Does Conkeldurr's "Chip Away" attack ignore effects such as Weakness and Resistance?
No, Weakness and Resistance are not considered effects; they are basic game mechanics and are not ignored by Chip Away.
Source: Noble Victories FAQ (2011-11-17), PUI Rules Team (2011-11-17)
Can I use Victini's "Victory Star" ability to reflip the flips from a trainer such as Xtransceiver or ability like Carracosta's Solid Rock?
No. Victory Star applies only to flips from attacks.
Source: Noble Victories FAQ (2011-11-17), PUI Rules Team (2011-11-17)
Can I use Victini's "Victory Star" ability to reflip just the tails flips from an attack?
No. You must reflip all of the flips for an attack if you use Victory Star.
Source: Noble Victories FAQ (2011-11-17), PUI Rules Team (2011-11-17)
Can I use Victini's "Victory Star" ability to reflip for a failed Confusion check?
No, Victory Star only applies to flips that are done as part of the attack. You cannot use it for checking status effects.
Source: Noble Victories FAQ (2011-11-17), PUI Rules Team (2011-11-17)
What happens to Rainbow Energy when it's attached to Hydreigon? Does "Dark Aura" Ability change it to ONLY produce Darkness Energy rather than all energy types simultaneously?
Since Dark Aura replaces the attached energy's original types with Darkness type, Rainbow Energy would lose its effect to produce all types of energy while Dark Aura is in effect. However, Rainbow Energy is still considered a "Special Energy Card" in this situation.
Source: Noble Victories FAQ (2011-11-17), PUI Rules Team (2011-11-17)
Does Hydreigon's "Dark Aura" Ability override the original type of attached energy, or is it in addition to the energy's original type?
Dark Aura replaces the attached energy's original type or types with Darkness type. In other words, a Fire Energy card no longer provides fire energy when Dark Aura affects it.
Source: Noble Victories FAQ (2011-11-17), PUI Rules Team (2011-11-17)
Does Archeops' "Ancient Power" Ability stop attacks that evolve Pokemon, such as Karrablast's "Mysterious Evolution"?
Ancient Power only prevents you from playing Pokemon from your hand to evolve other Pokemon. Mysterious Evolution's effect is not stopped because it evolves the Pokemon from a card in the deck, not a card in your hand.
Source: Noble Victories FAQ (2011-11-17), PUI Rules Team (2011-11-17)
Pidgeotto's "Twister" attack says to discard an Energy attached to the Defending Pokemon for each heads flipped. Does that mean if I only flip one heads I cannot discard a Double Colorless Energy?
Actually, you can discard a DCE with a single heads. It's like paying a Retreat Cost with an Energy Card that has more energy than required to retreat. Total the number of flips, then discard Energy Cards one at a time until the condition has been met. So if you flip one heads you can discard a single Energy Card with one or more energy on it. But if you flip two heads you can either choose a card with one energy then another card with one or more energy, or you can choose a single card with two or more energy on it.
Source: PUI Rules Team (2011-11-03)
If I have only Special Energies attached (no Basic Energy) and use Tornadus' "Hurricane" attack, do I have to discard an energy or what?
If you don't have any Basic Energy cards attached to Tornadus, you simply ignore that part of the Hurricane attack.
Source: PUI Rules Team (2011-11-03)
If Magnezone has Special Energy cards attached and discards all of them when using its "Lost Burn" attack, can it do damage to a Scizor that has the "Red Armor" Poke-BODY?
No. First choose which energies to put into the Lost Zone, then do the damage (before any other effects), then you actually put the energy into the Lost Zone at the end of the attack. So it will still be attached at the point when damage would be done, but the damage will be blocked by Red Armor.
Source: PUI Rules Team (2011-11-03)