Wait, do you need to pull out your card-dex EVERYTIME you do something?
I would doubt it, considering after you declare English card effects, you don't usually have to read the card word for word, as most players know what all of the cards do. I doubt many people would refer to the reference unless there was a ruling problem.
And even then, as long as you knew exactly what page it was on, it shouldn't be too much of a problem.
TRUK: A mini binder helps alot. I heard of yours at Nats from another Judge. I was kinda busy running the JRs.
What many of you seem to be missing though is the "most players know what they do, why do we need the refs" mentality. I guess, as a judge, I've seen/heard too many instances where a player DIDNT know what they did, didnt ASK to see the Ref, TOOK the oppo's WORD and was told WRONG. When a card gets played wrong, either intentionally or accidentalily, the game is majorly affected.
Keith
DarthPika, there are actually a lot of restrictions on what Pokemon can go on things. That is why we used to mostly see the same Pokemon on almost everything: Pikachu and Poliwhirl.Blehh... regi....
Can we actually get a good pokemon on a sleeve? :/
eeewwwww.Sing with me!! "I fought the Law(man) and the Law(man) won...."
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DarthPika, there are actually a lot of restrictions on what Pokemon can go on things. That is why we used to mostly see the same Pokemon on almost everything: Pikachu and Poliwhirl.
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Seeing that the current regime is friendly towards aligning ourselves with Japan, I don't think they'd look too highly upon a judge that bans Japanese cards.
Now, if you end up in certain parts of the country where Chinese, Spanish, and French are prominent, could you get away with banning English cards there?
Well I always have the English translations in order a few inches away from the play area. I can get the correct translation in the same time it would take the opponent to pick up the card from my side of the table. I've been playing an all Japanese deck at all the tornaments I go to for about a year now and I nor any opponent or judge have had any problems. There have never been any ruling problems come up about them either.
EDIT: And if anyone cares, I'm not doing it to get an advantage or even because they look "better". I actualy don't have enough English cards to make a good deck. Since Japanese packs have a foil rare in every pack and an average of 3 Lv.X per box, it's far easier to get a deck from Japanese packs. It would be more expensive to get the deck in English, and I shouldn't have to buy twice as many English packs just to get the same cards.
Tournament Rules said:14.1.8. Foreign Cards
Players may use non-local language cards in their decks, provided they
meet the following requirements:
• All of the cards in the player’s deck have been released, in English,
in the United States and are legal for use according to the event’s
format restrictions
• The player has an English or local-language version of the card,
outside of his or her deck, for reference, OR the player has a copy
of the official Pokémon TCG Card-Dex containing the card’s text,
which can be downloaded at from the Tournament Rules and
Resources page. Card scans are not an acceptable method of
translation.
If a judge determines that a player is using non-local language cards
and/or misprinted cards to gain an advantage, that player will be subject to
the Cheating section of the POP Penalty Guidelines.
14.1.9. Japanese Pokémon TCG Cards
The Japanese Pokémon TCG card back is significantly different than the
backs of Pokémon TCG cards released elsewhere in the world. Players
may use Japanese cards in their decks, provided the player’s deck is made
up entirely of cards that have the same card back OR the deck is sleeved in
a manner that the card backs are not visible.
You can view those here.
14.1.9. Japanese Pokémon TCG Cards
The Japanese Pokémon TCG card back is significantly different than the
backs of Pokémon TCG cards released elsewhere in the world. Players
may use Japanese cards in their decks, provided the player’s deck is made
up entirely of cards that have the same card back OR the deck is sleeved in
a manner that the card backs are not visible.
It's all Greek to me, but I have lots of Japanese Legends Awakened cards thanks to a cool PTO :thumb:. I could therefore put together a deck in which a lot of the prominent cards are Japanese.I did read it, and I agree with most of the points stated, however, I think that if someone brought a deck made up of entirely Japanese cards, more than likely, they would be of Japanese descent or something. If not, it would be as much of a disadvantage to the player with the Japanese deck as it would to the other player, considering they would have to look for the translation when asked. I just don't see the huge advantage.
He's not banning it, he is saying that you could get slapped with a disruption of tournament penalty.Either way, how could Lawman ban it when there is the clause I quoted above?