Help Escape Rope vs Primal Groudon

[NinJamezor]

I've been playing Primal groudon on TCGO, and Escape rope was working against it, even with it's Omega Barrier Trait. Is this a bug or is this legal?

 

[crystal_pidgeot]

Escaped Rope would work if the active Pokemon doesn't have Omega Barrier and since you have to switch that Pokemon, Primal Groudon can be picked to be the new active Pokemon. I assume it was the only Pokemon on the Bench when this happened?

 

[NinJamezor]

Escaped Rope would work if the active Pokemon doesn't have Omega Barrier and since you have to switch that Pokemon, Primal Groudon can be picked to be the new active Pokemon.

Ah, it didn't make sense as Barrier says, "Whenever your opponent plays a Trainer card (excluding Pokémon Tools and Stadium cards), prevent all effects of that card done to this Pokémon.", but I guess it makes sense now as you are the one switching.

I assume it was the only Pokemon on the Bench when this happened?

No, I chose it.

 

[crystal_pidgeot]

Oh, right, well you can still choose it to be moved to the Active spot since you complete as much of the effect as you can and you can in this case move your active Pokemon to the Bench and since you can bring up another Pokemon, you get to pick one.

 

[DarkMatterGaming]

Think of Omega Barrier being a "This card cannot be targeted" clause. Escape Rope just forces you to do, therefore negating that.

 

[PMJ]

You guys are all wrongggggggggggggg

Escape Rope targets your Active Pokemon. That's why Primal Groudon can be brought from the Bench. Escape Rope isn't targeting Primal Groudon, it's targeting whatever it's being switched with ("Each player switches his or her Active Pokemon..."). Contrast with Lysandre, which directly targets Groudon ("Switch 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokemon...") and hopefully you will understand why rope works and Lysandre doesn't.

Omega Barrier would stop Escape Rope if Primal Groudon was active when it was used, since in that case the rope would be targeting Groudon and would thus fail.

 

[PMJ]

@NinJamezor @crystal_pidgeot @DarkMatterGaming

 

[crystal_pidgeot]

@NinJamezor @crystal_pidgeot @DarkMatterGaming

That's what I said.

 

[PMJ]

There is no "do what you can" here, you just pick your dude and you're done.

 

[crystal_pidgeot]

There is no "do what you can" here, you just pick your dude and you're done.

I meant that as in you can move the Active Pokemon. You can at least do that so you do but you need a Pokemon in the active spot.