Ruling Claydol GE
- Thread starter Suraako
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You can think whatever you want 
But "up to" in Pokemon does not include zero. You must put at least one card on the bottom of your deck to activate Claydol's power.
But "up to" in Pokemon does not include zero. You must put at least one card on the bottom of your deck to activate Claydol's power.
ok if the card doesn't read you have to discard a card , can't you do it "up to" can mean zero because it's lower than 2 .
umbreondude said:
It's a general rule of the game. "Up to" does not include zero.
Neither does "all". If an attack says you must discard "all" of some type of energy, there must be at least one of that type attached, or the attack fails.
This isn't up for debate. These are the rules as handed down from PCL in Japan.
Basically what they didn't mention is the card says "If you do", putting 0 cards means you didn't do it
For what it's worth, the two important words from a Pokemon rules sense are "up to". As has been indicated in the thread "up to" does not include 0. This has been set in a number of rulings precedence. The other key words are "if you do". This links the effects of the second sentence with the first. If you don't discard any cards then you can achieve the effect of drawing until you have six cards in your hand.
I think I understand where the confusion that "up to" might include 0. It comes from deck searches (and other events) where one can fail the search, because your opponent has no recourse to check whether you failed on purpose (another tennant supported by rulings precedents in the game).
I think I understand where the confusion that "up to" might include 0. It comes from deck searches (and other events) where one can fail the search, because your opponent has no recourse to check whether you failed on purpose (another tennant supported by rulings precedents in the game).
