Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

Search results

  1. K

    Marnie and Shuffling the Hand into Deck

    Marnie brings the new action of bottom-decking the hand and drawing straight from the top, a new middle ground between discard-draw and shuffle-draw. Since players have been accustomed to opponent's card effects that reset their hand being a shuffle-draw (Judge, N, Reset Stamp, etc.) ever since...
  2. K

    Chaos Gym and "Playing" Supporters

    I'm not sure how I glanced over that. Thank you! Also answered my question on who discards for Computer Search on a failed Chaos Gym flip (which was "both"). The wording is different, but I would think Ultra Ball's discard is a cost as well despite lacking the old "in order to" wording. I do...
  3. K

    Chaos Gym and "Playing" Supporters

    Chaos Gym is in my cube and gets drafted quite frequently. Of course when the card was printed, Supporter cards didn't exist, but as a pre-Diamond & Pearl card the 'Trainer' reference should include Trainer--Supporters. The verbiage on Supporters has consistently been that you "may play only...
  4. K

    Stealthy Hood vs. Ability Lock

    Since effects such as Magearna-EX's Mystic Heart can block the Ability cancelling effects of Greninja BKP's Shadow Stitching, does Stealthy Hood allow a Pokémon in play to retain its Abilities while Garbotoxin, Bide Barricade, Power of Alchemy, etc. are active? If so, then per the "Remove any...
  5. K

    Horror House GX vs. Abilities

    While under the effect of Gengar & Mimikyu GX's Horror House GX (or Alolan Golem GX's Heavy Rock GX), can a player use Ditto ♦'s Almighty Evolution or Meganium LOT's Quick-Ripening Herb to evolve, since the card is coming out of the hand due to an Ability being used? I believe Zoroark GX's Trade...
  6. K

    Copying Erika's Hospitality

    Erika's Hospitality had its wording changed in translation to make the intent more clear, but I am curious about how it interacts with the card's effect being copied, since the Japanese wording sometimes causes rulings to be made that don't quite make sense with the English translation. The...
  7. K

    Celestial Storm Brings Back Friends From the Past

    Sorry for the delayed follow up. Out of curiosity, was every printing of Poké Ball prior to Diamond & Pearl given an exemption from that feeling? I can understand if so (after all, it's Poké Ball!) but it's inconsistent with disallowing PokéNav and Friend Ball. -Kooper
  8. K

    Copying Sledgehammer

    Suppose Player A has a Buzzwole (FLI 77). Both players have 4 prizes remaining, and Sledgehammer knocks out Player B's active Pokémon-GX by doing 120 damage, taking Player A to 2 prizes remaining. Player B then promotes Mimikyu (GRI 58) and announces Copycat. Whose prize cards are considered...
  9. K

    Celestial Storm Brings Back Friends From the Past

    Why aren't PokéNav and Friend Ball (though Friend Ball calls out Baby as well) grandfathered in by this ruling? My understanding would be that you could in fact Celio's Network for a LEGEND half or Restored Pokémon if you wish, as that is a "Pokémon in general" too. Did this grandfather clause...
  10. K

    Sky Pillar vs. Shadow Stitching

    Sky Pillar prevents all effects of an opponent's attack done to benched Pokémon. This should include the Ability lock from Greninja BKP's Shadow Stitching, yes? Also, would it be the same set of rulings as Bronzong FCO 61's Metal Fortress? That is, is all the following true?: • An Active...
  11. K

    Latios ♦ and Unevolved Evolutions

    Latios ♦ 's Dragon Fleet says "This attack does 50 damage for each of your Evolution [Dragon] Pokémon in play." Does this count "evolved" Pokémon only or is the "evolution" wording a check of the Pokémon's stage, effectively an umbrella term for Stage 1, Stage 2, Mega, Break, etc. (similar to...
  12. K

    Rare Candy on Stage 1 Fossils

    With the Tyrantrum line in Forbidden Light, it is possible to Rare Candy an Unidentified Fossil into the Stage 2 Tyrantrum (FLI 69). However, is it legal to Rare Candy into the older Tyrantrum (FFI 62), which is a Stage 1? Last I checked (this ruling) evolution rules went by the name and not...
  13. K

    Shadow Stitching vs. Evolving

    I feel like this has to have been ruled on dozens of times, but I can't find the answer, so... With Greninja BKP's Shadow Stitching, does the effect of the attack end for a Pokémon that evolves? For example, a Zorua evolves into Zoroark GX the turn after Shadow Stitching is used. Can it use...
  14. K

    Leafeon GX and evolving to Stage 2

    Grand Bloom GX states which reminded me of the original text of Rare Candy where the "evolves from" phrase was loosened a bit. Does Grand Bloom GX allow you search for any later Stage (potentially including a "Stage 3" BREAK) or only the immediate evolution (a Stage 1 or potentially a Mega or...
  15. K

    Simpler ways to use Dusknoir's Sinister Hand

    Like most game actions, communicating clearly to your opponent what you are doing is key. If you're moving chunks of damage (e.g. moving a dice completely without changing the facing) then it's simple to just move the object. The only thing you would need to be cautious of is overloading...
  16. K

    Baby Evolution vs. Pyroar

    Suppose Pyroar FLF is attacked by a Wobbuffet SS that has evolved from Wynaut SS via the Baby Evolution Poké-Power. As Pyroar specifies the stage "Basic" rather than the state of being "unevolved" (as Mewtwo Lv.X did), is the damage blocked? Likewise, if Pyroar is attacked by a Hitmonchan...
  17. K

    Frozen City + DCE: 20 damage vs 40 damage?

    http://pokegym.net/forums/showthread.php?t=174702 There's your precedent. It would place 2 damage counters. The act of attaching was done once. Now just don't be the unlucky guy playing Blastoise against Ampharos+Frozen City.
  18. K

    Question regarding the March Black Kyurem EX, White Kyurem EX, and Keldeo EX Tins

    Yep, the Meloetta promos aren't on TCGO currently. My guess is they are these two. If the tin EXs are 61-63, perhap 58 and 59 are the two Meloetta, which I think would bridge the BW promo gap. (#60 is the Box promo Keldeo with Swords Dance) -Kooper
  19. K

    Question regarding the March Black Kyurem EX, White Kyurem EX, and Keldeo EX Tins

    According to TCGO, they are BW61-63. Worth noting that the art on TCGO is the exact same as the Boundaries Crossed art, not the new art shown in the promo images. Could be a case of wrong placeholder--I think a similar thing happened with the Ability Starter tins where they used the non-Ability...
  20. K

    8 incomplete evolution line in Boundaries Crossed

    To be fair to the gift set, let's not forget what else it came with. You'd also be getting a full playset of Colress, Colress Machine, Hypnotoxic Laser, Plasma Energy, Plasma Frigate, and Team Plasma Badge. There's also four deck boxes, and a total of 128 sleeves. (Plus the two Full Arts, and...
Back
Top