Card Errata
As thoughtfully as Pokémon Origins has been designed, its actual playtesting and development has been relatively limited. Thus, there may be certain cards or effects that are stronger, weaker, or more rules-confusing than intended. Errata will be listed here1.
Reduce resistances
Reduce Normal Resistance to 
from 30 to 10: Colorless Pokémon are so common and easily-slottable into any deck that a full 30 Resistance is problematic to the viability of . Reducing it to 10 respects the original source of this Resistance which is Normal types being immune to Ghost types in the video game, and reflects the fact that Ghost-types are greatly outnumbered by (actual) Psychic types the games.
Card-specific errata
- Venusaur (Overgrow): Applies only to Stage 1 and 2 (not all your
Pokémon). - Metapod, Kakuna, Kricketot, Spewpa (Shed Skin): Must be Active, but no flip required.
- Arbok (Gastro Acid): Costs more.
- Nidorina, Feraligatr, Pupitar, Grotle, Venipede, Alolan Raticate, Thwackey, Hisuian Samurott (Crunch, Screech): Affects the current Defending Pokémon, so benching/evolving ends effect.
- Clefable (Magic Guard): Can make decision after attack occurs and effects are known.
- Paras, Morelull (Effect Spore): Random Special Condition instead of you choose.
- Dugtrio, Stunfisk (Fissure): If both heads, also discards any Stadium card from play.
- Growlithe (Roar): Costs
instead of 
. - Machop, Timburr, Scraggy (Low Kick): Costs
instead of . - Machamp (No Guard): Must flip a coin to attack back.
- Victreebel (Gastro Acid): Does 10 damage instead of 20 to Pokémon with Abilities.
- Dodrio: Resistance to is -30, not -20.
- Haunter, Shuppet, Phantump (Curse): Like Poison, puts damage counters instead of does damage.
- Onix, Wooper, Barboach (Mud Sport): Only discard 1
Energy card instead of 2. - Rhydon (Horn Drill): Costs more.
- Goldeen, Barboach (Water Sport): Only discard 1 Energy card instead of 2.
- Seaking (Waterfall): Does 30 damage plus each
attached (not 20). - Starmie (Illuminate): Choice is instead between Pokémon and non-Pokémon.
- Jynx (Lovely Kiss): The attack must still be on your Active Pokémon.
- Vaporeon, Vanilluxe (Acid Armor): Like with Hisuian Sliggoo, effect applies for any attack (not just current Defending Pokémon).
- Articuno (Roost): Ice Shard does 20 damage instead of 10.
- Chikorita (Reflect): This is a global effect, so reduction occurs even if Defending Pokémon changes.
- Ariados (Toxic Thread): Retreat is only for opponent’s next turn (not a continuous effect).
- Igglybuff (Cute Charm): Attack does nothing (rather than opponent doesn’t attack).
- Lanturn, Galvantula (Signal Beam): Costs less.
- Quagsire, Donphan, Krokorok, Alolan Dugtrio (Earthquake): Also discards a Stadium card in play.
- Xatu (Psycho Shift): Costs less but damage counters must be from same Pokémon.
- Corsola (Hustle): Additional 10 damage is only to the Defending Pokémon.
- Suicune (Surf): Instead, it does 20 damage plus 20 if opponent has Pokémon.
- Tyranitar (Stomping Tantrum): Each attack also discards a Trainer card from play.
- Combusken (Bulk Up): Evolving Combusken does not end the effect.
- Swampert, Slaking (Hammer Arm): Like Conkeldurr, can also choose and discard a Trainer card from play.
- Shedinja (Wonder Guard): Prevents damage from attacks of 30 or more damage (not 20 or more).
- Aggron (Rock Head): Does 20 damage instead of 10.
- Spoink (Bounce): Costs instead of .
- Cradily (Suction Cups): Only for Energy cards discarded to pay for your other Pokémon’s Retreat Costs.
- Shuppet, Honedge (Shadow Sneak): Only the first time you play Shuppet on your turn.
- Banette, Duosion (Snatch): Trainer card is removed from the game after use.
- Chimecho, Bronzong (Extrasensory): Like Uxie, counts number of Trainer cards in their discard pile greater than in yours.
- Sealeo (Surf): Instead, it does 30 damage plus 30 if opponent has Pokémon.
- Salamence (Fly): You can put it on your Bench at the beginning of any turn where it’s removed from the game.
- Metagross (Meteor Mash): Can only discard cards from your hand.
- Rayquaza (Air Lock): Maximum 5 cards in hand, instead of 4.
- Gastrodon: type instead of type.
- Lopunny (Return): Damage is 30+ instead of 20+.
- Gabite (Sandstorm): Costs more.
- Riolu (Feint): Can use it on your first turn even if you go first.
- Lucario (Aura Sphere): It’s Level 43.
- Emboar (Heat Crash): No maximum on the damage.
- Samurott, Stoutland (Retaliate): If any of your Pokémon was Knocked Out (not just your Active).
- Seismitoad (Poison Touch): Only works if it is Active.
- Maractus (Synthesis): Remove 30 damage if it’s between 6 AM and 6 PM local time.
- Archeops, Fletchinder (Acrobatics): Only checks Tools in play.
- Garbodor (Weak Armor): Effect lasts only for your next turn.
- Zoroark (Night Daze): Only stops opponent from playing Pokémon cards.
- Gothita (Embargo): Costs more.
- Gothorita (Fake Tears): Same effect as Ursaring and Mawile.
- Vanilluxe (Sheer Cold): Same effect as Dewgong.
- Klang (Hyper Beam): Instead does 10 with Energy discard effect (like Dratini and Regis).
- Chandelure (Overheat): Also discards any Stadium card in play.
- Braviary (Sky Drop): In between, players still have Active Pokémon (they switch in).
- Vullaby (Flatter): Costs
instead of . - Heatmor (Fire Lash): 10 damage instead of 20.
- Heatmor (Inferno): Also discards any Stadium card in play.
- Cobalion, Terrakion, Virizion (Justified): Instead choose two types at random.
- Flabébé (Flower Veil): Applies to damage counters put on a Pokémon (not damage itself).
- Floette (Petal Blizzard): Does not do any base damage.
- Aegislash (King’s Shield): Costs more.
- Clawitzer (Mega Launcher): Pokémon is attached as a Pokémon Tool.
- Aurorus (Freeze-Dry): Effect doesn’t end of your opponent’s next turn (not next 2 turns).
- Goomy (Gooey): You can choose the same thing more than once.
- Gourgeist (Phantom Force): Opponent shuffles their deck after.
- Xerneas (Fairy Aura): Shuffle the Pokémon and its attached cards into its player’s deck (not return to hand).
- Trumbeak (Pluck): Like Dodrio, put the card on top of your deck instead of your hand.
- Toxapex (Merciless): Instead, do 20 damage to Defending Pokémon if it has 20 or less HP remaining.
- Stufful (Stuffy): It does not have Weakness to .
- Steenee (Teeter Dance): Costs less.
- Tsareena (Trop Kick): This effect can apply more than once.
- Oranguru (Instruct): Costs more.
- Passimian (Bestow): You can’t choose a Tool if the Defending Pokémon has a Tool attached.
- Tapu Koko, Tapu Lele, Tapu Bulu, Tapu Fini (Surge powers): Attacks do 10 more damage to the Defending Pokémon.
- Magearna (Fleur Cannon): Needs 4
Energy cards instead of 2 for the effect. - Marshadow (Spectral Thief): When the card in next put into the discard pile, instead remove it from the game.
- Alolan Meowth, Clobbopus (Feint): Like with Trapinch and Riolu, can be used on first turn even if you go first.
- Alolan Golem (Galvanize): Damage is increased by 10 for each instead of each .
- Drizzile, Barraskewda (Liquidation): Counts only the number of Pokémon on your Bench.
- Nickit, Galarian Zigzagoon (Snarl): Put a damage counter instead of doing 10 damage.
- Araquanid (Infestation): Costs instead of .
- Eldegoss (Cotton Down): Effect happens when you play Eldegoss, not when it becomes Active.
- Sizzlipede (Bug Bite): Same effect as with Ninjask and Swadloon.
- Centiskorch (Lunge): Instead do 20 damage, with no flip.
- Grapploct (Octolock): Attack does 20 damage and increase for both is only .
- Impidimp (Prankster): Card from discard pile (same as Purrloin).
- Grimmsnarl (Spirit Break): No same-type requirement for discarded Energy.
- Obstagoon (Obstruct): Effect does not apply to opponent playing a Pokémon card.
- Mr. Rime (Ally Switch): Specifically a Pokémon that’s the same stage as Mr. Rime (not just Stage 1).
- Milcery (Aromatic Mist): Prevent all damage to selected Pokémon.
- Alcremie (Decorate): Costs more.
- Frosmoth (Infestation): Costs more.
- Cufant (Strength): Same effect as Mudbray.
- Copperajah (Heavy Slam): Same cost (
) and effect as Celesteela. - Galarian Slowpoke: Weakness is instead of .
- Galarian Articuno (Future Sight): Correct attack is Psycho Shift (like Xatu).
- Galarian Slowking (Curious Medicine): Put or remove 2 damage counters instead of 4.
- Galarian Yamask (Disable): Same as Psyduck and Drowzee.
- Galarian Stunfisk (Snap Trap): Do 10 damage instead of discarding and Energy.
- Iron Treads (Protosynthesis): Trainer provides Energy of any type (but only one type at a time).
- Iron Treads (Steel Roller): Energy cost is instead of .
- Koraidon: Ancient, not Future.