoking}} - {{TCG ID|Aquapolis|Nidoking|150}}

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