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Basic

21 cards have the "Basic" tag (55 including reprints, mirrors and so on): 10 Pokémon and 11 Trainer cards.

Breakdown

By type (Pokémon)

Grass 2
Fire 4
Water 1
Lightning 1
Darkness 1
Colorless 1

By kind (Trainer)

Item 4
Tool 2
Supporter 2
Stadium 3

By expansion

A series

PROMO-A 1
Mythical Island 1
Space-Time Smackdown 1
Triumphant Light 2
Celestial Guardians 1
Extradimensional Crisis 1
Wisdom of Sea and Sky 3
Secluded Springs 1

B series

PROMO-B 1
Mega Rising 2
Fantastical Parade 1
Paldean Wonders 1
Pulsing Aura 1
Paradox Drive 1
Everyday Wonders 1
Ruler of the Skies 1

C series

Dual Fusion 1

Example cards

10 of the 21 matching cards are shown, chosen so that their effect texts are worded as differently as possible. "Source" shows which part of the card the tag comes from, and "Effect" shows that text.

Card name	ID	Source	Effect
Combee	A2_017	Attack	Put 1 random Basic Pokémon from your deck onto your Bench.
Shaymin	A2a_069	Ability	As long as this Pokémon is on your Bench, your Active Basic Pokémon's Retreat Cost is 1 less.
Pichu	A4_066	Attack	Take a Lightning Energy from your Energy Zone and attach it to 1 of your Benched Basic Pokémon.
Ho-Oh	B1_032	Attack	Heal 30 damage from each of your Benched Basic Pokémon.
Vespiquen ex	B4_011	Attack	You may discard 1 of your Benched Basic Grass Pokémon. If you do, this attack does 70 more damage.
Poké Ball	PROMO-A_005	Effect	Put a random Basic Pokémon from your deck into your hand.
Pokémon Flute	A1a_064	Effect	Put a Basic Pokémon from your opponent's discard pile onto their Bench.
Repel	A3a_064	Effect	Switch out your opponent's Active Basic Pokémon to the Bench. (Your opponent chooses the new Active Pokémon.)
Starting Plains	B2_154	Effect	Each Basic Pokémon in play (both yours and your opponent's) gets +20 HP.
Small Balloon	B3b_064	Effect	The Retreat Cost of the Basic Pokémon this card is attached to is 1 less.