Category Archives: Rulings News

Updated rulings announcements and discussion.

For CC 2010 Playtesters – Insight, Space Virus and Legend Box.

We have a few batches of questions where not all the questions have been answered. Mixed in among those batches are some answered questions relevant to Cities, that we’d like to publish here so that they get out there in time. Here they are in no particular order: Q. When Yanmega tries to attack, do [...]

Updated rulings on GUARD, Looker’s Investigation, Conductivity

We wanted to provide a further heads-up on the new way to play bench swap attacks versus a protected active (and also, fyi Conductivity, confirmation on Looker). These rulings will be in effect for the World Championships 2010. The wording is not official yet, but we’ve been asked to get the word out. Here’s the [...]

Errata for two cards from Unleashed along with Lucky Egg

Three cards have been added to the list of errata for the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Please note the three cards are receiving errata to address text changes. The text below reflects what the card should say, not what was originally printed. Additionally, we have added notes to help understand what has changed on the [...]

Buried Treasure – Rediscovering Lv.X Answers

Now that the EX series cards, with their different meanings for the terms “Trainer” and “Basic Pokémon or Evolution card”, have been removed from the modified format allowed at Premier events, there are fewer posted questions about basic rules changes introduced by Diamond and Pearl. We premiere event players and Pokémon League members are now so used to the [...]

Judges – heads up heading into City Championships

New rulings, new cards and new things to watch out for with the latest batch of rulings form the Stormfront expansion.

The Finer Points

Over the course of the season, Team Compendium, the PTOs and judges at big events often hear directly from the POP leadership on how the game should be played; those rulings are often put into place for big events, such as National Championships or Worlds. At my Battle Roads, I found myself coaching my players [...]

Rulings Compendium Update September 11, 2008

Recent PUI Rulings on PokéGym member questions about Unown G teach us a few things. None of what we learn is really focused Unown G, but that card makes a good test for several cases.