Last edited: Thursday, March 7th, 2002 (Added March 6th Rules Team Updates, and March 7th Chat Rulings) xxxxxxxxx1xxxxxxxxx2xxxxxxxxx3xxxxxxxxx4xxxxxxxxx5xxxxxxxxx6xxxxxxxxx7xxxxxxxxx8 This edition of the Rulings Compendium includes: | | | * March 6th 2002 WotC Pokemon Rules Team Updates -- (*) -- * March 7th 2002 WotC Online Rules Chat -- (*) -- xxxxxxxxx1xxxxxxxxx2xxxxxxxxx3xxxxxxxxx4xxxxxxxxx5xxxxxxxxx6xxxxxxxxx7xxxxxxxxx8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ERRATA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- == 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. Correct. (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q386; Mar 7, 2002 WotC Chat, Q560) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- POKEMON POWERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- == CONDUCTIVITY (Dark Ampharos - Neo: Destiny Expansion) Q. If my active Light Dragonite [100 hp] has 9 damage counters on it, and my opponent has a Dark Ampharos benched, what happens when I attach a Potion Energy to the Light Dragonite? (Remove 1 counter, then place one counter?) A. It's the same old answer when you have two effects that take place at the same time. First, Light Dragonite does NOT prevent the healing effect from the Energy card as it is not in play yet. The effect from Conductivity and the Potion Energy do take place at the same time however. So the Active player's effect goes first, then the Defending Player's effects go second. If one player comntrols more than one effect, they get to decide what order they go in when their effects take place. (Mar 7, 2002 WotC Chat, Q541) == CRYSTAL BODY (Suicune - Neo: Revelation Expansion) Q. Given the latest Suicune rulings, can Pichu now do 20 damage [to Suicune]? A. Yup. (Mar 7, 2002 WotC Chat, Q578) ***** PREVIOUS RULING: THIS ONE HAS SINCE BEEN OVERRULED; See Above ***** Q. Is the "don't apply weakness and resistance" in Pichu's attack an effect? ie: for calculation purposes vs. Suicune. A. [ed. note: No OFFICIAL answer has been provided to update this answer.] Pichu wouldn't do any damage to Suicune. It is all an effect of Pichu's attack to do 20 damage to all pokemon with a power. Damage is the number in the right side, everything else is effect, (unless the damage has a + or X sign on it then the text may have something to do with it). Since there really isn't a damage amount printed to the right of the attack, Pichu's attack and thus damage is an effect. It is not damage, it is an effect, (yes an effect that would do damage, but still an effect that is prevented). Crystal Body ignores everything in the attack's text other than the number part, and since Pichu's Zzzap doesn't have a number, that's why it gets blocked. (Dec 6, 2001 WotC Chat, Q329 & Q337 & Q339 & Q349 & Q405) == MIRACULOUS WIND (Light Dragonite - Neo: Destiny Expansion) Q. Would a Double Colorless Energy card provide 1 or 2 colorless energy while Miraculous Wind is Active? A. It would provide 2 colorless energy. Double Colorless Energy (while a Special Energy card) normally provides 2 colorless Energy and this is NOT considered an additional effect of that card. The top of the card shows 2 colorless energy symbols and that is what this card provides. (Mar 6, 2002 WotC Rules Team Update; Mar 7, 2002 WotC Chat, Q550) Q. If you attached a Miracle Energy to Light Dragonite while he is active would it provde a single colorless and would you still have to discard it at the end of your turn? A. No, it would provide 2 colorless (as the top of the card shows 2 energy symbols, like DCE). Then you would have to discard it. The discarding is not an effect on the card, it is a requirement; Miraculous Wind does not prevent that from happening. (Mar 7, 2002 WotC Chat, Q559 & Q571 & Q581) Q. Would Full Heal Energy, Potion Energy, and Rainbow Energy still do their various "play" effects while Miraculous Wind is Active? A. Yes they would. For example, Potion Energy says: "If you play this card from your hand, remove 1 damage counter from the Pokemon you attach it to, if it has any". This effect is done as the card is being played BEFORE Miraculous Wind can affect the card. Miraculous Wind stops all additional effects of Special Energy cards that are ALREADY in play. Meaning Rainbow Energy will NOT provide all Energy types but only Colorless for example. (Mar 6, 2002 WotC Rules Team Update; Mar 7, 2002 WotC Chat, Q550) Q. How does Erika's Oddish's "Photosynthesis" Pokemon Power interact with "Miraculous Wind"? A. Photosynthesis' effect is written effectively the same as Miraculous Wind. Both of these effects occur at the same time. When that happens, you default to Active Player's effect goes first, then Defending Player's effect goes second. So, if there was a Special Energy card attached to your Erika's Oddish (so it is affected by both Photosynthesis and Miraculous Wind) and your opponent had a Light Dragonite as their Active Pokemon, the results would be: On your turn (you are the Active player) the Photosynthesis effect is done first and then the Miraculous Wind is done second so the attached Special Energy card provides Colorless Energy. In the same situation on your opponent's turn, first the attached Special Energy card provides Colorless and then the Photosynthesis is done so the attached Special Energy card ends up providing Grass energy. (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q391; Mar 6, 2002 WotC Rules Team Update; Mar 7, 2002 WotC Chat, Q550) Q. If I have a Dark Machoke active with Darkness Energies attached and I use Drag Off to bring a Light Dragonite up from my opponent's bench, the (D) energies do not add to the damage done, correct? A. Correct. (Mar 7, 2002 WotC Chat, Q704) == POLLEN DEFENSE (Erika's Vileplume - Gym: Heroes Expansion) Q. If I use Magby's "Sputter" on Erika's Vileplume, will it be able to use its power or will it get shut off? A. You do the damage from an attack first, if that triggers anything (in this case it does) you then do what is triggered, then you continue and do what the attack says besides damage. So the Sputter effect takes place AFTER Erika's Vileplume's Pollen Defense goes off. (Mar 7, 2002 WotC Chat, Q548) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- POKEMON ATTACKS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- == BUBBLE JUMP (Light Azumarill - Neo: Destiny Expansion) Q. If Light Azumarill has a Miracle Energy attached, if heads does the Miracle Energy go back to the hand? A. If the Miracle Energy is still on Light Azumarill after you have moved the 2 energy cards required, then yes, you would return Light Azumarill AND all cards attached back to your hand. (Mar 7, 2002 WotC Chat, Q602) == DARK FIRE (Dark Houndoom - Neo: Destiny Expansion) Q. For Dark Houndoom's "Dark Fire" attack, does Rainbow Energy count as a (D) Energy card for the purpose of discarding it? And if so, do you still get the +10 bonus for discarding it even though it's not explicitly a "Darkness Energy card"? A. Ya, that works for me. (Mar 7, 2002 WotC Chat, Q563) == FIRE SPIN (Charizard - Base Set) Q. I read in the Master Rulings document that a Dark Energy discarded after being Energy Burned would give Charizard's Fire Spin 100 + 10 extra damage, similiar to Dark Houndoom's Dark Fire. However, Charizard says "in order to do this attack, discard two energy cards attached to Charizard." Due to the fact that discarding "in order to do this attack" happens before energy effects are resolved, wouldn't Fire Spin ONLY do 100 damage? A. That is correct. In this case, the Darkness Energy is discarded IN ORDER TO do the attack. This means that its damage increase effects are NOT added to the Final damage. (Mar 6, 2002 WotC Rules Team Update; Mar 7, 2002 WotC Chat, Q550) ***** PREVIOUS RULING: THIS ONE HAS SINCE BEEN OVERRULED; See Above ***** Q. Charizard Energy Burns a Dark Energy. He discards it to Fire Spin. Is the 10 extra damage added? Or not, because it was discarded before that step in Damage calculation? A1. Yes, it does. You actually don't discard the energy until AFTER the attack is done (all other text from an attack is done AFTER damage) so you WOULD get the extra effects before discarding the energy. (May 24, 2001 WotC Chat, Q203 & Q208) A2. Yes, it will still do the extra Darkness damage because it's figured in ahead of time. It just needs to make sure that damage is going to be done before dealing the extra. That sounds confusing I know...but it works. (Oct 11, 2001 WotC Chat, Q11) == FLASH TOUCH (Light Ledian - Neo: Destiny Expansion) [CHRISBO NOTE: Oops, Move "Flash Touch" section from Pokemon Powers to Attacks; my bad...] Q. Can you please explain Light Ledian's Flash Touch attack? A. Sure. After you use Light Ledian's Flash Touch you must switch up a Pokemon from your Bench (if you have one). While that previously Benched Pokemon remians your Active Pokemon (doesn't evolve, devolve, get benched, or leave play) it cannot have a Special Condition put on it (Asleep, Confused, Paralyze, or Poisoned). That new Active Pokemon can still take damage or have other attack effects done to it. (Mar 7, 2002 WotC Chat, Q705) Q. So, the new active brought up by Light Ledian's Flash Touch is immune to Sleep! Trainer and TR Drowzee's Long Distance Hypnosis? A. Yes, while it is still Active. (Mar 7, 2002 WotC Chat, Q708) == LIGHT WAVE (Light Dragonite - Neo: Destiny Expansion) Q. With the Light Dragonite's "Light Wave" attack, does that only prevent such effects as Sleep, Poison, Paralysis, etc., or does it also cover other effects of attacks such as Drawing cards, discarding energies, etc. and also, would it prevent bench damage in any way? A. It works exactly as Suicune's Crystal Body does. This means that it prevents all effects DONE to Light Dragonite. So no status effects on it (like Smokescreen), no Special Conditions on it (like Poison) , you can't discad an energy or trainer attached to it (like Sneasel's Swipe), nor can you switch it using an attack effect like Dark Gengar's Pull In. (Mar 7, 2002 WotC Chat, Q699) == OCTAZOOKA (Octillery - Neo: Revelation Expansion) Q. If I [Knock Out] a pokemon with Octazooka and flip a head, does that mean the pokemon the opponent brings in has to flip to do its move? A. The effect from that attack goes onto that Defending Pokemon which is then Kncoked out. You would NOT do the effect on the next one that comes up. (Mar 7, 2002 WotC Chat, Q555) == PULL IN (Dark Gengar - Neo: Destiny Expansion) Q. Do you have to switch the defending pokemon with Dark Gengar's "Pull In"? A. No, it says you "May"..not "Must". (Mar 7, 2002 WotC Chat, Q590) Q. Can you use Dark Gengar's "Pull In" attack against an Active Suicune (LV 33 with Crystal Body Pokemon Power)? What happens? What about if a Suicune is on the Bench? Can you target it with "Pull In"? A. Suicune's Crystal Body Pokemon Power prevents ALL effects of attacks except for damage done to Suicune. So while you can use Pull In against [an active] Suicune (and still do the 30 damage) you would NOT be able switch Suicune with a Pokemon from the Bench. You would also NOT be able to switch Suicune UP from the Bench for the same reason. (Mar 6, 2002 WotC Rules Team Update; Mar 7, 2002 WotC Chat, Q550) == RUSHING FLAMES (Dark Typhlosion - Neo: Destiny Expansion) Q. When you play Dark Typhlosion's "Rushing Flames", I suppose you have to discard the energies before you flip for all the discarded energies, and not discard/flip, discard/flip, ... A. Correct, you must discard all at once, then flip. (Mar 7, 2002 WotC Chat, Q566) == SPUTTER (Magby - Neo: Genesis Expansion) Q. If I use Magby's "Sputter" on Erika's Vileplume, will it be able to use its power or will it get shut off? A. You do the damage from an attack first, if that triggers anything (in this case it does) you then do what is triggered, then you continue and do what the attack says besides damage. So the Sputter effect takes place AFTER Erika's Vileplume's Pollen Defense goes off. (Mar 7, 2002 WotC Chat, Q548) == TRIGGER POISON (Crobat - Neo: Discovery Expansion) Q. What happens if you attach a Full Heal Energy card to a Pokemon that had Crobat's "Triggered Poison" done to it last turn? A. Once again, these effects happen at the same time so the Active Player's effect takes place first. In this case it means that the Pokemon in this example would end up Poisoned. [Ed.Note: But it would be cured of any other Special Conditions prior to becoming poisoned.] (Mar 6, 2002 WotC Rules Team Update; Mar 7, 2002 WotC Chat, Q550) == ZZZAP (Pichu - Neo: Genesis Expansion) Q. Given the latest Suicune rulings, can Pichu now do 20 damage [to Suicune]? A. Yup. (Mar 7, 2002 WotC Chat, Q578) ***** PREVIOUS RULING: THIS ONE HAS SINCE BEEN OVERRULED; See Above ***** Q. Is the "don't apply weakness and resistance" in Pichu's attack an effect? ie: for calculation purposes vs. Suicune. A. Pichu wouldn't do any damage to Suicune. It is all an effect of Pichu's attack to do 20 damage to all pokemon with a power. Damage is the number in the right side, everything else is effect, (unless the damage has a + or X sign on it then the text may have something to do with it). Since there really isn't a damage amount printed to the right of the attack, Pichu's attack and thus damage is an effect. It is not damage, it is an effect, (yes an effect that would do damage, but still an effect that is prevented). Crystal Body ignores everything in the attack's text other than the number part, and since Pichu's Zzzap doesn't have a number, that's why it gets blocked. (Dec 6, 2001 WotC Chat, Q329 & Q337 & Q339 & Q349) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Correct. (Feb 28, 2002 WotC Chat, Q386; Mar 7, 2002 WotC Chat, Q560) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TRAINER CARDS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- == TRAINERS IN GENERAL Q. Can Pokemon be Knocked Out partway through completing the Trainer card? A. A Pokemon cannot be Knocked Out partway through the Trainer card. You must complete all of the actions of a Trainer card BEFORE you check for game state checks (to see if a Pokemon is Knocked out for example). (Mar 6, 2002 WotC Rules Team Update; Mar 7, 2002 WotC Chat, Q550) == DOUBLE GUST (Neo: Genesis Expansion) Q. Do Trainer Cards like Double Gust or Warp Point have a sequence of effects? Can Pokemon be Knocked Out partway through completing the Trainer card? A. Yes, these Trainers do have a specific sequence of who does what first. A Pokemon cannot be Knocked Out partway through the Trainer card however. You must complete all of the actions of a Trainer card BEFORE you check for game state checks (to see if a Pokemon is Knocked out for example). (Mar 6, 2002 WotC Rules Team Update; Mar 7, 2002 WotC Chat, Q550) == WARP POINT (Gym: Challenge Expansion) Q. Do Trainer Cards like Double Gust or Warp Point have a sequence of effects? Can Pokemon be Knocked Out partway through completing the Trainer card? A. Yes, these Trainers do have a specific sequence of who does what first. A Pokemon cannot be Knocked Out partway through the Trainer card however. You must complete all of the actions of a Trainer card BEFORE you check for game state checks (to see if a Pokemon is Knocked out for example). (Mar 6, 2002 WotC Rules Team Update; Mar 7, 2002 WotC Chat, Q550) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ENERGY CARDS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- == FULL HEAL ENERGY (Team Rocket Expansion) Q. What happens if you attach a Full Heal Energy card to a Pokemon that had Crobat's "Triggered Poison" done to it last turn? A. Once again, these effects happen at the same time so the Active Player's effect takes place first. In this case it means that the Pokemon in this example would end up Poisoned. [Ed.Note: But it would be cured of any other Special Conditions prior to becoming poisoned.] (Mar 6, 2002 WotC Rules Team Update; Mar 7, 2002 WotC Chat, Q550) == MIRACLE ENERGY (Neo: Destiny Expansion) Q. If Miracle Energy is attached to a Light Pokemon and then somehow moved to another Pokemon, will it provide that Pokemon with 2 Basic Energy? So, a Miracle Energy attached to a Shining Celebi could be Energy Trans'd by Venusaur to any other Grass Pokemon? A. Yup. (Mar 7, 2002 WotC Chat, Q621 & Q635) Q. If you attached a Miracle Energy to Light Dragonite while he is active would it provde a single colorless and would you still have to discard it at the end of your turn? A. No, it would provide 2 colorless (as the top of the card shows 2 energy sysmbols, like DCE). Then you would have to discard it. The discarding is not an effect on the card, it is a requirement; Miraculous Wind does not prevent that from happening. (Mar 7, 2002 WotC Chat, Q559 & Q571 & Q581) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- GENERAL GAMEPLAY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- xxxxxxxxx1xxxxxxxxx2xxxxxxxxx3xxxxxxxxx4xxxxxxxxx5xxxxxxxxx6xxxxxxxxx7xxxxxxxxx8