[gal=56787]BREAKpoint Tourneys and FAQ[/gal]
If you're a player looking for a prerelease, use the labs.pokegym.net BREAKpoint event locator - Its super easy with listings by state/province, city and day - all on one page! If you're a professor helping to run a prerelease, you can download the attached FAQ and know the rulings for new cards as your players will encounter them at the event. Give use your feedback on these tools.
XY: BREAKpoint Expansion – FAQ
POKEMON ABILITIES:
== WIND CHARM (Suicune - XY:BREAKpoint)
Q. If I have Suicune with the "Wind Charm" Ability Active and my opponent attacks with Greninja's "Shadow Stitching", are all my Abilities turned off including "Wind Charm", or does "Wind Charm" prevent "Shadow Stitching" from disabling my Pokemon's Abilities?
A. Wind Charm prevents Shadow Stitching from disabling your Pokemon's Abilities. However, if Suicune goes to the Bench, Wind Charm's effect goes away and your Pokemon will no longer have Abilities that turn. Suicune also does not protect any Pokemon not already in play.
== ZAP ZONE (Zebstrika - XY:BREAKpoint)
Q. If my Zebstrika with the "Zap Zone" Ability attacks a Pokemon with {L} Weakness, does the Weakness get ignored because of "Zap Zone"?
A. No, Weakness & Resistance are game mechanics, they are not effects that would be ignored because of Zap Zone.
POKEMON ATTACKS:
== MIRACULOUS SHINE (Espeon EX - XY:BREAKpoint)
Q. If a Frogadier is in play by itself from the "Water Duplicates" attack, will Espeon-EX's "Miraculous Shine" attack return it to its player's hand?
A. No. In this case, Frogadier is in play as an Unevolved Stage 1, so there is no evolution to return to the hand.
== SHADOW STITCHING (Greninja - XY:BREAKpoint)
Q. If I have Suicune with the "Wind Charm" Ability Active and my opponent attacks with Greninja's "Shadow Stitching", are all my Abilities turned off including "Wind Charm", or does "Wind Charm" prevent "Shadow Stitching" from disabling my Pokemon's Abilities?
A. Wind Charm prevents Shadow Stitching from disabling your Pokemon's Abilities. However, if Suicune goes to the Bench, Wind Charm's effect goes away and your Pokemon will no longer have Abilities that turn. Suicune also does not protect any Pokemon not already in play.
== WATCH AND LEARN (Sudowoodo - XY:BREAKpoint)
Q. Say my opponent's Rattata used its "Dangerous Suspicion" attack which moves it to the Bench. On my next turn, could I use Sudowoodo's "Watch and Learn" attack to copy "Dangerous Suspicion"?
A. Yes, you can. A Pokemon being benched or leaving play does not keep the attack from being copied by Watch and Learn.
== WATER DUPLICATES (Frogadier - XY:BREAKpoint)
Q. If a Frogadier is in play by itself from the "Water Duplicates" attack, will Espeon-EX's "Miraculous Shine" attack return it to its player's hand?
A. No. In this case, Frogadier is in play as an Unevolved Stage 1, so there is no evolution to return to the hand.
TRAINER CARDS
== PSYCHIC'S THIRD EYE (XY:BREAKpoint)
Q. If I play "Psychic's Third Eye", do I get to discard cards from my opponent's hand?
A. No. You look at their hand, but you discard from your own hand.
ENERGY CARDS
== SPLASH ENERGY (XY:BREAKpoint)
Q. If Greninja has Splash Energy attached and is Knocked Out by damage from my opponent's attack, do I put the Greninja card into my hand or to the Discard Pile?
A. No, you put all the Pokemon in the evolution line into your hand, including Mega and Break evolutions. Any other cards attached such as Tools or Energy are discarded.
If you're a player looking for a prerelease, use the labs.pokegym.net BREAKpoint event locator - Its super easy with listings by state/province, city and day - all on one page! If you're a professor helping to run a prerelease, you can download the attached FAQ and know the rulings for new cards as your players will encounter them at the event. Give use your feedback on these tools.
XY: BREAKpoint Expansion – FAQ
POKEMON ABILITIES:
== WIND CHARM (Suicune - XY:BREAKpoint)
Q. If I have Suicune with the "Wind Charm" Ability Active and my opponent attacks with Greninja's "Shadow Stitching", are all my Abilities turned off including "Wind Charm", or does "Wind Charm" prevent "Shadow Stitching" from disabling my Pokemon's Abilities?
A. Wind Charm prevents Shadow Stitching from disabling your Pokemon's Abilities. However, if Suicune goes to the Bench, Wind Charm's effect goes away and your Pokemon will no longer have Abilities that turn. Suicune also does not protect any Pokemon not already in play.
== ZAP ZONE (Zebstrika - XY:BREAKpoint)
Q. If my Zebstrika with the "Zap Zone" Ability attacks a Pokemon with {L} Weakness, does the Weakness get ignored because of "Zap Zone"?
A. No, Weakness & Resistance are game mechanics, they are not effects that would be ignored because of Zap Zone.
POKEMON ATTACKS:
== MIRACULOUS SHINE (Espeon EX - XY:BREAKpoint)
Q. If a Frogadier is in play by itself from the "Water Duplicates" attack, will Espeon-EX's "Miraculous Shine" attack return it to its player's hand?
A. No. In this case, Frogadier is in play as an Unevolved Stage 1, so there is no evolution to return to the hand.
== SHADOW STITCHING (Greninja - XY:BREAKpoint)
Q. If I have Suicune with the "Wind Charm" Ability Active and my opponent attacks with Greninja's "Shadow Stitching", are all my Abilities turned off including "Wind Charm", or does "Wind Charm" prevent "Shadow Stitching" from disabling my Pokemon's Abilities?
A. Wind Charm prevents Shadow Stitching from disabling your Pokemon's Abilities. However, if Suicune goes to the Bench, Wind Charm's effect goes away and your Pokemon will no longer have Abilities that turn. Suicune also does not protect any Pokemon not already in play.
== WATCH AND LEARN (Sudowoodo - XY:BREAKpoint)
Q. Say my opponent's Rattata used its "Dangerous Suspicion" attack which moves it to the Bench. On my next turn, could I use Sudowoodo's "Watch and Learn" attack to copy "Dangerous Suspicion"?
A. Yes, you can. A Pokemon being benched or leaving play does not keep the attack from being copied by Watch and Learn.
== WATER DUPLICATES (Frogadier - XY:BREAKpoint)
Q. If a Frogadier is in play by itself from the "Water Duplicates" attack, will Espeon-EX's "Miraculous Shine" attack return it to its player's hand?
A. No. In this case, Frogadier is in play as an Unevolved Stage 1, so there is no evolution to return to the hand.
TRAINER CARDS
== PSYCHIC'S THIRD EYE (XY:BREAKpoint)
Q. If I play "Psychic's Third Eye", do I get to discard cards from my opponent's hand?
A. No. You look at their hand, but you discard from your own hand.
ENERGY CARDS
== SPLASH ENERGY (XY:BREAKpoint)
Q. If Greninja has Splash Energy attached and is Knocked Out by damage from my opponent's attack, do I put the Greninja card into my hand or to the Discard Pile?
A. No, you put all the Pokemon in the evolution line into your hand, including Mega and Break evolutions. Any other cards attached such as Tools or Energy are discarded.