Any energy is placed on the Pokmon
You may want to use Monferno's Fire Tail Slap, but if you have to discard all energy cards attached to this card you can't even stock pile energy cards on this card and use Fire Tail Slap more than once in a row
Cards which do take a little extra work or lateral thinking to make good, which thrive on sneaky alternate uses or unusual interactions and combos
Pheres-Band Thunderhoof This centaur gets two +1/+1 counters when you target it, but its not all that impressive to start off
On creatures that permanently have the ability, usually there's a pretty sizable mana increasebut don't let that trick you
Vulpix is standing by a lit fireplace in a warm cottage room, with copper and brass pots on the wall behind it, a striped rug underfoot, and a kettle already on