Abilities - Page 52 of 57 - Pokémon Rulings Compendium

When using Chandelure's "Cursed Shadow" ability, if I place one damage counter and KO a Pokemon, would all the normal KO procedures (take a prize, opponent promotes, etc.) occur before or after you place the remaining two damage counters?: Each action must be completed before you move on to another action. In this case, placing a damage counter is not the action; the action is the triggering and use of the Cursed Shadow Ability. So you must place all three damage counters and then check for any Pokemon that are KO'd.

Source: PUI Rules Team (2011-12-08)

Does Rare Candy override evolution-preventing effects such as Archeops' "Ancient Power" Ability?: Ancient Power does not allow you to use a Pokemon's attack or play a Trainer card to evolve your Benched or Active Pokemon, unless the Evolution card you would be putting into play comes from somewhere other than your hand. So Rare Candy cannot be used while Archeops' Ancient Power Ability is in effect.

Source: Noble Victories FAQ (2011-11-17), PUI Rules Team (2011-11-17), PUI Rules Team (2011-11-21)

Can I use Victini's "Victory Star" ability to reflip for a failed Confusion check?: No, Victory Star only applies to flips that are done as part of the attack. You cannot use it for checking status effects.

Source: Noble Victories FAQ (2011-11-17), PUI Rules Team (2011-11-17)

Can I use Victini's "Victory Star" ability to reflip just the tails flips from an attack?: No. You must reflip all of the flips for an attack if you use Victory Star.

Source: Noble Victories FAQ (2011-11-17), PUI Rules Team (2011-11-17)

Can I use Victini's "Victory Star" ability to reflip the flips from a trainer such as Xtransceiver or ability like Carracosta's Solid Rock?: No. Victory Star applies only to flips from attacks.

Source: Noble Victories FAQ (2011-11-17), PUI Rules Team (2011-11-17)

Does Archeops' "Ancient Power" Ability stop attacks that evolve Pokemon, such as Karrablast's "Mysterious Evolution"?: Ancient Power only prevents you from playing Pokemon from your hand to evolve other Pokemon. Mysterious Evolution's effect is not stopped because it evolves the Pokemon from a card in the deck, not a card in your hand.

Source: Noble Victories FAQ (2011-11-17), PUI Rules Team (2011-11-17)

Does Hydreigon's "Dark Aura" Ability override the original type of attached energy, or is it in addition to the energy's original type?: Dark Aura replaces the attached energy's original type or types with Darkness type. In other words, a Fire Energy card no longer provides fire energy when Dark Aura affects it.

Source: Noble Victories FAQ (2011-11-17), PUI Rules Team (2011-11-17)

What happens to Rainbow Energy when it's attached to Hydreigon? Does "Dark Aura" Ability change it to ONLY produce Darkness Energy rather than all energy types simultaneously?: Since Dark Aura replaces the attached energy's original types with Darkness type, Rainbow Energy would lose its effect to produce all types of energy while Dark Aura is in effect. However, Rainbow Energy is still considered a "Special Energy Card" in this situation.

Source: Noble Victories FAQ (2011-11-17), PUI Rules Team (2011-11-17)

If Magnezone has Special Energy cards attached and discards all of them when using its "Lost Burn" attack, can it do damage to a Scizor that has the "Red Armor" Poke-BODY?: No. First choose which energies to put into the Lost Zone, then do the damage (before any other effects), then you actually put the energy into the Lost Zone at the end of the attack. So it will still be attached at the point when damage would be done, but the damage will be blocked by Red Armor.

Source: PUI Rules Team (2011-11-03)

If Pidgeot attacks with "Headwind" against Yanmega with the "Insight" Poke-BODY, will "Headwind" increase Yanmega's attack costs or will "Insight" reset them to zero?: If an Attack Cost is set to zero by an effect, it cannot be increased. Note this is different than an Attack Cost that was reduced to zero by subtraction. Once a Pokemon's Attack Cost is set to zero by an effect, it stays at zero until that particular effect wears off.

Source: PUI Rules Team (2011-09-29)