Last edited: Thursday, February 24th, 2005 (Added February 24th Rulings) xxxxxxxxx1xxxxxxxxx2xxxxxxxxx3xxxxxxxxx4xxxxxxxxx5xxxxxxxxx6xxxxxxxxx7xxxxxxxxx8 This edition of the Rulings Compendium includes: | | | * February 24th 2005 PUI Rules Team Meeting -- (*) -- xxxxxxxxx1xxxxxxxxx2xxxxxxxxx3xxxxxxxxx4xxxxxxxxx5xxxxxxxxx6xxxxxxxxx7xxxxxxxxx8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ERRATA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- POKEMON POWERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- == ACID SAMPLER (Victreebel - EX:Fire Red / Leaf Green) Q. Say your active Victreebel uses "Acid Sampler" and the opponent's defending Pokémon gets KO'd. So the opponent promotes a new Pokémon in its place; since it's still "between turns", does the new defending Pokémon get Acid Sampled too? A. No. Between turns, even if a Pokémon receives more damage counters from Special Conditions, Poké-Bodies, or Poké-Powers than its remaining HP, that Pokémon isn't Knocked Out until "between turns" is over. (Feb 24, 2005 PUI Rules Team) ***** PREVIOUS RULING: THIS ONE HAS BEEN OVERRULED; See Above ***** Q. Say your active Victreebel uses "Acid Sampler" and the opponent's defending Pokémon gets KO'd. So the opponent promotes a new Pokémon in its place; since it's still "between turns", does the new defending Pokémon get Acid Sampled too? A. Yes. Victreebel's Poke-Body states "As long as...", and the new Defending Pokémon is a Defending Pokémon that has not yet taken its 1 damage counter. (Sep 2, 2004 PUI Rules Team) == HEALING SHOWER (Milotic - EX:Hidden Legends) Q. What happens when I evolve Milotic using Rare Candy? Does "Healing Shower" trigger or not? A. Yes, Healing Shower will trigger. Milotic is coming into play from your hand, and will trigger normally. (Feb 24, 2005 PUI Rules Team) ***** PREVIOUS RULING: THIS ONE HAS BEEN OVERRULED; See Above ***** Q. If I use Rare Candy to evolve Feebas into Milotic, can I still take advantage of Milotic's "Healing Shower" Poke-Power at that time? A. No. Healing Shower states "when you play Milotic from your hand to evolve..."; otherwise it would have been phrased "when Milotic comes into play from your hand..." (Jul 1, 2004 PUI Rules Team) == OVERZEALOUS (Machamp - EX:Hidden Legends) Q. Does "Overzealous" take effect when Meteor Falls is in play and Machamp uses an attack from Machop or Machoke? A. Yes, if your opponent is playing a Pokemon-EX. Machamp is still attacking, even though it is using its pre-evolution's attacks. (Feb 24, 2005 PUI Rules Team) == SAFEGUARD (Wobbuffet - EX:Sandstorm; Ninetales - EX:Hidden Legends; Dewgong - EX:Fire Red / Leaf Green) Q. Wobbuffet vs. Ninetales-EX... I try to use "Intense Glare" (switch 1 your opponent's Benched Pokemon with 1 of the Defending Pokemon...) on Wobbuffet. Does Wobbuffet's Safeguard Poke-Body prevent the switch? [A. Yes it would prevent the switch. In addition, you could not do Intense Glare to bring up a Wobbuffet from the bench either, as that would be an "effect being done to Wobbufet by a Pokemon-EX."] == SAND DAMAGE (Dark Tyranitar - EX:Team Rocket Returns) Q. If Dark Tyranitar has 10 HP left and is Poisoned, would it be Knocked Out before "Sand Damage" took place? A. No. Even if a Pokémon receives more damage counters from Special Conditions, Poké-Bodies, or Poké-Powers than its remaining HP, that Pokémon isn't Knocked Out until "between turns" is over. (Feb 24, 2005 PUI Rules Team) Q. My Active Pokemon got Knocked Out between turns because it was poisoned and Dark Tyranitar now becomes the Active Pokemon; does the Poke-Body "Sand Damage" work? A. No, because you wouldn't replace your KO'd Pokemon until the between turn phase is over. When the Dark Tyranitar comes up, it's too late for Sand Damage at that time. (Feb 24, 2005 PUI Rules Team) == TOXIC GAS (Muk - Fossil; Muk EX - EX:Dragon) Q. If Grimer is active and evolves into Muk-EX while Dark Ampharos is on the opposite side of the field, would Muk-EX take 20 damage from "Darkest Impulse"? A. Darkest Impulse and Toxic Gas would occur at the same time, so the player evolving his or her Grimer into a Muk-EX would get to choose the order. So you could either have "Toxic Gas" turn off powers and nothing happens, or you could choose to allow the "Darkest Impulse" to go first before Toxic Gas if for some reason you wanted to take the damage (to use a Gold Berry, for example). (Feb 24, 2005 PUI Rules Team) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- POKEMON ATTACKS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- == CIRCULAR STEPS (Ludicolo - EX:Deoxys) Q. Ludicolo's "Circular Steps" attack says it "does 10 damage times the number of Pokémon excluding Ludicolo". Does this excludes all Ludicolo in play or only the one using the attack. A. This is a self-referencing attack, so the only Ludicolo that gets excluded is the one doing the attack. (Feb 24, 2005 PUI Rules Team) == DARK AID (Rocket's Wobbuffet - EX:Team Rocket Returns) Q. Can the card Tickling Machine (Gym Heroes) be involved where effects make use of Rocket's Secret Machine cards (such as Rocket's Meowth's first attack), even though Tickling Machine is labeled as a "Rocket's Secret Robot"? A. Tickling Machine is considered a "Rocket's Secret Machine" for the purposes of Rocket's Meowth and Rocket's Wobbuffet. (Feb 24, 2005 PUI Rules Team) == SNATCH AND RUN (Rocket's Meowth - EX:Team Rocket Returns) Q. Can the card Tickling Machine (Gym Heroes) be involved where effects make use of Rocket's Secret Machine cards (such as Rocket's Meowth's first attack), even though Tickling Machine is labeled as a "Rocket's Secret Robot"? A. Tickling Machine is considered a "Rocket's Secret Machine" for the purposes of Rocket's Meowth and Rocket's Wobbuffet. (Feb 24, 2005 PUI Rules Team) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TRAINER CARDS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- == METEOR FALLS (EX:Deoxys) Q. Does "Overzealous" take effect when Meteor Falls is in play and Machamp uses an attack from Machop or Machoke? A. Yes, if your opponent is playing a Pokemon-EX. Machamp is still attacking, even though it is using its pre-evolution's attacks. (Feb 24, 2005 PUI Rules Team) == TICKLING MACHINE (Gym: Heroes) Q. Can the card Tickling Machine (Gym Heroes) be involved where effects make use of Rocket's Secret Machine cards (such as Rocket's Meowth's first attack), even though Tickling Machine is labeled as a "Rocket's Secret Robot"? A. Tickling Machine is considered a "Rocket's Secret Machine" for the purposes of Rocket's Meowth and Rocket's Wobbuffet. 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