- When a Pokémon is put to Asleep who flips the coin at the end of the turn?
- The person whose Pokémon is asleep.
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WotC Chat (2000-08-31)
- If Gastly (Fossil) uses Lick and Knocks Out the other Pokémon, does your opponent bring out another Pokémon and then you do the status effect?
- No, a Pokémon is SLATED to be removed when it has sufficient damage assigned to it. Attack effects resolve BEFORE a replacement Pokémon is brought up.
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WotC Chat (2000-08-31)
- During a game is it legal to count your Discard pile? Is it also legal to count your deck as long as you do not look at the cards front?
- Sure, though if you do it too often during a timed tournament it could be deemed stalling.
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WotC Chat (2000-08-31)
- Say you are using a Golduck (from the Fossil set) and you use his Psybeam. Would this be a Psychic or Water attack?
- A Water attack as Psyduck is a Water Pokémon. [Ed. Note: This answer can be generalized further: When a Pokémon attacks, that attack is considered to be an attack of that Pokémon's type; it's not dependent on the energy requirement.]
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WotC Chat (2000-08-31)
- If I use Pokémon Trader or Energy Search and there aren't any Pokémon or Energy in my deck, do I have to show my deck to my opponent? If there isn't any in my deck, do I get to put the Pokémon Trader or Energy Search back in my hand either?
- You don't have to show your deck and you don't put the trainer back in your hand [Ed. note: It goes into the discard pile].
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WotC Chat (2000-08-17)
- This is probably an incredibly silly question, but I can't find the answer to it anywhere. If an opponent knocks out one of my Pokémon, and they forget to draw a prize, are they entitled to it if they remember later?
- Technically yes. It is the responsibility of BOTH players to make sure everything is done correctly. If you spot it and he forgets you can BOTH get a warning in a tournament if you don't catch it.
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WotC Chat (2000-08-17)
- Can players mark the Energy cards in their deck by turning them all upside-down?
- No, all cards should be facing the same way.
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WotC Chat (2000-08-17)
- What happens if I use Professor [Juniper] and have less than 7 cards left in my deck? Do I lose immediately, or do I draw out the remainder of my deck and lose at the beginning of my next turn (if I don't do anything to replenish the deck like Recycle, Mr.Fuji,
- You only lose when you don't have any cards to draw on; the card draw you must do on the start of your turn. So you would lose on your next turn if you didn't somehow get some cards back into your [draw] deck.
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WotC Chat (2000-08-03)