Recent content by DukeFireBird

spookees, i saw that in the TCG regional section it states standard format, should be expanded i think.

I will presume you mean player 1, as player 2 is the current player who played colress. This gamestate is completely rewindable, GPE-Minor. The player using Colress definitely helped the other player from earning a GL because once that deck becomes random, then that's it. I would question what...

I would presume since nothing is specifically said about an expanded format, that there is none. However more details are sure to be coming, so this is just speculation right now. Also, day 1 of Nats for TCG is 6-9 rounds swiss, day 2 is remaining swiss and then top 8, possibly top 4 if time...

technically speaking, the card must go into play, and then hit the discard. I would play it just like the TCGO, the card you play goes onto the field to resolve, and is then discarded after it is resolved. The change of the rule was that the supporter no longer remains in play and is discarded...

Unfortunatelly there is a massive delay in the processing of applications and background checks. I sent in my paperwork and it took approximatelly 9 months to get it all sorted out. Just be patient.

I disagree with penalizing something that was brought to the attention of the judges after the game was picked up if it was only gameplay error. Because as a judge, we need to view the gamestate to make a decision, then we access the penalty earned. Whats to stop players from accusing their...

If the game was picked up, then there is literally nothing we can do. If the cards were on the table still, so a judge can access the situation, then the obvious questions will be asked. How was the stadium removed, and who was placing the poison damage? I slightly find it hard to believe that...

yeah, its only the topmost card that is considered in play. Energy/tools are attached, but evolutions are not. If a card wants to reference the lower evolutions, they will specifically state that (celebi for example)

Any ability that uses the phrase "When you play this card..." gets to activate it at that precise moment. If you take ANY other action, you then lose the chance to use the ability

I would say yes, since you did not place a pokemon onto the bench

Yup, as long as there is no significant change in the wording of the cards, I would allow the newer cards to be used.

to play in the world championship, you are not required to have any play points, however, you will need to get 300/250/200 (master/senior/junior) championship points to be able to play in the main event

To more clarify on what Pikamaster said, in the games prior to XY, EV stats were calculated upon level-up, meaning if you rare-candied the pokemon to 100, then that was it and it couldn't gain any EV stats at all, so in that context, a trained 100 would be vastly superior to a candied 100...

GPE major would be correct actually, Shuffling your deck mid-game without the use of a card effect.