>>57385784>>57385793>special energies started to suck long agorapid/single were broken in their decks
wash, stone, coating, horror were good
heat was used on victini
speed energy was used in all lightning decks
hiding dark was used in all dark decks
if you're manually attaching energy there's little to no reason not to use the special energy version instead. getting a free +20 hp or draw 2 cards is great.
in the current meta you'd have to consider the benefit vs the availability of earthen vessel being able to grab them. so they can make special energy stronger than before as there's already a consistency downside to using them over basic energy