Big Daddy Snorlax
12/19/2008, 05:19 PM
We now have all our pending rulings approved by PUI. There are no more Rules Team meetings scheduled this year, due to Holiday schedules. We hope you all have a GREAT Holiday season. Keep those questions coming and we'll get to them in January.
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* December 18th, 2008 PUI Rules Team Meeting -- (*) --
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ERRATA
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META-RULINGS
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POKEMON POWERS
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== GUARD (Unown-G - DP:Great Encounters)
Q. If I use Dusknoir's "Reaper Pulse" attack, but the opponent's only benched Pokemon has Unown-G with "GUARD" attached to it, can I still remove 2 damage counters from Dusknoir?
A. No, the damage counters have to be able to be moved to one of your opponent's benched Pokemon, or else they cannot be moved at all. (Dec 18, 2008 PUI Rules Team)
== RADIANCE (Electrode - DP:Stormfront)
Q. If my Torterra uses its "Leaf Storm" attack against Electrode, does "Leaf Storm's" healing effect resolve before or after Electrode's "Radiance" Poke-BODY places damage counters?
A. Radiance does not activate until the Leaf Storm attack is complete. So the "remove 2 damage counters" part of Leaf Storm goes first, and then Radiance places a damage counter on each of your Pokemon afterward. (Dec 18, 2008 PUI Rules Team)
== TIME WALK (Azelf - DP:Legends Awakened)
Q. Can I rearrange the order of my opponent's prize cards after they use Azelf's "Time Walk" Poke-POWER?
A. No, you may not. (Dec 18, 2008 PUI Rules Team)
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POKEMON ATTACKS
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== LEAF STORM (Torterra - Diamond & Pearl)
Q. If my Torterra uses its "Leaf Storm" attack against Electrode, does "Leaf Storm's" healing effect resolve before or after Electrode's "Radiance" Poke-BODY places damage counters?
A. Radiance does not activate until the Leaf Storm attack is complete. So the "remove 2 damage counters" part of Leaf Storm goes first, and then Radiance places a damage counter on each of your Pokemon afterward. (Dec 18, 2008 PUI Rules Team)
== REAPER PULSE (Dusknoir - Promo)
Q. If I use Dusknoir's "Reaper Pulse" attack, but the opponent's only benched Pokemon has Unown-G with "GUARD" attached to it, can I still remove 2 damage counters from Dusknoir?
A. No, the damage counters have to be able to be moved to one of your opponent's benched Pokemon, or else they cannot be moved at all. (Dec 18, 2008 PUI Rules Team)
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POKEMON ITEMS
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TRAINER CARDS
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ENERGY CARDS
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GENERAL GAMEPLAY
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==NOTES
Q. Since notes must be confined to game state, what actually constitutes "game state"?
A. Any notes you take during a tournament must be confined to changes in the game state and taking those notes must not slow down the game. Game State includes things such as number of Prizes remaining, number of cards in hand, whether or not a Supporter has been played, whether or not a Power has been used, how many of a specific card an opponent has in his/her discard pile (this does not include listing the entire contents of the discard, just a simple "2x Rare Candy"), etc. Game State does NOT include which cards are in your hand, which cards are in your opponent's hand, which cards are in your Prizes, which cards aren't in your deck because they are in your Prizes, how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop, etc. (Dec 18, 2008 PUI Rules Team)
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TWO ON TWO GAMEPLAY
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TEAM GAMEPLAY
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TRADING FIGURE GAME
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* December 18th, 2008 PUI Rules Team Meeting -- (*) --
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ERRATA
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META-RULINGS
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POKEMON POWERS
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== GUARD (Unown-G - DP:Great Encounters)
Q. If I use Dusknoir's "Reaper Pulse" attack, but the opponent's only benched Pokemon has Unown-G with "GUARD" attached to it, can I still remove 2 damage counters from Dusknoir?
A. No, the damage counters have to be able to be moved to one of your opponent's benched Pokemon, or else they cannot be moved at all. (Dec 18, 2008 PUI Rules Team)
== RADIANCE (Electrode - DP:Stormfront)
Q. If my Torterra uses its "Leaf Storm" attack against Electrode, does "Leaf Storm's" healing effect resolve before or after Electrode's "Radiance" Poke-BODY places damage counters?
A. Radiance does not activate until the Leaf Storm attack is complete. So the "remove 2 damage counters" part of Leaf Storm goes first, and then Radiance places a damage counter on each of your Pokemon afterward. (Dec 18, 2008 PUI Rules Team)
== TIME WALK (Azelf - DP:Legends Awakened)
Q. Can I rearrange the order of my opponent's prize cards after they use Azelf's "Time Walk" Poke-POWER?
A. No, you may not. (Dec 18, 2008 PUI Rules Team)
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POKEMON ATTACKS
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== LEAF STORM (Torterra - Diamond & Pearl)
Q. If my Torterra uses its "Leaf Storm" attack against Electrode, does "Leaf Storm's" healing effect resolve before or after Electrode's "Radiance" Poke-BODY places damage counters?
A. Radiance does not activate until the Leaf Storm attack is complete. So the "remove 2 damage counters" part of Leaf Storm goes first, and then Radiance places a damage counter on each of your Pokemon afterward. (Dec 18, 2008 PUI Rules Team)
== REAPER PULSE (Dusknoir - Promo)
Q. If I use Dusknoir's "Reaper Pulse" attack, but the opponent's only benched Pokemon has Unown-G with "GUARD" attached to it, can I still remove 2 damage counters from Dusknoir?
A. No, the damage counters have to be able to be moved to one of your opponent's benched Pokemon, or else they cannot be moved at all. (Dec 18, 2008 PUI Rules Team)
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POKEMON ITEMS
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TRAINER CARDS
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ENERGY CARDS
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GENERAL GAMEPLAY
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==NOTES
Q. Since notes must be confined to game state, what actually constitutes "game state"?
A. Any notes you take during a tournament must be confined to changes in the game state and taking those notes must not slow down the game. Game State includes things such as number of Prizes remaining, number of cards in hand, whether or not a Supporter has been played, whether or not a Power has been used, how many of a specific card an opponent has in his/her discard pile (this does not include listing the entire contents of the discard, just a simple "2x Rare Candy"), etc. Game State does NOT include which cards are in your hand, which cards are in your opponent's hand, which cards are in your Prizes, which cards aren't in your deck because they are in your Prizes, how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop, etc. (Dec 18, 2008 PUI Rules Team)
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TWO ON TWO GAMEPLAY
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TEAM GAMEPLAY
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TRADING FIGURE GAME
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