# Information about variants in German base set energies? **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** base-set, energy, variant, german\ **Created:** [November 26, 2023, 12:00am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/information-about-variants-in-german-base-set-energies/45002 "2023-11-26T00:00:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lyleberr](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/lyleberr/32/156919_2.png) [@lyleberr](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/lyleberr)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2023, 12:00am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/information-about-variants-in-german-base-set-energies/45002/1 "2023-11-26T00:00:07Z")
Does anyone know why the wotc unlimited german fighting energy has 2 versions? One with illustrator in black and one in white. 1st edition has it in white but the unlimited version seems difficult to find in white. I dont collect these but someone on reddit asked and I figured Id see if anyone knew or had noticed before. ![IMG_0130](https://efour.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/3X/1/c/1c5ab64d566076b09d4b87ca17d1c20267bf8f75.jpeg) ![IMG_0131](https://efour.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/3X/7/9/795d0933dcd95ffa5edff2f540e74de29f1c9c32.jpeg) ![IMG_0132](https://efour.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/3X/0/b/0bbaf0be50e0dec7a7b6aed10236b358efeabccb.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![pfm](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/pfm/32/254328_2.png) [@pfm](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/pfm)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2023, 1:53am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/information-about-variants-in-german-base-set-energies/45002/2 "2023-11-26T01:53:02Z")
I’ve never seen this either. It’s most likely a typesetting error similar to HP 50 Vulpix, D. efending Beedrill, length length Bulbasaur, energy symbol Diglett, etc. ---
**Author:** ![coil](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/coil/32/1944_2.png) [@coil](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/coil)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2023, 4:27am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/information-about-variants-in-german-base-set-energies/45002/3 "2023-11-26T04:27:16Z")
Does this only occur in German energies and not other European languages? But yeah it definitely feels like a typesetting error since you can barely see the illustrator with black text. ---
**Author:** ![lyleberr](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/lyleberr/32/156919_2.png) [@lyleberr](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/lyleberr)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2023, 4:39am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/information-about-variants-in-german-base-set-energies/45002/4 "2023-11-26T04:39:19Z")
I dont really know myself but based on a quick ebay search german is the only one that has the difference so far. Most other languages i saw have the illustrator in white. The timeline for how it happened has me confused because why would they change it from 1st editions unless it was possibly from a theme deck or product that came later. Was hoping someone had more details about german base set cards and could possibly shine some light on it. ---
**Author:** ![sturzflugbombardieru](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/sturzflugbombardieru/32/2178_2.png) [@sturzflugbombardieru](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/sturzflugbombardieru)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/information-about-variants-in-german-base-set-energies/45002/5 "2023-11-30T19:11:53Z")
That’s very interesting. I don’t have any information concerning this, but I do still have some old-school German energy cards. All the fighting ones are unlimited and have all the lettering in white. They probably came from booster packs.