Ruling Evolution Rule and Espeon EX

[Durokhan]

Hello, i want to know about the Miraculous Shine skill, and i have two questions:

1) If a pokemon evolved from basic to stage 2 using rare candy, it goes to basic or it doens't have effect.
2) The evolucion rule say that i can't evolve the first turn in play, so if i use this skill, can my opponent evolve in his turn?

Tnx for the help.

 

[Asclepius24]

1) Pokemon that evolved via Rare Candy are still evolved Pokemon. You'd remove the Stage 2.

2) The rule actually says the Pokemon must have been in play when your turn starts to evolve, so they could evolve again right away. Same for something like Target Whistle.

 

[My Little Keldeo]

Very good questions!

A Stage 2 Pokemon evolved via Rare Candy would revert back to its Basic stage if targeted by Espeon-EX's Miraculous Shine attack. The Stage 2 card would be returned to that player's hand, and the Basic Pokemon would be unable to evolve back to that Stage 2 form without evolving to a Stage 1 first and waiting a turn, or using an effect like Rare Candy.

Which leads me to your second question. Under normal circumstances , a Pokemon can't evolve on a player's first turn or during the turn in which it was played, nor can it evolve again if it was already evolved once. This applies to devolution as well- a Pokemon that is devolved cannot evolve on the same turn.

And here's where it gets funky. If your opponent's Espeon-EX used Miraculous Shine, the devolution would occur on your opponent's turn, not yours! That means you could re-evolve Pokemon hit by this attack during your turn, so long as all of the necessary conditions are met (that is, they can evolve normally or you have a Rare Candy to go from Basic to Stage 2, etc).