Last edited: Thursday, October 11th, 2001 (Added October 11th Rulings) xxxxxxxxx1xxxxxxxxx2xxxxxxxxx3xxxxxxxxx4xxxxxxxxx5xxxxxxxxx6xxxxxxxxx7xxxxxxxxx8 This edition of the Rulings Compendium includes: | | | | * October 11th 2001 WotC Online Rules Chat -- (*) -- xxxxxxxxx1xxxxxxxxx2xxxxxxxxx3xxxxxxxxx4xxxxxxxxx5xxxxxxxxx6xxxxxxxxx7xxxxxxxxx8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ERRATA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- POKEMON POWERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- == FINAL BEAM (Dark Gyarados - Team Rocket Expansion) Q. Request for clarification on an old ruling: Dark Gyarados is active and Dark Arbok is the opposing Pokémon. Dark Gyarados has 60 damage and Dark Arbok uses "Stare" on it. Does Dark Gyarados get do its "Final Beam" or not? A. Final Beam will be triggered before Stare shuts off Pokemon Powers so it will still go off. (Oct 11, 2001 WotC Chat, Q9) ***** PREVIOUS RULING: THIS ONE HAS SINCE BEEN OVERRULED; See Above ***** Q. Dark Gyarados is active and Dark Arbok is the opposing Pokémon. Dark Gyarados has 60 damage and Dark Arbok uses Stare on it. Does Dark Gyarados still do Final Beam? A. No it would not; the Stare attack stops the Defending Pokémon's Pokémon Power from working, so it would stop the Final Beam from working. (May 4, 2000 WotC Chat, Q4 & Q96) == HOWL (Entei - Neo: Revelation Expansion) Q. What happens when you play Entei with Howl during set up? A. Set up cards are not considered as being 'played'. Nothing happens. (Oct 11, 2001 WotC Chat, Q35) == MIMIC (Sudowoodo - Neo: Revelation Expansion) Q. If you try to use an attack using Sudowoodo's Pokemon Power, say for example you are facing a Psychic Pokemon and want to use one of its attacks that cost 2 Psychic to use, must you have two Psychic (or Rainbow) energies in order for you to be able to use that attack? A. Yes. The card states "INCLUDING THEIR COSTS". (Oct 11, 2001 WotC Chat, Q9) == STARE (Dark Arbok - Team Rocket Expansion) Q. Request for clarification on an old ruling: Dark Gyarados is active and Dark Arbok is the opposing Pokémon. Dark Gyarados has 60 damage and Dark Arbok uses "Stare" on it. Does Dark Gyarados get do its "Final Beam" or not? A. Final Beam will be triggered before Stare shuts off Pokemon Powers so it will still go off. (Oct 11, 2001 WotC Chat, Q9) ***** PREVIOUS RULING: THIS ONE HAS SINCE BEEN OVERRULED; See Above ***** Q. Dark Gyarados is active and Dark Arbok is the opposing Pokémon, Dark Gyarados has 60 damage and Dark Arbok uses Stare on it. Does Dark Gyarados still do Final Beam? A. No it would not; the Stare attack stops the Defending Pokémon's Pokémon Power from working, so it would stop the Final Beam from working. (May 4, 2000 WotC Chat, Q4 & Q96) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- POKEMON ATTACKS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- == AEROWING (Lugia - Neo: Revelation Expansion) Q. For Neo: Revelation Lugia's "Aerowing" attack, if I understand its wording correctly, I can either choose to flip a coin with a 50/50 chance to do 80 damage, or I can choose not to flip and just do 40 damage regardless. Is this correct? A. Yes, that's correct. The first card that allows that choice. (Oct 11, 2001 WotC Chat, Q43 & Q63) == CORE STREAM (Starmie - Neo: Revelation Expansion) Q. If you attack with Starmie's Core Stream and choose a type of energy, if there is a Rainbow Energy Card attached to one (or more) of the opponent's Pokemon, does the Rainbow Energy count as that type too for this attack? A. Yes it would because an in play Rainbow Energy counts as all types. (Oct 11, 2001 WotC Chat, Q26) == LIGHTNING STRIKE (Raichu - Neo: Revelation Expansion) Q. Raichu (Lightning Strike) - so you choose the attack, and then you have a choice WITHIN the attack as to whether you want to discard all lightning energy to do more damage, or discard none for the base amount, correct? A. That is correct, sir. (Oct 11, 2001 WotC Chat, Q63) Q. Say you have 4 (L) and 1 Rainbow energy attached to Raichu. Would you need to discard the Rainbow as well as the (L) cards to make its attack do 80 damage? A. In this case you would have to discard the Rainbow energy since it does count as a lightning energy card (any card that provides energy of a certain type counts as a card of the type). (Oct 11, 2001 WotC Chat, Q3) == OCTAZOOKA (Octillery - Neo: Revelation Expansion) Q. On Octillery, if you flip heads for Octazooka, then the Defending Pokémon must flip heads when attacking to do damage or effects. This is true as long as the Defending Pokémon remains active, regardless of whether Octillery remains active or in play, and regardless of whether you flip heads next turn when using Octazooka, correct? A. Correct. (Oct 11, 2001 WotC Chat, Q56) == PERISH SONG (Misdreavus - Neo: Revelation Expansion) Q. If I use Misdreavus' Night Eyes attack on my turn and the Defending Pokémon wakes up between turns, can I put it to sleep with Rocket Drowzee or a Sleep! trainer in order to knock the Defending Pokémon out with Perish Song on my next turn? A. Yes you could, it just has to be Asleep and have been attacked by Night Eyes last turn. It doesn't matter if it is asleep from another effect or not. (Oct 11, 2001 WotC Chat, Q5) == RAINBOW BURN (Ho-oh - Neo: Revelation Expansion) Q. Ho-oh's Rainbow Brun attack: "plus 10 more damage for each type of Basic Energy card, if any, attached to Ho-oh". So if you had a grass, a water, a fire, and an electric, you would do 40 more, but if you had 4 grass, you would only do an extra 10, since there is only one TYPE, right? And Rainbow Energy, Metal Energy, and Dark Energy would not count toward extra damage on Ho-oh, since they are not a type of Basic Energy CARD? A. Correct! (Oct 11, 2001 WotC Chat, Q48 & Q50) == RIPTIDE (Feraligatr - Neo: Genesis Expansion) Q. If I have a benched Parasect (Neo:R) and four (W) energies in my discard pile when my Active Feraligatr uses Riptide; does Riptide still do 50 damage, and do the (W) energies remain in my discard pile afterward? A. Yes. It is still counted for the attack's damage amount, but it is NOT shuffled back into the deck in this case.(Oct 11, 2001 WotC Chat, Q7 & Q12) == TRIGGERED POISON (Crobat - Neo: Revelation Expansion) Q. For Crobat's attack that does 20 and poisons the defending Pokemon the next turn if an energy card is attached to it, if either Pokemon is benched does that effect stop? A. The effect resides on the Defending Pokemon. (Oct 11, 2001 WotC Chat, Q25) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UNOWN CARDS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TRAINER CARDS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- == POKEMON BREEDER FIELDS (Neo: Revelation Expansion) Q. For Pokemon Breeder Fields, when you flip your coin(s) for your "non-Baby" Pokemon, are those the non-Baby Pokes that are "in play" or in your hand, or both? A. In play. (Oct 11, 2001 WotC Chat, Q22) == ROCKET'S HIDEOUT (Neo: Revelation Expansion) Q. If I have Dark Golduck In Play with Rocket's Hideout and I get to 70 HP which then my oppenent plays Chaos Gym [or any other card that causes Rocket's Hideout to be discarded].... Will my Dark Golduck be KOed? A. That's right. (Oct 11, 2001 WotC Chat, Q68) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ENERGY CARDS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- == RAINBOW ENERGY (Team Rocket Expansion) Q. If an attack says to discard a specific type of energy card to use that attack, can a Rainbow Energy be used to pay that cost? There a few new cards that that would be important to based on the wordings. A. Yes, you can. (Oct 11, 2001 WotC Chat, Q30) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- GENERAL GAMEPLAY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- == ATTACKING Q. Based on the new templating for Baby Rule (i.e. Tyrogue), must the attacker announce WHICH attack they're going to attempt prior to the flip? A. Yes, you must state which attack first. (Oct 11, 2001 WotC Chat, Q30) == STARTING THE GAME Q. At the start of a game, if your Opponent Mulligans, do you have to say how many cards you intend to draw? In other words, could you draw one and then decide to stop? A. Yes, you need to state: "I am drawing one card", or "I am drawing 2 cards". [Ed.Note: or "I choose not to draw any cards".] (Oct 11, 2001 WotC Chat, Q18) xxxxxxxxx1xxxxxxxxx2xxxxxxxxx3xxxxxxxxx4xxxxxxxxx5xxxxxxxxx6xxxxxxxxx7xxxxxxxxx8