- Can I use Rare Candy on a Pokémon that was devolved on that same turn (i.e. Devolution Spray, Hyper Devolution Spray, etc.)?
- No, you cannot. A Pokemon must be in play since the beginning of the turn in which you are using Rare Candy. A devolved Pokemon counts as just coming into play.
Source:
PUI Rules Team (2004-06-03), PUI Rules Team (2004-06-09)
- The new modified rules state you may only retreat once per turn. If you use a trainer to Switch your Pokémon, can you still retreat that Pokémon? Or does the Switch count as your one retreat per turn?
- Switch does not count as your one retreat per turn. If it did affect it, I would imagine it being written as "(This counts as retreating your Pokémon)".
Source:
PUI Rules Team (2004-06-03)
- If you use an Energy Search and don't find any Basic Energy, can you then play another Energy Search even though you know it will fail?
- Yes, you can search for energy cards even if you know you won't find them. They exist as legal cards, therefore they can be searched for.
Source:
PUI Rules Team (2004-01-15), PUI Rules Team (2004-01-22)
- If you use an Energy Search and don't find any Basic Energy, do you still discard the Energy Search?
- Yes, you would still discard it.
Source:
PUI Rules Team (2004-01-15)
- Could you Rare Candy a Pokémon and NOT play an evolution on it just to get rid of the Rare Candy?
- No, you cannot discard a card for free. You must be able to attach the Stage 2 card, or you cannot use the Rare Candy.
Source:
PUI Rules Team (2003-10-30), PUI Rules Team (2003-12-04)
- Could I use the effect of a Stadium card already in play, then play a Stadium card from my hand to remove the old stadium, and still be able to use my new stadium's effect?
- Yes, provided you have not already played a Stadium card that turn [and the new one has a different name].
Source:
PUI Rules Team (2003-11-06)
- Can I use Rare Candy on a Pokémon that has already evolved normally that turn?
- No you cannot, because Rare Candy can only evolve Basic Pokémon If you evolved a Pokémon already this turn, it would not be a Basic any more.
Source:
PUI Rules Team (2003-10-23)
- Can you use Rare Candy to evolve a Mysterious Fossil into an Omastar or Kabutops, or use it on a Root/Claw Fossil to evolve into Cradily/Armaldo?
- It can. It counts as a basic Pokémon while in play. Omastar, Kabutops, Cradily, and Armaldo are Stage 2 Pokémon; you could use Rare Candy on the Fossil trainer to skip to them.
Source:
PUI Rules Team (2003-10-16)
- What does "This counts as evolving that Pokémon" mean, in game terms?
- It counts towards the one evolution per turn for that Pokémon (with exceptions for Trainers and Pokémon Powers that break that rule) and removes Special Conditions on that Pokémon.
Source:
PUI Rules Team (2003-09-26)