Psychic-Type Pokémon Cards: Popular Cards, Weakness and How They Play

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Psychic at a Glance

Standard figures count every Pokémon legal in Standard on October 15, 2026, each card once however often it was reprinted. Printing figures count every English printing.

Psychic

Video game typesPsychic types, most Ghost types, and Fairy types since 2020.

Pokémon in Standard233

Weak to (share of its Standard cards)Darkness (68%), Metal (30%), Lightning (2%)

ResistsFighting (70%)

Standard Pokémon weak to PsychicFighting (71)

Basic Energy cardBasic Psychic Energy

First expansionBase (1999)

Pokémon cards printed in English2,402

Most printed PokémonMewtwo (75), Mew (56), Unown (42)

Basic Psychic Energy

Mega Evolution Energies #5

Basic Energy: no copy limit in a deck.

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How Psychic Plays

Psychic is the type most likely to break a rule. Mew ex's Memory Helix lets it use the attacks of any of your Benched Pokémon, Latias ex's Skyliner gives your Basic Pokémon no Retreat Cost, and Lillie's Clefairy ex changes the Weakness of your opponent's Dragon Pokémon to Psychic.

Its big attackers count Energy. Mega Gardevoir ex's Overflowing Wishes searches out a Basic Psychic Energy for each of your Benched Pokémon, then Mega Symphonia does 50 for each Psychic Energy on all your Pokémon.

Things to Know About Psychic Pokémon Cards

Psychic Pokémon are usually weak to Darkness; the ones that were Fairy types in the video games, such as Sylveon, are weak to Metal instead.
Most Psychic Pokémon resist Fighting, which takes 30 off a Fighting attack.
Psychic hits Fighting Pokémon that were Fighting types in the video games, such as Lucario and Machamp, for Weakness.
Gengar has been both: its line is Darkness in Standard today, but it was Psychic for most of the card game's history.

Popular Psychic Pokémon in Standard

Psychic Pokémon legal in Standard that show what the type does. Not a ranking: each is here for what its text does.

Mega Gardevoir ex

Mega Evolution #60

Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex

Destined Rivals #81

Latias ex

Surging Sparks #76

Lillie's Clefairy ex

Journey Together #56

Mega Gardevoir ex: Overflowing Wishes attaches a Basic Psychic Energy from your deck to each Benched Pokémon; Mega Symphonia does 50 for each Psychic Energy on all your Pokémon.
Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex: Erasure Ball does 160 plus 60 for each Energy you discard from your Benched Pokémon, up to 2, but it can't attack unless you have 4 or more Team Rocket's Pokémon in play.
Latias ex: Skyliner gives your Basic Pokémon in play no Retreat Cost.
Lillie's Clefairy ex: Fairy Zone makes the Weakness of your opponent's Dragon Pokémon Psychic, the old Fairy rule on a Psychic card.

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Most Valuable Psychic Cards

The highest-priced Psychic Pokémon of the Scarlet & Violet and Mega Evolution series, one printing per card name, by TCGplayer market price on November 2, 2026. Prices change daily; each card's page has today's.

Mew ex

Paldean Fates #232

$843.07

Sylveon ex

Prismatic Evolutions #156

$398.95

Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex

Destined Rivals #231

$324.82

Espeon ex

Prismatic Evolutions #155

$265.37

Latias ex

Surging Sparks #239

$167.63

Mega Gardevoir ex

Mega Evolution #178

$161.98

Classic Psychic Cards Collectors Know

Older cards that collectors know the type by. No prices here: vintage cards sell too rarely, in too many conditions, for one number to mean much. How to check what your Pokémon cards are worth →

Mewtwo

Base #10

Sabrina's Gengar

Gym Heroes #14

Mewtwo ★

Holon Phantoms #103

Mewtwo: The 1999 Base Set holo.
Sabrina's Gengar: Gym Heroes (2000), from the Gym Leader cards.
Mewtwo ★: The Gold Star Mewtwo from EX Holon Phantoms (2006).

The Other Types

Grass Plants and Bugs. Grass decks heal, move Energy around and power up off Grass Energy in play, and almost every Grass Pokémon is weak to Fire. Fire Big damage that costs Energy. Fire attacks often discard Energy to hit hard, Charizard is the type's face, and Fire is weak to Water. Water The biggest type by printings. Water covers Water and Ice Pokémon, mixes raw damage with damage counters, and is weak to Lightning or, for Ice types, Metal. Lightning Pikachu's type. Lightning decks attach Energy fast and hit hard for it, Lightning is weak to Fighting, and it hits Water and Flying Pokémon for Weakness. Fighting Lucario, Machamp and the Rock and Ground Pokémon. Fighting decks hit hard and cheaply, and Fighting is the type the most Standard Pokémon are weak to. Darkness Umbreon, Darkrai and the Poison Pokémon. Darkness decks disrupt, poison and punish, and Darkness hits Psychic Pokémon for Weakness. Metal The card game's Steel type. Metal Pokémon are bulky, resist Grass, and hit Fairy-origin and Ice Pokémon for Weakness; Fire is their problem. Fairy The retired type. Fairy cards were printed from XY to Sun & Moon, were weak to Metal and resisted Darkness, and today's Fairy Pokémon are Psychic. Dragon No Basic Energy and no Weakness. Dragon Pokémon pay with two other types, hit hard, and in Standard nothing is weak to them and they are weak to nothing. Colorless Fits in any deck. Colorless costs can be paid with any Energy, so Colorless Pokémon such as Snorlax, Eevee and Bloodmoon Ursaluna slot into every type.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Psychic type weak to in the Pokémon TCG?

Darkness, or Metal for Pokémon that are Fairy types in the video games. Of the 233 Psychic Pokémon legal in Standard as of October 15, 2026, 159 are weak to Darkness and 69 to Metal.

Why are Fairy Pokémon Psychic in the Pokémon TCG?

The Fairy type was retired from the card game when the Sword & Shield series began in 2020, and Fairy Pokémon have been printed as Psychic since. They keep a Metal Weakness, as Fairy cards had.

What is the most valuable Psychic-type Pokémon card?

Of the Scarlet & Violet and Mega Evolution series, Mew ex from Paldean Fates at $843.07 on TCGplayer as of November 2, 2026. Older cards, such as the vintage Shining and Gold Star cards, can sell for more, but they trade too rarely for one price to mean much.

Which Pokémon has the most Psychic-type cards?

Mewtwo, with 75 English Psychic cards counting every printing, then Mew (56) and Unown (42).

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