- If a player earns a penalty for "failing to set up Prize cards at the beginning of the game", would playing Acro Bike or Great Ball count as a search for escalation purposes?
- A search is classified as an action that occurs following the direction of card text "Search your deck...". It does not include "drawing cards" for things like Acro Bike, nor "looking at the top/bottom X cards" for things like Great Ball, due to the drastically reduced portion of the deck that is accessed.
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TPCi Rules Team (2019-03-28)
- If Black Market {*} is in play, and an Active Darkness Pokemon with up to 3 Darkness energy and a Wishful Baton is Knocked Out by damage from an attack, can the player move all of the Darkness Energy from that Pokemon to another Pokemon and still get Black Market {*}'s effect?
- Sorry, but no. Taking prizes is the last step when a Pokemon is knocked out; so after all the Darkness Energy is moved, the opponent would not take one fewer Prize card.
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TPCi Rules Team (2019-03-28)
- What happens if I play Acerola or Super Scoop Up for a Pokemon with damage counters on it, but my opponent has Mr. Mime with the "Scoop-Up Block" Ability in play?
- You can play the Acerola or Super Scoop Up, but its effect will be blocked and it goes to the discard pile without doing anything.
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TPCi Rules Team (2019-03-28)
- Can I use Unown's "Farewell Letter" Ability to discard it from my bench if there are no cards left in my deck to draw from?
- No, you cannot. The order of operations for Farewell Letter should be to draw a card first, then discard Unown. If you are unable to draw a card, then you cannot discard the Unown.
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TPCi Rules Team (2019-03-28)
- Can I play Mysterious Treasure and discard a card if there are no cards left in my deck?
- No, you cannot. Discarding the card is a cost not the effect, and you cannot play Trainer cards for no effect.
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TPCi Rules Team (2019-03-21)
- Can I play Lost Blender if there are no cards left in my deck to draw from?
- Yes, you can. Putting cards into the Lost Zone is the main effect, so you can use this even if you have no cards in your deck. However, you cannot play it unless you can put 2 cards from your hand in the Lost Zone.
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TPCi Rules Team (2019-01-03), TPCi Rules Team (2019-03-21)
- Can I play Fiery Flint and discard two cards if there are no cards left in my deck?
- No, you cannot. Discarding the two cards is a cost not the effect, and you cannot play Trainer cards for no effect.
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TPCi Rules Team (2019-03-21)