I someone probably already asked this question, but can you put a Lv.X on a EX?
Ruling ex to lv.x
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No, unless it says:
Put on <insert Ex name here>.
Put on <insert Ex name here>.
Well that would be the quick answer.Light Venusaur said:
But I believe there is no official Ruling on it yet (We have Gardy EX to Lv.X coming up)
The reason it doesn't say EX is because there are no EX out there in the DP series so they assume by the stupid dub law that we won't play EX's with it. We won't see a ruling until Gardevoir (Lv.X) is released.
It says on the card to LV up from ____, not _____ ex. If they intended it to be with exs, then they would've said _____ or ______ ex. Since it doesn't you can't.
However just for fun at home you could do it this way but not if you are doing it for real battles or tournaments. This would be good for home only games. Imagine how fun it would be if it were real though.
Po-Po-Pocchama said:
There IS an official ruling. You can never play a lv.X card on a card that it can't level up from. The lv.X card will always tell you what card it can level up from, and it doesn't say, and will never say, it can level up from a pokemon EX.
The ruling won't change either cause then they'd have to reprint all the lv.X cards released so far, to include the text where it said it can be leveled up from a pokemon EX.
It's just something you need to memorize. If Electivire LvX says "place Electivire LvX on Electivire" then logically speaking you should be able to level up anything with the name "Electivire".
It is right to say that exs cannot be levelled up due to being a different name, but you cannot say that because of logical deduction:
The logical deduction of "it says Lucario, Lucario ex (there is a Lucario ex promo) is not Lucario therefore it can't) is not valid because I could say the same for levelling Lucario LvX into Lucario LvX (Lucario LvX's name is "Lucario" and Lucario LvX says place this on Lucario therefore I can level up a lvX into a LvX). That of course cannot be done, proving that trying to work something out doesn't always work in the TCG.
It is right to say that exs cannot be levelled up due to being a different name, but you cannot say that because of logical deduction:
The logical deduction of "it says Lucario, Lucario ex (there is a Lucario ex promo) is not Lucario therefore it can't) is not valid because I could say the same for levelling Lucario LvX into Lucario LvX (Lucario LvX's name is "Lucario" and Lucario LvX says place this on Lucario therefore I can level up a lvX into a LvX). That of course cannot be done, proving that trying to work something out doesn't always work in the TCG.
Magic Umbreon said:
There is a real rule to that too. You can't level up an already leveled up pokemon. But it's one of those rules you just have to remember. It all comes down to the simple fact that you just have to remember some "unwriten" rules in the game. And there is no arguing those rules no matter how much you try to resolve some stuff with simple logic. The rules are there and they won't change.
So that would lead on to say deduction IS a good thing, but not if you don't know every exception.
YepMagic Umbreon said:
Go ahead and make up your own rules, but in a real Pokemon TCG tournament, ALWAYS ask a judge to clarify the rules if you don't know how some cards work. In a tournament never ever go make your own deductions. Call for a judge! A player doesn't necessarily have to know every little rule detail there is, that's what the judges are there for.