Last edited: Friday, November 1st, 2002 (Added October 31st Chat Rulings) xxxxxxxxx1xxxxxxxxx2xxxxxxxxx3xxxxxxxxx4xxxxxxxxx5xxxxxxxxx6xxxxxxxxx7xxxxxxxxx8 This edition of the Rulings Compendium includes: | | | * October 24th 2002 -- CHAT CANCELLED * October 31st 2002 WotC Online Rules Chat -- (*) -- xxxxxxxxx1xxxxxxxxx2xxxxxxxxx3xxxxxxxxx4xxxxxxxxx5xxxxxxxxx6xxxxxxxxx7xxxxxxxxx8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ERRATA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- POKEMON POWERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- == DARK AURA (Tyranitar - Expedition Expansion) Q. Do the basic energies transformed in Dark energies with Tyranitar's Dark Aura power add 10 damage like Dark energies do? A. No...that would be extra-nice for Tyranitar lovers though, wouldn't it? (Oct 31, 2002 WotC Chat, Q215) == HARVEST BOUNTY (Venusaur - Expedition Expansion) Q. If my Eevee has 40 damage on it and I use Venusaur's Harvest Bounty to attach 2 Rainbow energies to it, I flip two coins. If I get tails on the first and heads on the second, does Eevee get to use Energy Evolution before it takes the damage, or not? A. You have to resolve each card after you attach it. SO, after the first rainbow is done, you would add 10 damage, then you would do the same fo rthe second card. In your example, Eevee, would have been Knocked out. (Oct 31, 2002 WotC Chat, Q229) == NEUTRAL SHIELD (Mew - Promo) Q. If I use an attack that does damage to the opponent's bench, but the defending pokemon is "Lily Pad" Mew with Neutral Shield, does the bench damage get blocked or not? I would guess "not blocked". A. Right...not blocked that is. (Oct 31, 2002 WotC Chat, Q227) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- POKEMON ATTACKS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- == PSYKISS (Smoochum - Neo: Revelation Expansion) Q. If Revelation Smoochum uses its attack and returns a special energy card attached to the opponent into their deck, and Ecogym is in play, would the special energy card go back to the owner's hand? A. No, the energy still gets shuffled into the deck. (Oct 31, 2002 WotC Chat, Q207) == SHOCKWAVE (Yanma - Neo: Discovery Expansion) Q. The ruling on Metapod's Hatch needing a heads-I assume that applies to Yanma's Shockwave and explosive evolution as well. A. Yes, that applies to those cards as well. Both effects are tied to the coin flip, regardless of how the card is worded. So, [if] you flip tails, you do NOTHING. (Oct 17, 2002 WotC Chat, post-Q156; Oct 31, 2002 WotC Chat, Q211) ***** PREVIOUS RULING: THIS ONE HAS SINCE BEEN OVERRULED; See Above ***** Q. Yanma's Shockwave switches the Defending Pokémon even if the coin flip is tails, right? A. Yes. (Jul 11, 2002 WotC Chat, Q47) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UNOWN CARDS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TRAINER CARDS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- == POKÉMON TOWER (Promo card) Q. Are Pokemon powers like Typhlosion's "Fire Recharge" and effects of attacks like Rocket Zapdos' "Plasma" affected by Pokemon Tower? A. No, Pokemon Tower only prevents cards in the discard pile from being returned to a player's HAND. (Oct 31, 2002 WotC Chat, Q209) == STRENGTH CHARM (Expedition Expansion) Q. E-Reader says that the card "Strength Charm" does not add damage done to the bench. Is that correct? How should we play the card? This is what it says when you scan the card (I just did it): "Strength Charm is a Pokemon Tool. If the Pokemon Strength Charm is attached to does damage with its attacks, that damage is increased by 10. Damage done to benched Pokemon isn't increased though". A. Turns out it is a game rule that NOTHING will ever increase the amount of damage done by a bench attack. So we have had to change the previous ruling on this card. Strength Charm does NOT increase damage done to the Bench ONLY to the Defending Pokemon. (Oct 31, 2002 WotC Chat, Q210 & Q225 & Q231 & Q253) ***** PREVIOUS RULING: THIS ONE HAS SINCE BEEN OVERRULED; See Above ***** Q. Does Strength Charm add damage done to benched Pokemon? So if Magneton does "Self Destruct" with a Strength tool on does it do 10 more to EACH benched poke? A. Yes, as Strength Charm is worded, it adds 10 damage to the attack. That includes damage being done to the benched Pokemon. (Sep 26, 2002 WotC Chat, Q505 & Q523) ***** PREVIOUS RULING: THIS ONE HAS SINCE BEEN OVERRULED; See Above ***** Q. A few Strength Charm questions. If you Zzzap with a charm, does it do 30 to everything with powers? Also, if you use Kingdra's Mud Splash and flip heads, would it do 40 and 20 to a benched pokemon? A. Yes and yes. (Oct 3, 2002 WotC Chat, Q16) Q. So no bench extra for Strength Charm - what about self-damage? A. Well, self damage would still happen because that does NOT go against any game rules. (Oct 31, 2002 WotC Chat, Q237 & Q253) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ENERGY CARDS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- GENERAL GAMEPLAY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TEAM GAMEPLAY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- xxxxxxxxx1xxxxxxxxx2xxxxxxxxx3xxxxxxxxx4xxxxxxxxx5xxxxxxxxx6xxxxxxxxx7xxxxxxxxx8