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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...