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Are Ancient Traits still activated when a Pokemon is in my discard pile? Can my opponent use Target Whistle on an Electrike (Omega Barrier) in my discard pile? When my opponent uses Lysandre's Trump Card, do I shuffle in Primal Groudon EX into my deck? Thanks.

Following up to this post: http://pokegym.net/forums/showthread.php?185266-Venomoth-PHF-and-Stadiums My opponent's Venomoth uses Dizzying Wind. On my turn, I fail the first attempt to play Virbank City Gym. Can I attempt to play a second one from my hand on the same turn? Thanks.

Is Super Energy Retrieval (Neo Genesis) a tournament legal proxy for Superior Energy Retrieval (Plasma Freeze)—similar to how EXP.ALL (Neo Destiny) is a tournament legal proxy for Exp. Share (Next Destinies)—despite the major text differences and the different card name?

Am I allowed to play a Pokemon Catcher from my hand when my opponent's active Pokemon is Togekiss PLS (assuming my opponent has benched Pokemon and Togekiss is the only reason why I would be potentially unable to play the card)?

Dear Rules Team, I use Liepard's Assist (heads) to choose Zapdos EX's Agility (tails). I choose to use Victini's Victory Star to reflip the attack. I start from the beginning, using Liepard's Assist (heads). At this point, can I choose to use Powervolt instead of Agility, or must I use Agility...

Can Hypnotoxic Laser be played if the defending Pokemon is asleep and affected by toxic/triple/quadruple poison? Or does the game not differentiate between the different types of poison and Hypnotoxic Laser cannot be played because the defending Pokemon is already asleep and poisoned (even...

Hey Rules Team, The Plasma Storm Charizard has a Scorching Fire attack that has a clearly misprinted energy requirement of :fighting: :colorless::colorless::colorless::colorless:. The Boundaries Crossed Charizard has the not-misprinted Scorching Fire energy requirement of...

Hey Rules Team, I have a Liepard BCR active and a benched Raikou EX. I also have a Victini NVI (Victory Star) on the bench. Let's say I declare Assist, flip heads, choose Raikou EX's Thunder Fang, flip tails, and declare Victini's Victory Star. I start all my flips over from the beginning, and...

Hey Pokepop, I have a question about a question you answered earlier, linked here, and also pasted below: From my understanding of the Black/White rulebook, I think that you actually need to choose whether to discard the energy before you flip for confusion. I have copied the entire...

Hey Rules Team, I asked a question about weakness involving Lucario GL RR and Vileplume BCR in this linked post, but that question was probably not going to get answered because one of the cards was out of modified. Here's an alternate version of that question based on cards in the modified...

Hey Pokepop/Rules Team, You're probably never going to answer this question because of its lack of relevance to the current metagame, but for my own curiosity, I figured I'd ask... How is weakness applied when Lucario GL from Rising Rivals and Vileplume from Boundaries Crossed are both in...

Hey Rules Team, I asked this question about half a year ago. At the time, there generally wasn't a super realistic in-game situation where you would Diving Draw with 0 cards in your deck, so I understand why that particular question was not answered. However, I piloted an Empoleon/Accelgor...

This question is based off a great point initially made by Tash. Assuming that my opponent's Fossil Omanyte's Clairvoyance is active and I use Terrakion EX's Pump-up Smash with 2 Fighting Energy in my hand, would the 2 Fighting Energy attachment requirement be mandatory? Could I choose to...

Hey Rules Team, Can I use Empoleon's Diving Draw if I have no cards left in my deck, just to discard a card? Can I use Engineer's Adjustments if I have no cards left in my deck, just to discard an energy? Thanks in advance.

I’m rewording a very interesting hypothetical question asked by a fellow member such that it is no longer hypothetical. I have a WotC Promo Smeargle active with a :water: attached. I use its attack Paint and flip heads. My opponent’s active Pokemon is Hydreigon. I choose for Hydreigon to...

It is this post that leads me to ask the following question: Black and White Rulebook Link: http://assets2.pokemon.com/assets/cms/pdf/tcg/rulebooks/Black_White_Rulebook.pdf "You must flip a coin before attacking" and the 5th step (Step E) of the full details of attacking seem to be...

Noble Victories Chandelure's Cursed Shadow reads: Once during your turn (before you attack), if this Pokemon is your active Pokemon, you may put 3 damage counters on your opponent's Pokemon in any way you like. Are the 3 damage counters placed incrementally or simultaneously? For example, can I...

Are you allowed to use Magnezone (Prime)'s Lost Burn attack and put 0 energy in the Lost Zone in order to do 0 damage? On one hand, you're allowed to attack for no net effect (a Pokemon attacking Donphan (Prime) for 10 damage has no net effect because of Exoskeleton). But in that situation...

Hey, Quick question about Rampardos' (PT) Iron Skull. If my Rampardos is attacking Steel-type pokemon with Special Metal Energy attached, does Iron Skull bypass the "-10 metal energy reduction?" In other words, does the -10 damage count as "an effect on the defending Pokemon?" Thanks.

Hey, I'm not sure if a rule has changed recently, as I was informed by someone that it has. If my active Pokemon has a PlusPower attached and damages itself from an attack, is the attack's recoil damage still also increased by 10? Thanks.