Last edited: Thursday, February 28th, 2002 (Added February 28th Chat Rulings) xxxxxxxxx1xxxxxxxxx2xxxxxxxxx3xxxxxxxxx4xxxxxxxxx5xxxxxxxxx6xxxxxxxxx7xxxxxxxxx8 This edition of the Rulings Compendium includes: | | | * February 28th 2002 WotC Online Rules Chat -- (*) -- xxxxxxxxx1xxxxxxxxx2xxxxxxxxx3xxxxxxxxx4xxxxxxxxx5xxxxxxxxx6xxxxxxxxx7xxxxxxxxx8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ERRATA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- == CALL BACK (Dark Haunter - Neo: Destiny Expansion) Q. Dark Haunter's "Call Back" attack says "(You can't use this attack if your Bench is full)". Shouldn't that really say "... if your *opponent's* bench is full"? A. It is a typo. Of course, it actually matters whether your opponent's Bench is full or not. (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q411) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- POKEMON POWERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- == DEEP SLEEP (Dark Gengar - Neo: Destiny Expansion) Q. If I have 2 Dark Gengars in play does the opponent have to flip 4 times to become awake? A. No, you still just have to flip twice. (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q399 & Q412 & Q507) Q. If I use Igglybuff's "Gaze" against Dark Gengar's "Deep Sleep", must an opponent still flip 2 coins to attempt to wake up his/her Active Pokemon, or does the "Gaze" effect wear off before the sleep check? A. Gaze wears off at the end of the turn. Sleep checks are done between turns, so this would not prevent Dark Gengar from making waking up harder. (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q373) == DRIVE OFF (Light Arcanine - Neo: Destiny Expansion) Q. Light Arcanine's Drive Off pretty much thwarts Murkrow's Mean Look, doesn't it? If my opponent's Pokémon is asleep, will Drive Off still allow him to switch it with another? A. Yes and yes. (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q361) == FLASH TOUCH (Light Ledian - Neo: Destiny Expansion) Q. RE: Flash Touch, will the effect on the new active Pokémon also prevent Neo 5 Burning? How about Char? Paint? A. As far as Flash Touch stopping Burn, that special condition isn't out yet, so who knows? It doesn't say that it stops Char or Paint, so those still work against it. (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q365) == GAZE (Igglybuff - Neo: Discovery Expansion) Q. If I use Igglybuff's "Gaze" against Dark Gengar's "Deep Sleep", must an opponent still flip 2 coins to attempt to wake up his/her Active Pokemon, or does the "Gaze" effect wear off before the sleep check? A. Gaze wears off at the end of the turn. Sleep checks are done between turns, so this would not prevent Dark Gengar from making waking up harder. (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q373) == HOT PLATE (Dark Magcargo - Neo: Destiny Expansion) Q. If both players have Dark Magcargo active, is the "Hot Plate" pokemon power cumulative so that the pokemon being laid down takes 20 damage (10+10)? A. Yes, if both players have a Dark Macargo active the Powers will be cumulative. (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q372) == MIRACULOUS WIND (Light Dragonite - Neo: Destiny Expansion) Q. If a Rainbow Energy is played on a Pokemon while Light Dragonite's Pokemon Power is in effect, will the damage for Rainbow still occur or will that effect be shut off immediately? A. Yes it will still do damage. This is done as you play the card BEFORE Miraculous Wind has any effect on the in-play Rainbow energy. (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q390 & Q422 & Q427) Q. If I have a Light Dragonite active, with Ecogym in play and I use SER to remove 1 Recycle Energy and 1 Darkness Energy from the opponent's active Tyranitar, BOTH energy cards go to the discard pile, right? A. Correct. They would still be considered Special Energy cards BUT they would also be colorless energy cards in this case and so Ecogym would NOT protect them. (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q468) Q. How does Light Dragonite's power interact with Base Charizard's Power in regards to energy type? Are you saying that Dragonite's Power overrides Charizard's? A. What I think you're asking is: Can I still Energy Burn a special energy card into Fire energy if Light Dragonite is my opponent's active Pokemon? The answer is no, because this Pokemon Power is always in effect. You could still Energy Burn a basic energy card though. In this case the 'continual' power of Light Dragonite will override Charizard's 'activated' power. TPC makes a distiction between 'activated' powers and 'always on' powers. Both types are activated, while Light Dragonite's is an 'always on' power. (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q358 & Q397 & Q400 & Q431) Q. What about Erika's Oddish vs. Light Dragonite? Erika's Oddish's power is always on. What happens if I attach a DCE to it? A. Sorry, this one will have to go to the rules team. Good question. We're not gonna touch that one...it'll have to wait for the rules team meeting. (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q391) == SCARE (Dark Feraligatr - Neo: Destiny Expansion) Q. Do you have to flip for the baby effect with Dark Feraligatr active? A. Yes, that's not a Pokemon Power. The Dark Gatr's power only shuts off Baby Pokemon Powers not the actual Baby Power. You still have to flip for the Baby Rule. (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q392 & Q426 & Q434 & Q440) Q. Could I still Eeeeeeek with Dark Gatr in play? A. Your babies cannot attack if Dark Feraligatr is the Defending Pokemon but they can if it's on the bench. (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q447) Q. If my Dark Feraligatr is against a Cleffa, do I still need to flip for the Baby Rule in order to do the "Crushing Blow" attack? A. You still must flip for the Baby Rule. (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q462) == TRICKERY (Rattata - Team Rocket Expansion) Q. If my opponent plays Here Comes Team Rocket, and I have Unown S and R Rattata, can I use Unown S to turn my prizes back over and R Rattata and eventually scramble/hide my prizes again? A. Nope, Here Comes Team Rocket changes the game so you play with your prize cards face up for the rest of the game. (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q371) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- POKEMON ATTACKS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- == BUBBLE JUMP (Light Azumarill - Neo: Destiny Expansion) Q. If I have a Light Azumarill as my active and I attach a Miracle Energy to it and attack with Bubble Jump and get a heads can I move the Miracle Energy to another pokemon that is not Light or Shining and does it still have to be discarded? A. Yes, it will be discarded at the end of your turn. (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q493) == CALL BACK (Dark Haunter - Neo: Destiny Expansion) [See Also: ERRATA] Q. So Dark Haunter's Call Back attack doesn't work if either players bench is full, right? A. No, it only doesn't work if your opponent's bench is full. (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q438) == CRUSHING BLOW (Dark Feraligatr - Neo: Destiny Expansion) Q. If my Dark Feraligatr is against a Cleffa, do I still need to flip for the Baby Rule in order to do the "Crushing Blow" attack? A. You still must flip for the Baby Rule. (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q462) == DESTRUCTIVE FIRE (Shining Tyranitar - Neo: Destiny Expansion) Q. If Shining Tyranitar's "Destructive Fire" attack is Metronomed or copied by Misty's Psyduck's (lv 18) ESP, does the attack still do 50, even if there are no Fire Energy cards attached to the Pokemon doing the Attack? A. The answer is yes. You wouldn't get the extra stuff, but you would get the damage. (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q376) == ENTANGLE (Dark Ariados - Neo: Destiny Expansion) Q. Dark Ariados' Entangle - if the new active is a baby, would I have to flip for the baby rule prior to paralization? A. No you would not. (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q451) == INCINERATE (Dark Quilava - Neo: Destiny Expansion) Q. With Dark Quilava's Incinerate attack, what happens if the card is not a Trainer card? Is it just put back on the top of his or her deck and do you shuffle? A. You just put it back on top of their deck [ED NOTE: Do not shuffle]. (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q377) == MAX BURST (Dark Exeggcutor - Neo: Destiny Expansion) Q. On Dark Exeggcutor's "MAX Burst" attack, are you supposed to flip a number of coins equal to the number of energy cards attached to all of the opponent's Pokemon, or only their Active Pokemon? A. All of their Pokemon, just like Revelation Sneasel. (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q370) == MIRROR MOVE (Pidgeotto - Jungle Expansion, Spearow - Base Set) Q. Just to make sure I understand correctly: Say Misdreavus successfully uses Perish Song against a Spearow with Focus Band. If Spearow survives the Focus Band flip and wakes up, it can do Mirror Move to K.O. Misdreavus. Is this correct? A. Yes that is correct. (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q495) == PULL IN (Dark Gengar - Neo: Destiny Expansion) Q. If a Dark Gengar uses Pull In on a holo Suicune would the Suicune become asleep? A. You can't use Pull In on a Suicune (holo). In other words, you could choose [a benched] Suicune [and switch it], but it will not effect it [for Sleep] due to Crystal Body. (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q389) Q. If Dark Gengar uses Pull In against an [Active] Suicune, does it get to pick a pokemon to "gust" up? A. Not sure, we will have to ask, since you are choosing a non-Suicune but then switching it up (which then does affect Suicune in a way). (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q449) == SWORDS DANCE (Scyther - Jungle Expansion) Q. If I use Swords Dance with Jungle Scyther and then evolve to Dark Scizor, will Slash do 60 instead of 30? I know this is one of those "self-referencing" rules. A. Swords Dance is a status effect (like Agility or Smokescreen). Evolving the Scyther would remove it. (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q359) == WATER SLASH (Shining Kabutops - Neo: Destiny Expansion) Q. Shining Kabutops' Water Slash states "don't apply Resistance". Do you still apply Weakness? A. You do apply weakness. (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q410) == WHITE-HOT FLAME (Shining Charizard - Neo: Destiny Expansion) Q. Miracle Energy can count as a Lightning and a Fire energy for Shining Charizard? If so, after using White-hot Flame could I discard just the Miracle Energy, instead of a Lightning and a Fire energy? A. No, because Shining Charizard asks for two cards to be discarded. (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q363) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UNOWN CARDS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- == CHASE (Unown-C - Neo: Destiny Expansion) Q. With Unown C's Chase power, should the Apply weakness and resistance sentence be omitted since you can't apply weak/resist for placing counters? A. Dunno, we will look into which way it is supposed to be played. (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q386) == SEARCH (Unown-S - Neo: Destiny Expansion) Q. If my opponent plays Here Comes Team Rocket, and I have Unown S and R Rattata, can I use Unown S to turn my prizes back over and R Rattata and eventually scramble/hide my prizes again? A. Nope, Here Comes Team Rocket changes the game so you play with your prize cards face up for the rest of the game. (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q371) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TRAINER CARDS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- == BROKEN GROUND GYM (Neo: Destiny Expansion) Q. If I have a Magmar that evolved from Magby as my active Pokémon and Broken Ground Gym is in play, do I have to pay 1 extra energy to retreat it? A. It's now an evolved Pokemon so it would not cost more to retreat. (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q459) == COUNTERATTACK CLAWS (Neo: Destiny Expansion) Q. Counterattack Claws trainer is worded poorly. I'm pretty sure I know the intention of the card, but could you explain how it works basically? A. You are correct, the wording is wrong. As it is worded it would do 20 more damage to the Pokemon it is attached to. Obviously, it should do 20 damage back to the Pokemon that just attacked it. Play it like it should be. (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q368) Q. If you flip a tails for Counterattack Claws, does it still get discarded? A. Yes, you do discard it. (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q403 & Q430 & Q491) == HERE COMES TEAM ROCKET (Team Rocket Expansion) Q. If my opponent plays Here Comes Team Rocket, and I have Unown S and R Rattata, can I use Unown S to turn my prizes back over and R Rattata and eventually scramble/hide my prizes again? A. Nope, Here Comes Team Rocket changes the game so you play with your prize cards face up for the rest of the game. (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q371) Q. If you use "Here Comes Team Rocket" to turn the prizes face up, and then later use "Imposter Prof. Oak's Invention" to shuffle the opponent's prizes back into the deck, when the opponent deals their prizes back out are they dealt face up or face down? A. Our answers our basically from the wording on Here Comes Team Rocket which says: For the rest of the game, play with your prizes face up. (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q407) == IMPOSTER PROFESSOR OAK'S INVENTION (Neo: Destiny Expansion) Q. For "Impostor Prof. Oak's Invention", do you have to have your opponent shuffle ALL their prize cards into the deck, or just the ones you want them to? All or some? A. All of them. (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q407) Q. If you use "Here Comes Team Rocket" to turn the prizes face up, and then later use "Imposter Prof. Oak's Invention" to shuffle the opponent's prizes back into the deck, when the opponent deals their prizes back out are they dealt face up or face down? A. Our answers our basically from the wording on Here Comes Team Rocket which says: For the rest of the game, play with your prizes face up. 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