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Switch, yes, Crushing Hammer, no. I know there are plenty of times when Crushing Hammer has been "safe", but there have also been times when it facilitating some pretty dubious lock situations. Even if it hadn't, the game needs fewer coin flips, not more. ;) Or like a Strength Charm that...

The reason cards like Lillie's Poké Doll and Unidentified Fossil have to specify that you have to play them from hand like they are basic Pokémon is because they are not Basic Pokémon until they're on the field. Hand, discard pile, deck, or Prizes and they're Trainer-Items. So no, you cannot...

As long as a deck is functional and is seeing at least some play - even if misguided - it probably deserves a Tier. The entire point of making such lists is to share knowledge and frame it accurately, right? ;) Leaving such decks off entirely can thus be misleading, even if the omission was for...

It isn't common, but yes, cards have been banned from the Standard Format before. I mean, when the first cards ever were banned, there was only Standard... though for reasons I won't get into we called "Standard" the "Modified" Format at the time. Fast-forward to something more recent, and I...

I'm going to risk being obnoxious again, but please understand it is not just about catering to my whims, but to improve comprehension of the data. Oh, and a good deal of it stems not from me having done it right for many, many years... but because I've been an idiot about it but thankfully...

1) Each copy of Electropower played should add 30 damage. If it didn't happen in the PTCGO, either it was a glitch or there was something in play that you missed. If it happens again, try to save your Game Log and submit an error report (unless it is so widely known they have a post saying not...

I am quite fond of Blazing Volcano, but when it comes to grinding on the PTCGO, Relentless Flame is (or at least, was) better. I just checked: with Blazing Volcano I am currently at 130 wins out of 195 games, which means I've won two out of every three games I've played with it (66.7%, rounding...

Question: I do not know how good Malamar decks currently are or are not, nor do I know much about Doll Stall... ...but even with "infinite" Sky Pillars, what matters is it being discarded the turn your opponent can smack your Bench, and/or that damage accumulating until it mattered. Neither...

Emphasis added. Pardon me for being thick, but does that mean this is an Expanded Format discussion? Seriously, I thought it was for Standard... >.>

The effect text from Stealthy Hood: Now to clarify, because I'm fussy and almost misread snoopy369's post. ;) The Almighty Bidoof had something other than Flabébé w/Stealth Hood attached in the Active Position. The Almight Bidoof's opponent activated the Ability of Volcanion {*}, "Jet...

Sometimes that helps, sometimes it confuses things more as it changes their questions into leading questions. Don't believe me? Below is a lengthy example/test involving some past rulings. How did that match up to what you were thinking? Do the official rulings contradict, or do they make...

With any card interaction, there should be an allowance (even a minuscule one) that the intent of the Japanese cards was lost in the wording, either the original Japanese or the local-language translation. Same for rulings themselves. ;) A little more specific is understanding "effective"...

@Frost Well, you do now. XD

"Charizard Team Up" is Relentless Flame. Are you thinking of Blazing Volcano, the Blaziken/Entei-focused deck from SM - Lost Thunder? Which is my preferred deck of the two, but even I had to grudgingly admit that Relentless Flame was better for grinding in the Theme Format (if not for winning...

Professor Juniper and Professor Sycamore cannot be run in the same deck because they created a special rule just for those two cards. Other instances of cards with "Different name, same everything else" can be run together; you can run four Cheren, four Hau, and four Tierno in the same Expanded...

While intriguing, after examining the Magcargo-GX option for viability, I'm guessing most of these aren't as "broken" as they seem. You're always giving up a Supporter and an attack to spam your GX-attack each turn; even with additional help suggested in later posts, these are still real costs...

... You got greedy. All you had to say was: You underestimate the power of the dark tide. Anyway, I'm actually looking forward to these Theme Decks, hoping one or both can topple Relentless Flames as the top Theme Format deck on the PTCGO... but also hoping they don't leave too many other...

Could be worse; I'm older and I've almost certain accomplished less in my life than you. XP

A general rule for search effects in TCG's (not just Pokémon) is if not revealing the card would make it incredibly easy to cheat, you have to reveal the card. So if it is completely generic search, you don't have to reveal the card, because any card in your deck is a legal target. Pokégear...

Pardon me if this seems like a nitpick. I only want to help @Mega-Gazz avoid future confusion. The HP doesn't matter, just the card's exact name. So the original Thundurus, with 110 HP, will still work. If Sword & Shield gives us a Thundurus with more than 130 HP but still named just...