- Whether a card's effect is optional or not is determined from the card text. If there is no explicit indication that you have a choice, then you don't have one and the effect is mandatory.
Source:
PUI Rules Team (2011-09-29)
- Can I choose to put the Pokemon Rescue Energy is attached to in my Discard pile instead of back to my hand?
- No, Rescue Energy states that you have to put all Pokemon cards back into your hand when it's KO'd by damage from an attack.
Source:
PUI Rules Team (2011-09-29)
- If Pidgeot attacks with "Headwind" against Yanmega with the "Insight" Poke-BODY, will "Headwind" increase Yanmega's attack costs or will "Insight" reset them to zero?
- If an Attack Cost is set to zero by an effect, it cannot be increased. Note this is different than an Attack Cost that was reduced to zero by subtraction. Once a Pokemon's Attack Cost is set to zero by an effect, it stays at zero until that particular effect wears off.
Source:
PUI Rules Team (2011-09-29)
- Can I use Professor Elm's Training Method if there are zero cards left in my deck?
- No, you cannot search through your deck if there's nothing there to search. If there are cards in the deck you can fail to find a Pokemon because you don't know what may be in a deck, but since you do know whether there are ANY cards or not you cannot search through an empty deck.
Source:
PUI Rules Team (2011-09-22)
- In Germany we have two different Trainer Cards with the same translation for the name. Both Energy Retrieval and Energy Returner are called "Energie - Rückgewinnung". How would this be handled in a Decklist? Can I have 4 of both?
- In Japanese and English those are two different cards with completely different actions. You may have up to 4 of each in your deck, but on the decklist you should list them on separate lines and include the set and card number on each line for clarity.
Source:
PUI Rules Team (2011-09-15)
- Can I have 4 copies of each Alph Lithograph card in my deck?
- No, you may not. Each variant of Alph Lithograph does something different, but they all have the same card name. Just like you can have no more than 4 Pikachu in any combination, you can only have a maximum of 4 Alph Lithograph cards in your deck. When entering onto a decklist, make sure to list them on separate lines and include the set and card number on each line for clarity.
Source:
PUI Rules Team (2011-09-15)
- When using Pokemon Catcher, who chooses which of the opponent's Benched Pokemon to bring Active?
- The person playing Pokemon Catcher gets to choose the Benched Pokemon.
Source:
Emerging Powers FAQ (2011-09-01), PUI Rules Team (2011-09-01)
- Can you use Max Potion to heal a Pokemon that doesn't have any energy attached to it?
- Yes, you can.
Source:
Emerging Powers FAQ (2011-09-01), PUI Rules Team (2011-09-01)
- When using Boldore's "Smack Down" attack that does 60 more damage if the Defending Pokemon has Resistance to Fighting, does that mean it gets to ignore the Resistance altogether?
- No, it does not. You do the Base 20 damage first, then add the +60 damage, and then subtract for the Fighting Resistance amount.
Source:
Emerging Powers FAQ (2011-09-01), PUI Rules Team (2011-09-01)