Editing Pokémon Trading Card Game (section)

===Pokémon types===
{| class="wikitable floatright" style="width: 400px; text-align: center;"
|-
! TCG type
! Game type
|- style="background:#00de5f;"
| Grass
| Grass, Bug, and Poison (1996–2007)
|- style="background:#ff5040;"
| Fire
| Fire
|- style="background:#6af;"
| Water
| Water and Ice
|- style="background:#ff0;"
| Lightning
| Electric
|- style="background:#c0d;"
| Psychic
| Psychic, Ghost, Poison (2007–2019), and Fairy (2019–)
|- style="background:#c72;"
| Fighting
| Fighting, Rock, and Ground
|- style="background:#777666;"
| <span style="color:white;">Darkness</span>
| <span style="color:white;">Dark and Poison (2019–)</span>
|- style="background:silver;"
| Metal
| Steel
|- style="background:#c49f1a;"
| Dragon
| Dragon (2012–2019, 2021–)
|- style="background:#ff14b6;"
| Fairy
| Fairy (2014–2019)
|- style="background:#e5e8e8;"
| Colorless
| Normal, Flying, and Dragon (1996–2012, 2019–2021)
|}

Pokémon Types are elemental attributes, determining the strengths and weaknesses for each Pokémon and its attacks. Pokémon take double damage from attacks of types they are weak to and less damage from attacks they resist.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pokémon Type Chart: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Effectiveness Explained |url=https://www.theloadout.com/pokemon-type-chart |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123090257/https://www.theloadout.com/pokemon-type-chart |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |access-date=June 26, 2022 |website=The Loadout}}</ref> These type matchups offset one another in [[rock–paper–scissors]]-style relationships.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fortner |first=Kirkland |date=January 28, 2022 |title=Pokemon: Immediate Changes Needed To Balance The Type Chart |url=https://gamerant.com/pokemon-changes-needed-balance-type-chart/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626193257/https://gamerant.com/pokemon-changes-needed-balance-type-chart/ |archive-date=June 26, 2022 |access-date=June 26, 2022 |website=Game Rant}}</ref> Pokémon Types in the TCG include Fire, Fighting, Dragon, Lightning, Grass, Water, Fairy, Psychic, Darkness, Metal, and Colorless.<ref name="dicebreaker.com" /> Other Pokémon types such as Ice and Ground types from the franchise, however, do not have their own types in the TCG and instead are categorized/incorporated inside other types; for example, Ice type<ref>{{Cite web |last=Garcia |first=Johnny |date=April 21, 2020 |title=Pokémon TCG: Every Energy Type in the Game, Ranked from Worst to Best |url=https://www.thegamer.com/pokemon-tcg-energy-types-ranked/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223210227/https://www.thegamer.com/pokemon-tcg-energy-types-ranked/ |archive-date=December 23, 2021 |access-date=June 29, 2022 |website=TheGamer}}</ref> and Ground type<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lowthian |first=Declan |date=April 24, 2022 |title=Pokémon: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Ground Types |url=https://www.cbr.com/pokemon-things-you-didnt-know-about-ground-types/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603195450/https://www.cbr.com/pokemon-things-you-didnt-know-about-ground-types/ |archive-date=June 3, 2022 |access-date=June 29, 2022 |website=CBR}}</ref> are categorized under Water type and Fighting type, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bishop |first=Ben |date=2022-03-21 |title=Why the Pokémon TCG Has Fewer Types Than the Video Games |url=https://www.cbr.com/why-pokemon-tcg-fewer-types/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626060419/https://www.cbr.com/why-pokemon-tcg-fewer-types/ |archive-date=June 26, 2022 |access-date=June 29, 2022 |website=CBR}}</ref>

Starting with ''Dragons Exalted'', Dragon type Pokémon are now listed as Dragon-type, and they were previously categorized under the Colorless type.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-08-15 |title=Black & White—Dragons Exalted |url=https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-tcg/black-white-dragons-exalted/explore-and-watch/ |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=Pokemon.com |archive-date=2023-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406092709/https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-tcg/black-white-dragons-exalted/explore-and-watch/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Similarly, starting with ''Sword & Shield'', Poison type Pokémon are categorized under Darkness-type; Poison-type were previously Psychic type,<ref name="Yehl-Jan9">{{Cite web |last=Yehl |first=Joshua |date=January 9, 2020 |title=Pokemon Removes Fairy-Type from the TCG |url=https://sea.ign.com/pokemon-trading-card-game-online/156716/feature/pokemon-removes-fairy-type-from-the-tcg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029114916/https://sea.ign.com/pokemon-trading-card-game-online/156716/feature/pokemon-removes-fairy-type-from-the-tcg |archive-date=October 29, 2020 |access-date=June 29, 2022 |website=IGN Southeast Asia}}</ref> and before that they were categorized under Grass type.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lowthian |first=Declan |date=2022-03-29 |title=Pokémon: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Grass Types |url=https://www.cbr.com/pokemon-things-you-didnt-know-about-grass-types/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510220003/https://www.cbr.com/pokemon-things-you-didnt-know-about-grass-types/ |archive-date=May 10, 2022 |access-date=June 29, 2022 |website=CBR}}</ref>

A simplified type system was adopted from the video games for use in the trading card game. Darkness and Metal types was introduced alongside the corresponding [[Pokémon Gold and Silver|''Pokémon Gold'' and ''Silver'']] video game, the Dragon-type was introduced in the Japanese ''Dragon Selection'' set; and Fairy type was introduced in the ''XY'' set to correspond to its introduction in the franchise, but they were later categorized under Psychic type starting with ''Sword and Pokémon Shield''.<ref name="Yehl-Jan9" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Changes Coming to the Pokémon TCG with Sword & Shield |url=https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/changes-coming-to-the-pokemon-tcg-with-sword-shield/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204033211/https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/changes-coming-to-the-pokemon-tcg-with-sword-shield/ |archive-date=4 February 2021 |access-date=12 February 2021 |website=Pokémon.com |publisher=[[The Pokémon Company]]}}</ref> While most Pokémon have only one type, three exceptions are ''EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua'' which introduced dual-type Pokémon that have two different types, as well as ''XY'' and ''HeartGold and SoulSilver'' series sets.<ref>{{Cite web |title=EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua |url=https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-tcg/ex-team-magma-vs-team-aqua/explore-and-watch/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303105500/http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-tcg/ex-team-magma-vs-team-aqua/explore-and-watch/ |archive-date=2016-03-03 |access-date=2022-06-26 |website=Pokemon.com}}</ref> Dual types were also utilized in Pokémon-Legend cards from ''HeartGold and SoulSilver''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-08-24 |title=Discussing the Dual-Types: Are They Viable or Just Cool to Look At? - |url=https://www.pokebeach.com/2016/08/discussing-the-dual-types |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928101239/http://www.pokebeach.com/2016/08/discussing-the-dual-types |archive-date=2018-09-28 |access-date=2022-06-26 |website=PokéBeach}}</ref> In August 2016, ''XY'' ''Steam Siege'' reintroduced the dual-type mechanic, but this time on regular Pokémon and Pokémon-EX.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Exploring the Pokemon TCG - Steam Siege Expansion |url=https://comicbook.com/news/exploring-the-pokemon-tcg-steam-siege-expansion/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626193257/https://comicbook.com/news/exploring-the-pokemon-tcg-steam-siege-expansion/ |archive-date=2022-06-26 |access-date=2022-06-26 |website=Comicbook.com|date=6 September 2017 }}</ref>