Abilities - Page 48 of 57 - Pokémon Rulings Compendium

If I have two Magnezones in play with the "Dual Brains" Ability, does that mean I can play 4 Supporters during my turn?: No, you cannot. Dual Brains says you may play 2 Supporters, period; it doesn't say "an extra supporter" for each Magnezone.

Source: Plasma Storm FAQ (2013-02-07), TPCi Rules Team (2013-02-07)

When Braviary uses its "Big Wing" Ability, who chooses which of the opponent's Benched Pokemon get brought forward?: The ability says "have your opponent switch..." so the opponent gets to choose.

Source: Plasma Storm FAQ (2013-02-07), TPCi Rules Team (2013-02-07)

If my Active Pokemon is Snorlax with the "Block" Ability, what happens to my opponent's Active Pokemon if I play Escape Rope?: Escape Rope causes the Pokemon to switch, but Block only prevents Retreating. The opponent switches their Active Pokemon when Escape Rope is played.

Source: Plasma Storm FAQ (2013-02-07), TPCi Rules Team (2013-02-07)

If my opponent's Active Pokemon is Snorlax with the "Block" Ability, what happens to my Active Pokemon if I play Scramble Switch?: Scramble Switch causes your Pokemon to switch, but Block only prevents Retreating. You can switch your Active Pokemon when Scramble Switch is played.

Source: Plasma Storm FAQ (2013-02-07), TPCi Rules Team (2013-02-07)

If my Active Pokemon is Togekiss with the "Bright Veil" Ability, do I bring up one of my benched Pokemon when my opponent plays an Escape Rope?: No. Bright Veil prevents your part of the "Each player switches his or her Active Pokemon" part of Escape Rope, so your Active Pokemon stays put and you can't bring up a benched Pokemon. However, your opponent does switch.

Source: Plasma Storm FAQ (2013-02-07), TPCi Rules Team (2013-02-07)

Say I have Liepard active and Raikou-EX and Victini on my bench. I attack with Liepard's "Assist", flip heads and choose to copy Raikou-EX's "Thunder Fang" attack but flip tails for "Thunder Fang's" paralysis part. If I then use Victini's "Victory Star" Ability to re-flip the coins, assuming I get heads for "Assist" could I choose a different benched Pokemon's attack or would I have to choose "Thunder Fang" again?: Since Victory Star rewound all the coin flips it's as if the Assist attack never happened. So yes, you could choose a different benched Pokemon's attack, if you flip heads for Assist of course.

Source: TPCi Rules Team (2013-01-31)

If a Pokemon normally has no Weakness, does Vileplume's "Allergy Panic" Ability give it a x4 Weakness instead?: No, if a Pokemon doesn't have Weakness, you cannot *apply* any Weakness multiplier to it at all.

Source: Boundaries Crossed FAQ (2012-11-08), TPCi Rules Team (2012-11-08)

If I use Cresselia-EX's "Psychic Protection" attack, does Vileplume's "Allergy Panic" Ability override and give it a x4 Weakness instead?: No, since there is no longer a weakness there is nothing for Allergy Panic to multiply.

Source: Boundaries Crossed FAQ (2012-11-08), TPCi Rules Team (2012-11-08)

If a Pokemon normally has no Retreat Cost, does Jellicent's "Stickiness" Ability give it a Retreat Cost of (*) instead?: Yes, Stickiness adds +1 to each of the opponent's Pokemon's Retreat Costs. However, if the Retreat Costs are set to zero by an effect such as Darkrai-EX's "Dark Cloak" Ability, they cannot be increased by Stickiness.

Source: Boundaries Crossed FAQ (2012-11-08), TPCi Rules Team (2012-11-08)

If I have Ditto with "Transform" in play this turn, on my next turn can I put a Basic Pokemon from my hand on top of Ditto and then immediately evolve it into a Stage 1 or use Rare Candy to evolve it to Stage 2?: Yes, you can. Ditto says "Any cards attached to this Pokemon, damage counters, Special Conditions, turns in play, and any other effects remain on the new Pokemon"; so as long as Ditto has been in play for more than a turn it satisfies the evolutionary requirement, and the Basic Pokemon card placed on Ditto can be evolved or used with Rare Candy immediately.

Source: Boundaries Crossed FAQ (2012-11-08), TPCi Rules Team (2012-11-08)