Category Archives: Rulings News

Updated rulings announcements and discussion.

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.