Darkness Energy (Basic)

Darkness Energy (Japanese: 悪エネルギー Evil Energy) is a TCG Basic Energy card which provides one TCG Darkness Energy. This can be attached to Pokémon cards and used to power moves with Darkness or TCG Colorless Energy requirements.

It was first released in TCG Diamond & Pearl, as Darkness-type Pokémon were becoming more prevalent in the TCG by this point, much like their counterparts in the games. This was to counter the fact that both the and the, originally released in TCG Neo Genesis, were classified as TCG Special Energy cards, meaning only four of them were allowed in a legal deck. Combined with their rarity, many players had to go to great lengths to mix in a few Darkness-types into their deck. With the release of the Basic Energy version of Darkness Energy, an unlimited number is now allowed in a deck, although there is no longer a specific advantage to using this version, unlike with the Special Energy counterpart.

Trivia

 * Due to this card first being released after Basic Energy cards stopped listing illustrator credits in the TCG Expedition Base Set, no known print of this card has a known illustrator. However, the artwork on the Special variation of this card is changed to that of artist Takumi Akabane, while this, the Basic version, retains the artwork by Milky Isobe from TCG Neo Genesis.
 * The background for the HeartGold & SoulSilver variant has an outline of.

Origin
Finsternis-Energie (Basis) Energía oscura (TCG) Énergie Obscurité (HeartGold SoulSilver 121) Energia Oscurità (GCC) 基本悪エネルギー 基本恶能量（集换式卡片）