------------------------------------------------------------------- Pokemon Chat Report - Thursday, December 14, 2000 by Ka-Lok Fung - Scrye Contributing Editor Rules-only version edited by PokePop --------------------------------------------------------------------- master_trainer_mike presents the speaker with question #9 from ikendall: does playing scoop up on a LSSP'd card make it flip over and get discarded, or returned to your hand? master_trainer_mike says, "If the LSSP'd card is a Pokemon, the Scoop Up functions normally, if it is not, then you discard the card." master_trainer_mike says, "Why do you people keep asking about LSSP?" master_trainer_mike says, "silly card!!!" master_trainer_pat presents the speaker with question #15 from paokkk: For example can I use a Hitmonchan without evolveing it from its baby form?? master_trainer_pat says, "Sure." master_trainer_pat presents the speaker with question #16 from pokemon_john: Gameplay question: Attacking Pokémon Ditto, Defending Pokémon Rocket's Zapdos... Ditto attacks with Electroburn... Activating the attack requires atleast 3 LIghtning energy, no problem for Ditto. Does Ditto take (A) 0 damage, if the energy type can be changed between naming the attack and attack effects, (B) 30 damage, for the 3 LIghtning energy needed to pay for the attack, or (C) 10 times the number of energy attached to Ditto, since all energy attached to Ditto can be used as all types? master_trainer_pat says, "B. 30 damage." [Ed. Note: This is a revision of previous rulings where Ditto would have taken 40] master_trainer_pat presents the speaker with question #28 from teamcompendium_02: For Rocket Zapdos' Plasma attack, it says "If there are any L Energy cards in your discard pile, attach 1 of them to Rocket's Zapdos." Do you *have* to attach the energy card or is it an optional choice? master_trainer_pat says, "You do. Read Rocket's Zapdos." master_trainer_mike presents the speaker with question #29 from nekkyo: Does Dark Vileplume stop Stadiums from being put down? master_trainer_mike says, "Yes." master_trainer_pat presents the speaker with question #30 from teamcompendium_02: The "Flee" pokemon power says "If an attack does damage to Misty's Tentacruel while it's your Active Pokemon, you may switch it with 1 of your Benched Pokemon..." Some have taken the "switch it" phrase to mean switch the damage; is that correct? master_trainer_pat says, "Wrong." master_trainer_pat presents the speaker with question #42 from mr_mystery: Can you prevent the Rainbow Energy damage with defender? I assume yes,since it states an amount of damage and not the term, master_trainer_pat says, "Yes, you can." [Ed Note: This is incorrect. Defender only prevents damage from attacks] master_trainer_mike presents the speaker with question #44 from mr_mystery: If I'm using Blaine's Charizard's first attack and have 1 fire attachedto it, would I discard it and do 40 damage? master_trainer_mike says, "Yes." master_trainer_pat presents the speaker with question #47 from soslowpoke: is the marril promo a misprint? master_trainer_pat nods solemnly. [Ed Note: Even though a misprint, they will probably not errata as it does not seriously affect game play. The error is any Energy can pay to make the attack stronger] master_trainer_pat presents the speaker with question #53 from chrisbo: If a Baby Pokemon is to be considered as a Basic while in play, and itsBasic is to be considered as an "evolution" when evolved from the Baby, could the Stage 1 be considered a Stage 2 for game purposes like when using Breeder? (i.e. Pichu -> Raichu) master_trainer_pat says, "Nope." master_trainer_pat presents the speaker with question #56 from chrisbo: Does Erica's Dratini's Pokémon Power affect pokemon that were evolved from babies? (i.e. Pichu -> Pikachu) master_trainer_pat says, "This will be covered in the Neo rulebook...the Pikachu in your example will no be considered 'evolved'" master_trainer_pat presents the speaker with question #59 from chrisbo: Can Muk's "Toxic Gas" power or the Goop Gas trainer turn off a Baby Pokémon Power? master_trainer_pat says, "Nope" master_trainer_mike says, "Welll actually Elekid has a Pokemon Power which could be affected but the baby defense ability is NOT a Pokemon power." master_trainer_pat says, "The baby power is not effected" master_trainer_pat presents the speaker with question #61 from porygon_maniac17: The text on Giovanni's Gyarados' Summond Storm attack tells to deal 20 damage to each other Pokémon if both coin flips are heads. Does this mean damageto all Benched Pokémon and the Defending Pokémon? master_trainer_pat says, "Correect. Except for G. Gyrados" master_trainer_mike presents the speaker with question #66 from paul22: please explain metronoming attacks where the attack mentions the specific name of the opponent's pokemon master_trainer_mike says, "Anytime an attack is self referencing (meaning it mentions itself) and you copy that attack with Metronome or Ditto, you replace theself referenced name with the name of the clefable/clefairy/ditto, etc." master_trainer_mike presents the speaker with question #74 from crazy_nut_man: What is probably "unoffical" site gives the most tcg info?? master_trainer_mike says, "We don't play favorites here (pokegym)." master_trainer_mike ) master_trainer_pat presents the speaker with question #81 from crazy_nut_man: Can you chain reaction on the first turn with promo eevee?? master_trainer_pat says, "Possibly." master_trainer_pat presents the speaker with question #91 from soslowpoke: if Hitmonchan does jab to a Rocket's Zapdos with 2 Plus Powers, will itdo 10 to Rocket's Zapdos or none becasue Plus Power says if an attack does damage and Hitmonchan's jab won't do damage to Rocket's Zapdos with out them master_trainer_pat says, "It wouldn't do anything, because Weakness and Resistance are figured before trainers" master_trainer_pat presents the speaker with question #96 from porygon_maniac17: Could you use a baby Pokémon with Blaine's Quiz #3? master_trainer_pat says, "Yes." master_trainer_pat presents the speaker with question #99 from chrisbo: If Sprout Tower is in effect, does Chancey's "Double Edge" attack do 80to itself or only 50 to itself? (I assume that either way it does only 50 to the opponent.) master_trainer_pat says, "five zero" master_trainer_pat presents the speaker with question #101 from chrisbo: If Sprout Tower is in effect, does Ditto's attack get reduced damage ornot? master_trainer_pat says, "Only if it's copying a colorless P-mon" master_trainer_pat presents the speaker with question #116 from universaljuan: With Cleffa, do you have to have at least one card in order to use it'sattack? (Personally I think you do) master_trainer_pat says, "Nope, you can shuffle in a hand of zero cards." master_trainer_pat presents the speaker with question #131 from acekhang: if i use a base set electrodes pokemon power buzzap...do i discard it afterwards? master_trainer_mike says, "we do not have the right for online tcg games about POkemon, but others might........." master_trainer_pat says, "Buzzap you have to turn Electrode into an energy card, so yes it will stay attached." master_trainer_pat presents the speaker with question #139 from porygon_maniac17: Could you please name all English cards that are "unusable" in tourneys, if any? master_trainer_pat says, "Ancient Mew, B-day Pikachu and the oversized promo cards" master_trainer_pat presents the speaker with question #154 from toledomedic: What is the Marril misprint on the promo's? master_trainer_mike says, "you tell us!!!!" master_trainer_pat says, "Let's see if you can figure it out...it's pretty obvious" master_trainer_pat presents the speaker with question #157 from universaljuan: Why wouldn't you be able to use a Pokemon Breeder on a baby Pokemon master_trainer_pat says, "Pokemon Breeder says 'place a Stage 2 on a Basic' there are no stage 2 Pokemon that there are babies for." master_trainer_pat presents the speaker with question #166 from navel_livtitov: are they going to release a rocket's minefield gym that actually stateshow many damage countwers to put on a pokepmon when it is placed....if not, howmany is it supposed to be??? master_trainer_pat says, "It's supposed to read '2 damage counters'" master_trainer_mike presents the speaker with question #167 from schmoo: Will Baby Pokemon be able to be shuffled back into the deck with Nightly Garbage Run? master_trainer_mike says, "yup" master_trainer_pat presents the speaker with question #169 from soslowpoke: how can you get the rulebook this weekend? master_trainer_pat says, "Theme Decks if you can find them." master_trainer_mike says, "theme decks aren't out yet!!!" master_trainer_mike says, "you can get a neo rules sheet with the free promo marril card this weekend" master_trainer_mike presents the speaker with question #171 from porygon_maniac17: Who came up with Metal and Darkness Energy instead of Dark and Steel, like in the Gameboy Game? master_trainer_mike says, "Gamefreak the people who won Pokemon, they told us to do it." master_trainer_pat presents the speaker with question #172 from schmoo: If a Ditto is against a Baby Pokemon, does it copy the Baby Pokemon rule? master_trainer_pat says, "Yes." master_trainer_mike presents the speaker with question #186 from universaljuan: Any word on bringing back non holo versions of holos? It made it so much easier to get the cards I needed! master_trainer_mike says, "ya know, people complain if we do that, or if we don't. no plans to bring it back at this time." master_trainer_pat presents the speaker with question #187 from hyper__x: are we allowed evolve neo cards into others? such as a neo pikachu evolving into a jungle riachu? master_trainer_pat says, "Yes." master_trainer_mike presents the speaker with question #211 from porygon_of_borg: What happens if you have a LSSP'ed Ditto active? What if the opponent's active is also a LSSP'ed Ditto? master_trainer_mike says, "nothing happens as that would NEVER HAPPEN!!!!" master_trainer_pat presents the speaker with question #212 from pokemon_john: I am helping to host a booster draft tournament this Sunday... By DCI rules, one would have to play with a 60 card deck... Have you playtested with adifferent number of boosters? Any suggestions? We have been tossing around the idea of using 4 or 5 boosters... master_trainer_pat says, "We've used 6 boosters in the past. Three of each Gymseries..." master_trainer_mike says, "There are no official DCI booster draft rules for Pokemon yet. We threw out the 60 card deck size and the max of 4 of any card. Itwas not an issue when you draft from such a small pool." master_trainer_pat says, "Base Set 2 is a bad idea because all the really good trainers and big basic pokemon are in there." master_trainer_pat says, "Team Rocket was the most fun to draft in my mind." master_trainer_mike says, "Rocket and Neo might be fun." master_trainer_mike presents the speaker with question #219 from porygon_maniac17: Will Blaine's Quiz #3 have an erreta made for it, since you said you can use it with baby Pokémon? master_trainer_mike says, "no, baby pokemon count as basic pokemon" master_trainer_pat presents the speaker with question #223 from kis21x: For Promo Sabrina's Abra, if your opponent attach aLOT of energy to his/her active pokemon, do you have to attach all those energy cards in order to use its Synchronize attack? master_trainer_pat says, "Well, of course" master_trainer_pat presents the speaker with question #241 from porygon_maniac17: Could you evolve a Pichu into B-Day Pikachu? master_trainer_pat says, "No." master_trainer_mike presents the speaker with question #247 from navel_livtitov: what happens if you use a ditto to use a clefables attack to metronome the metronom,e attack...is it a loop??? master_trainer_mike says, "Booooring" master_trainer_mike says, "nothing happens" master_trainer_pat says, "Have fun with your little loop." master_trainer_mike presents the speaker with question #252 from pokemon_john: Any idea if DCI/WotC will make energy available along he same lines as M:tG basic land? BTW (by the way), DCI Rule 231states "Limited decks must contain sixty cards." Does this mean there is a modification to the DCI rules? master_trainer_mike says, "How do you mean about the energy. And as I stated there ARE no official DCI rules for Pokemon Booster drafts at this time." master_trainer_pat says, "What's your point about the 60 cards??" master_trainer_mike says, "So if you hold a booster draft you are already outside the lines." [Ed Note: For the MBI invitational following the ESTS, The MTs had a box of Energy cards available to round out the decks] master_trainer_mike presents the speaker with question #267 from slowbro: Does the promo Eevee's Pokémon Power: Chain Reaction, when it is used to evolve Eevee, remove Poison, Smokescreen, or any other effect (other than Sleep, Paralysis, and Confusion, which prevent it from being used?) master_trainer_mike says, "Yes it would as they are all ended when the Pokemon evolves." master_trainer_mike presents the speaker with question #269 from slowbro: Porygon's Conversion 1 says "Change [the Defending Pokémon's Weakness] to a type of your choice other than Colorless."Are Dark and Steel legal types for Conversion attacks? master_trainer_mike says, "Yes they would be." master_trainer_mike presents the speaker with question #270 from slowbro: The Rocket's Trap says that you may not look at the cards in your opponent's hand that you are choosing. What happens when you play The Rocket's Trap when you have an Omanyte in play? master_trainer_mike says, "You would flip the cards oiver and shuffle them, pull 3 at random, and then the remaining acrds would be flipped over again" master_trainer_mike presents the speaker with question #271 from slowbro: If putting a Pokémon on the Bench removes special conditions, are the effects of Dark Arbok's Stare, when used on the Active Pokémon, removed when thatPokémon goes to the bench? If a Benched Pokémon that has been Stared at becomesActive? If a Benche master_trainer_mike says, "Only in the first case (active gets benched) would the stare effect be removed." master_trainer_pat says, "If you evolved the one onthe bench it would remove the effect as well." master_trainer_mike presents the speaker with question #273 from slowbro: What happens when you attach a Rainbow Energy to Sabrina's Gastly (the one with Gaseous Form) when it has 10 HP left? Does it get knocked out or not? master_trainer_mike says, "Since both effects happen at the same time, you would get their choose their order. So it would be at 10hp or Knocked out, your choice." master_trainer_mike presents the speaker with question #274 from slowbro: What happens when you attach a Rainbow Energy to Blaine's Ninetales when it has 10 HP left? Does it get knocked out or not? master_trainer_mike says, "Same answer, you choose the order of the effects." master_trainer_mike presents the speaker with question #276 from slowbro: f you change a Pokémon's weakness to its own type, if that Pokémon's attack does damage to itself, is that damage doubled? (This does happen in the Game Boy version of the TCG.) master_trainer_mike says, "Yes it would take double damage" master_trainer_mike presents the speaker with question #278 from slowbro: If you use Stare against a Machamp, do you take 10 damage? master_trainer_mike says, "Yes you would, his Pokemon power resolves before thestare's effect does." master_trainer_pat presents the speaker with question #280 from slowbro: If you have two Sabrina's Alakazams, can you use Megaburn every turn byalternately using the Megaburn from your active Sabrina's Alakazam and your benched one? master_trainer_pat says, "You can't use Megaburn again with that S. Alakazam" master_trainer_mike presents the speaker with question #281 from pokemon_john: Hmmm... Please verify that DCI does or does not support Limited and/orBooster Draft formats for me... http://www.wizards.com/dci/downloads/Pokemon_FR_00-01.pdf We have had DCI sanction the tournament for this coming Sunday and news that there are *NO* rules/guidelines for booster draft concerns me greatly... master_trainer_mike says, "My bad, there are some basic rules for limited (booster ) drafts. Deck size must still be 60 but the 4 copies of any cards max ruleis dropped. Take a look at the rules on our web site for details." master_trainer_pat presents the speaker with question #282 from slowbro: If you use Sabrina's Gengar's Dark Wave (which does 20 damage and stopsPokémon Powers) on a Mr. Mime (which would normally take no damage because its weakness is psychic and it has the Pokémon Power: Invisible Wall,) does it knockout the Mr. Mime? master_trainer_pat says, "No, because the order of applying damage says that other effects of attacks will happen last." master_trainer_mike presents the speaker with question #283 from slowbro: n your Team Rocket Errata, you said that a card that had an error that affected gameplay would not be corrected, unless the card is unplayable as it stands. In your Gym Challenge FAQ, you said that Blaine's Charizard should be played as if it had a Fi master_trainer_mike says, "Correct, we issued errata as the card was effectively unplayable with the printing error as is." master_trainer_pat presents the speaker with question #286 from slowbro: You can only use Koga's Beedrill's Hyper Needle once while Koga's Beedrill is in play. But if you used Mew's Devolution Beam to return Koga's Beedrill to your hand, then played Koga's Beedrill on top of the same Koga's Kakuna, could you use Hyper Need master_trainer_pat says, "Yes." master_trainer_pat presents the speaker with question #288 from slowbro: Can you use Super Energy Removal when your opponent has no energy (because Super Energy Removal says "choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon and up to 2 Energy cards attached to it," and 0 is "up to 2?") For example, it might be useful to get extra Elect master_trainer_pat says, "I think you can, we'll check to see if this is ok w/ R7D." master_trainer_mike presents the speaker with question #290 from pokemon_john: *sigh of relief* Okay... Mind putting word somewhere that the cards printed by WotC are *ENGLISH* cards, not American? =) Just a little Canadian concern being shown here... ;) master_trainer_mike says, "Sure, my apologies."