Pokemon

Colorless-type Pokémon can be played alongside Pokémon of any other type. Decks built around these Pokémon (and no other type) often make use of Special Energy cards that provide unique effects or multiple Colorless Energy at once.

Grass-type Pokémon in the TCG are good at healing themselves and inflicting the Poisoned condition on their opponents. Decks built around these Pokémon often focus on getting one big Pokémon in play and outlasting their opponent. 

Fire-type Pokémon in the TCG are good at inflicting the Burned condition and dealing huge damage, though often they have to discard Energy to use their biggest attacks. Decks built around these Pokémon often build up power slowly and unleash it in huge blasts. 

Water-type Pokémon in the TCG are good at moving Energy around and dealing more damage the more Energy they have. Decks built around these Pokémon often adapt their strategy based on their opponent, switching between consistent damage and burst damage as necessary. 

Lightning-type Pokémon in the TCG are good at inflicting the Paralyzed condition, switching out of the Active Spot, and returning Energy from the discard pile. Decks built around these Pokémon often use these strengths to strike fast and swap in new attackers to keep up the pressure. 

Psychic-type Pokémon the TCG often have unusual attacks and Abilities that do things other types can't do as well, like directly manipulate damage counters, copy other Pokémon's attacks and inflict the Asleep, Poisoned and Confused conditions. Decks built around these Pokémon often build up power over time until they become unstoppable. 

Fighting-type Pokémon the TCG are good at dealing high damage for low Energy costs under special conditions. Decks built around these Pokémon try to meet those conditions quickly and overwhelm the opponent. 

Darkness-type Pokémon the TCG are good at messing with your opponent's Pokémon by doing things like forcing them to retreat, preventing them from retreating, discarding Energy and inflicting the Poisoned condition. Decks built around these Pokémon often have a sneaky scheme that lets them attack their opponent from an unexpected angle. 

Metal-type Pokémon are good at taking hits and striking back even harder, turn after turn. Decks built around these Pokémon often try to set up their star attacker and then outlast anything their opponent throws at them. 

Dragon-type Pokémon generally have the strongest attacks in the TCG, but this power comes at a cost. There is no Dragon-type Energy. Instead, Dragon-type Pokémon require two or more different kinds of Energy to use their best attacks, so they're harder to set up. If you can meet those requirements though, the power they offer is well worth it. Decks built around these Pokémon try to find the Energy they need quickly, and then trust their Pokémon to carry them to victory. 

Fairy is a discontinued type in the Pokémon TCG. Starting in the Sword & Shield Series in 2020, The Pokémon Company began printing Pokémon that were Fairy-type in the video games as Psychic-type cards in the TCG.