If you can does it have to be benched or active? If you can't how do you go about using Rare Candies. I already checked the Lv. X ?'s thread and it didn't answer.
Ruling Can you Rare Candy from a basic to a Lv. X?
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PMJ said:
That doesn't answer whether or not you can put a Rare Candy from Basic to Lv. X. It only says don't go from Basic to Stage 2 then immediately Lv. X.
If you did not know this, if you start with a Darkrai active, and a darkrai X in your hand, you can lvl. up immedietly. Leveling up does not count as evolving. as for the rare candy. No you cannot. on a rare candy it says " place a stage 1 or stage 2 Pokemon that evolves from this pokemon onto this pokemon (this counts as evolving)" so no, you cannot because a lvl. X is not a stage 1 or stage 2, no matter what pokemon it is for. Even if you could, it would be a stupid move to do it, because you could lvl. up right from the start for basics. it also HAS to be active, no matter what
^You can't level up t1.
I read that entire thing 4 times but never fully understood. X_X So you can play Darkrai T2 and lvl. him up immediately?
Again, no. You have to wait a turn to lv up a poke you drop down. Its follows the same rules as evolution with more restrictions.
Leveling Up is not Evolving. So Rare Candy is useless for a Level X, as it's not an evolution that you can RC to.
Leveling Up does obey all the same restrictions as Evolving, though. So you can't level up on the first turn of the game, you can't level up a Pokemon on its first turn in play, and you can't level up a Pokemon that previously evolved on the same turn.
Lastly, you can only level up a Pokemon while it's Active. That's printed on the Level Up card ("Put this card onto your Active [name]").
Leveling Up does obey all the same restrictions as Evolving, though. So you can't level up on the first turn of the game, you can't level up a Pokemon on its first turn in play, and you can't level up a Pokemon that previously evolved on the same turn.
Lastly, you can only level up a Pokemon while it's Active. That's printed on the Level Up card ("Put this card onto your Active [name]").
You can lvl. up T1, I garenty it. 
Lets have a look @ a Lv.X more closely.
Lets use Lucario Lv.X as the example.
It Clearly reads: Put onto Lucario:
So you can't evo Riolu into Lucario Lv.X, end of story.
Lets use Lucario Lv.X as the example.
It Clearly reads: Put onto Lucario:
So you can't evo Riolu into Lucario Lv.X, end of story.
On the other hand, the point of Rare Candy is to skip the Stage 1 evolution or to bypass the evolution rules. After all, you can use Rare Candy to, say, evolve Bellsprout straight into Victreebel, even though Victreebel says to place below Weepinbell.
Form what I gather, however, Rare Candy can't be used with a Level X because a Level X card is neither a Basic Pokémon, a Stage 1 Pokémon, or a Stage 2 Pokémon. Level X's seem to be in a class by themselves. In addition, playing a Level X card isn't called evolution; it's referred to as "leveling up." Thus, a card can only let you bypass the leveling up rules if it specifically says "level up" on the card itself. (I don't know of any cards that do anything like this presently, but there is the possibility.)
Do I have that about right?
Form what I gather, however, Rare Candy can't be used with a Level X because a Level X card is neither a Basic Pokémon, a Stage 1 Pokémon, or a Stage 2 Pokémon. Level X's seem to be in a class by themselves. In addition, playing a Level X card isn't called evolution; it's referred to as "leveling up." Thus, a card can only let you bypass the leveling up rules if it specifically says "level up" on the card itself. (I don't know of any cards that do anything like this presently, but there is the possibility.)
Do I have that about right?
Ophie said:
Yes, but there's a chain that allows that. Weepinbell says "Evolves from Bellsprout". Victreebel says "Evolves from Weepinbell". Hence the Stage 2 card "evolves from" the Basic, which is precisely what Rare Candy calls for.
Level X cards don't "evolve from" anything. Neither do Basics (in the case of Baby Evolution). Hence why Rare Candy can't be used on these.
Ophie said:
I'd say you have it exactly right.
