From:
Pokémon Organized Play Floor Rules
Rules effective October 1, 2003 for the 2003-2004 Tournament Season
Pre-game set-up
1. Whoever wins the coin toss chooses which player goes first.
2. Both players draw an opening hand of 7 cards.
3. The player going first checks to see if he or she has a Basic Pokémon card
in their hand. If they don’t have any, that player reveals their hand to the
opponent and then shuffles their hand back into their deck. That player
draws a new opening hand of 7 cards, while their opponent may draw an
extra card. This will be repeated until the starting player has at least one
Basic Pokémon in their hand.
4. The other player checks to see if his or her hand has at least one Basic
Pokémon at this time. If they don’t have any Basic Pokémon, they shuffle
their hand back into their deck and draw an equal number of cards. (For
example, Jake drew an extra card because Sarah had to re-draw her hand
once. If Jake doesn’t have any Basic Pokémon in his hand of 8 cards, he
will shuffle his hand back into his deck, and re-draw a hand of 8 cards.)
The starting player would be allowed to draw one extra card.
5. Each player places a Basic Pokémon face-down as their Active Pokémon,
and then each player may start with up to 5 other Basic Pokémon on their
Bench, face-down.
6. Both players set aside 6 Prize cards face-down, to the side of the match. In
the case of Limited format tournaments, players set aside 4 Prize cards
instead.
This can't be correct? I have never played this way, not even at Worlds. Has this been changed?
Pokémon Organized Play Floor Rules
Rules effective October 1, 2003 for the 2003-2004 Tournament Season
Pre-game set-up
1. Whoever wins the coin toss chooses which player goes first.
2. Both players draw an opening hand of 7 cards.
3. The player going first checks to see if he or she has a Basic Pokémon card
in their hand. If they don’t have any, that player reveals their hand to the
opponent and then shuffles their hand back into their deck. That player
draws a new opening hand of 7 cards, while their opponent may draw an
extra card. This will be repeated until the starting player has at least one
Basic Pokémon in their hand.
4. The other player checks to see if his or her hand has at least one Basic
Pokémon at this time. If they don’t have any Basic Pokémon, they shuffle
their hand back into their deck and draw an equal number of cards. (For
example, Jake drew an extra card because Sarah had to re-draw her hand
once. If Jake doesn’t have any Basic Pokémon in his hand of 8 cards, he
will shuffle his hand back into his deck, and re-draw a hand of 8 cards.)
The starting player would be allowed to draw one extra card.
5. Each player places a Basic Pokémon face-down as their Active Pokémon,
and then each player may start with up to 5 other Basic Pokémon on their
Bench, face-down.
6. Both players set aside 6 Prize cards face-down, to the side of the match. In
the case of Limited format tournaments, players set aside 4 Prize cards
instead.
This can't be correct? I have never played this way, not even at Worlds. Has this been changed?
There is a thread on the gym about this change . (Too many changes for this old 'un to keep up with LOL)