Just to inform you members, I think that I'm allowed to do this. If not, moderators, please PM me.And I prefer that you guys move this if needed. The cards Below are Common cards that are Misunderstood.
Tyranitar from Expedition and Steelix from Skyridge.
They're Poke-Bodies allow them to change basic energy to Metal or Darkness, Rite??? But people misunderstood them and assume that the energy changing will reduce, or add damage. This is actually wrong. It only PROVIDES energy, but nothing else. No other effects will be given.
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Pidgeot delta
This is just a reminder.
To use its poke-body, you MUST have a holon energy
attached to it. Examples of Holon energy are Holon GL, FF or WP.
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Holon Castform/Magneton/Electrode
When you start a hand with Holon Castform, you must play it. This is beacuse it is a BASIC pokemon.
Holon Electrode, Magneton and Holon Castform are NOT examples of Holon Energy. They are Any energy of any TYPE, not kind. Types are like Fire, Water, Lightning, Psychic, Grass, Fighting, Metal and Darkness energy. They do NOT give any effects like reducing or adding damage.
Next, Holon Castform, Holon Electrode and Holon Magneton are ONLY energy when they are IN PLAY. In Discard Pile, Hand or Deck, they are counted as pokemons. Therefore, you can use Power Tree to take back an energy, eventhough you have a Holon Electrode, Holon Magneton or Holon Castform in your Discard Pile.
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Holon Castform
Its attack " Delta Draw", allows you to draw up to the same amount of delta pokemon in play. Just as a reminder, You DON'T
Draw a card for Holon Castform, cause it's not a delta pokemon, but a holon Pokemon.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Delta Pokemon are pokemon which has the delta sign and the word " Delta Species" Beside its name.
Given by: Bass_Forte
Credits: Pokegym.net, and Bass_Forte
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Cursed Powder
This card's Effect is activated only when the pokemon Cursed Powder is attached to get knock'ed out by your OPPONENT'S POKEMON, Not your own.
Example: You Bomb up your Electrode EX(example), Beedrill delta, Electrode(HL), Weezing(DX) or Forretress with Cursed Powder, it doesn't get activated.
NOTE: This misunderstanding has been posted at the ' Card Combos and Stratgies' Section. I'm sorry about this, but everyone SHOULD have and MUST read their cards properly.
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Desert Ruins
EX-pokemon with MAXIMUM HP at least 100 will have to get 10 damage every turn. I guess most of you know that, but I still see some people saying that as long as its REMAINING HP is 90 or below it doesn't get affected eventhough its HP is 150.
Remaining HP= HP left when damage is done to it
Maximum HP= HP writen on the card
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Ludicolo(DX) and Espeon delta
Ludicolo from DX with Happy Dance and Espeon Delta's Delta Heal is also common for misunderstandings. You can't use Happy Dance or Delta Heal to just 1 Pokemon, but ALL pokemon in play ( yours only, of course). It's either ALL or none. Take your Pick.
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Ditto(DS), Deoxys and Unown
Eventhough Dittos, Deoxyses and Unown comes in a different Picture, you can only have 4 in your deck. Why??? This is because they have same names.
You can't have:-
4 Mr. Mime Dittos
4 Charmander Dittos
etc.
OR
4 Attack Deoxys
4 Defense Deoxys
etc.
OR
4 Unown S
4 Unown Z
etc.
But, you can have:-
4 Deoxyses
4 Deoxys EX.
This goes the same for other cards.
You can have
4 Charizard
4 Charizard EX
4 Dark Charizard
OR
4 Mewtwo
4 Mewtwo EX
4 Rocket's Mewtwo EX
as they have different names.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Pokemon delta are still considered as pokemon. For instance, you Can't have 4 Mewtwo and 4 Mewtwo d.
Delta or d is only there to different shape 1 Pokemon for another. Thats why a Dratini d can evolve to a Dark Dragonair because Dratini d is the same as a Dratini.
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This one is AMAZINGLY confusing to almost every member.
I've seen about 4-6 Threads on pokebeach which is an amazing number.
Rare Candy
Well, I've heard people asking:
Q: Can I use Rare Candy during my first turn???
A: Yes, ALL Trainers or pokemon attacks that evolve a pokemon INSTANTLY.
Q: Can I use Rare Candy to a Mysterious Fossil, Root Fossil, or Claw Fossil???
A: Yes. As stated on the card, " **** Fossil is a trainer card, as well as a basic pokemon.
Q: Can I use Rare Candy to a pokemon I just put down???
A: Yes, it applies the same as evolving it during you first turn.
Q: Can I use Wally's Training to evolve a pokemon I just evolved with Rare Candy???
A: Yes, as Wally's Training does Instant evolving. Just as long as you don't evolve a pokemon with wally's training, then using Rare Candy as Rare Candy can only be used on basic pokemon.
Q: Can I use ' Make A Wish' to evolve a pokemon I just evolved with Rare Candy???
A: Yes, it applies the same as using a Wally's Training on a pokemon that evolved from Rare Candy
Q: Can I use a Rare Candy to evolve a basic pokemon, then using 'shuffle and draw' cards like Professor Oak's Research, Admin. etc. and then evolve it again with Rare candy???
A: No, as said before Rare candy Can't be used on an evolved pokemon.
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ATM[ Rock, Ice or Steel]
Another Reminder.
You MUST make the pokemon ATM is attached to active to use the card's Effect. It also MUST have the energy cost to use the attack. Using this attack makes your turn end.
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Blastoise EX
The poke-power states,
As Often as you like during your turn, before your attack you can attach 1 Water energy to 1 of your pokemon. If you do, put 1 damage counter on it.
So, the mistake done by people was:
Attaching like 5 energies onto 1 pokemon while only putting 1 damage counter. It clearly states, attach 1 water, put 1 damage counter. So for each energy you attach, put 1 damage counter. This works the same when Shiftry EX is released. Each energy you attach, 20 damage.
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Radar Jam(Crobat delta) and Disconnect(Manectric EX)
Q: Just say I have an evolved Jynx(UF) and it is damaged by Crobat delta or Menctric EX. Since Jynx's Poke-body prevents effects, can I still use trainers during my turn???
A: No, the cards clearly states, 'effects of attacks, excluding damage, DONE TO JYNX, so you can't use trainers during your turn.
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Another easy misunderstanding,
Shedninja(DX) or Fossils
Play:-
My opponent has,
1 Shedninja from DX as active.
3 More bench pokemon
I have :-
Feraligatr EX
1 Prize left.
I attack Shedninja. Shedninja gets knock'ed out.
Q: Do I draw a prize or not due to Shedninja's poke-body: Empty shell???
A: Yes, as Feraligatr EX stops Shedninja's Poke-body from Working.
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Gardevoir(EM) and Bellosom(HL)
You can only use ONE Heal Dance as it states at the end of the poke-power,
' You can't use more than 1 Heal Dance per turn.'
Eventhough it may be different pokemon using the poke-power, but the card mentioned specificly that you are NOT able to use more than 1 Heal Dance.
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Curing Special Conditions by Pokemon and Energy
To name a few,
Sceptile (EM), TRR Rocket's Suicune EX, Holon GL, etc.
Q: What if my active pokemon, say a sneasel, got poison, then I attach a grass energy to it, with a sceptile from EM on bench, do my poison go away???
(Same as Holon GL and TRR Rocket's Suicune EX and others.)
A: Yes, they specifically said that the pokemon CAN'T be affected by Special Conditions.
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Banette EX
Another Reminder,
You can use its poke-power to move your pokemon's damage conters to your opponent's pokemon.
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Next, we have,
Metronome
Clefable EX and Togetic has this attack which allows you to use the DEFENDING's pokemon attack. You don't need the same energy type, just the attack cost.
E.G. Defending pokemon's attack = 3 Lightning
To use Metronome= You need 3 energy of ANY type.
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Versatile and Copy
Mew EX has the honourable Versatile while Ditto(DS, Mr. Mime) and Sudowoodo(UF) has Copy. This time they copy attacks too, but there's a twist. You NEED the energy type to use the attack.
E.G. Defending pokemon's attack = 3 Lightning
To Use Versatile or Copy= 3 Lightning
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Multi Burn, Multi Pulse or Multi Bubble
Flareon, Vaporeon and Jolteon from the Unseen Forces have this attack.
For the effect of the attack to activate, you need 3 DIFFERENT types of BASIC energy attach to them. That means only Fire, Water, Lightning, Grass, Psychic and Fighting can be used to activate this effect. Special energy don't count as basic energy here.
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Full Flame and Rapidash
Most of you should know this already, but just in case. If a pokemon is burned, between turns, your opponent flipped tails for burn check. Both Rapidash and Full Flame does 40 damage instead of 20 when inflicted by burn. Quite a lot of people thought that it does 80, but the card says,
' 40 INSTEAD of 20 '
So it's 40, not 40+40.
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Agility and Smoke/Smog Screen
When you get heads while flipping for agility, your opponent CAN'T touch. They can't attack you, inflict a special condition or anything else that is affected by an attack is prevented.
Now for Smoke/SmogScreen,
The effects says,
' When the DEFENDING POKEMON tries to attack '
So, it is specific to ONLY the pokemon that smog/smokescreen is done to. So, if you retreat your active pokemon that was affected by smog/smokescreen, your NEW active pokemon can attack without flipping a coin.
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Mist Attack, Fast Wave, Swift, etc.
When this attack is used, it goes through ANY and EVERY 'defense' your opponent uses. Examples:-
a) Buffer Piece(DR)
b) Safeguard
c) Damage Reducing attacks and Poke-powers and Poke-bodies
d) Attack Effects like Agility.
e) Resistance
Hope you get this one.
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This one is the next MOST common one next to Rare Candy
Lannette's Net Search
This card is EASILY misunderstood because of this line,
' Search your deck for 3 Types of pokemon and put them ino your hand'
So, people thought like, " Hey, let's find for 3 pokemon"
But, it's actually 3 TYPES of pokemon as in:-
Fire
Water
Grass
Metal
Darkness
Fighting
Lightning
Psychic
Hope people are ACTUALLY READING THIS * saying VERY loudly *
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Special Energy
As we all know, we can't put more than 4 special energy cards in your deck. But, I've seen many people with this same mistake. Please read the rulebook.
Special energy like Rainbow, Multi and DRE( Double Rainbow Energy) that provides EVERY type of energy, are still counted as special energy.
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Well, that's it.
Hope people, guest or members that read will finally understand some cards they misunderstood.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you still are confused with something I said or another card that you don't get, please, feel free to PM me.
Tyranitar from Expedition and Steelix from Skyridge.
They're Poke-Bodies allow them to change basic energy to Metal or Darkness, Rite??? But people misunderstood them and assume that the energy changing will reduce, or add damage. This is actually wrong. It only PROVIDES energy, but nothing else. No other effects will be given.
_______________________________________________
Pidgeot delta
This is just a reminder.
To use its poke-body, you MUST have a holon energy
attached to it. Examples of Holon energy are Holon GL, FF or WP.
_______________________________________________
Holon Castform/Magneton/Electrode
When you start a hand with Holon Castform, you must play it. This is beacuse it is a BASIC pokemon.
Holon Electrode, Magneton and Holon Castform are NOT examples of Holon Energy. They are Any energy of any TYPE, not kind. Types are like Fire, Water, Lightning, Psychic, Grass, Fighting, Metal and Darkness energy. They do NOT give any effects like reducing or adding damage.
Next, Holon Castform, Holon Electrode and Holon Magneton are ONLY energy when they are IN PLAY. In Discard Pile, Hand or Deck, they are counted as pokemons. Therefore, you can use Power Tree to take back an energy, eventhough you have a Holon Electrode, Holon Magneton or Holon Castform in your Discard Pile.
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Holon Castform
Its attack " Delta Draw", allows you to draw up to the same amount of delta pokemon in play. Just as a reminder, You DON'T
Draw a card for Holon Castform, cause it's not a delta pokemon, but a holon Pokemon.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Delta Pokemon are pokemon which has the delta sign and the word " Delta Species" Beside its name.
Given by: Bass_Forte
Credits: Pokegym.net, and Bass_Forte
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Cursed Powder
This card's Effect is activated only when the pokemon Cursed Powder is attached to get knock'ed out by your OPPONENT'S POKEMON, Not your own.
Example: You Bomb up your Electrode EX(example), Beedrill delta, Electrode(HL), Weezing(DX) or Forretress with Cursed Powder, it doesn't get activated.
NOTE: This misunderstanding has been posted at the ' Card Combos and Stratgies' Section. I'm sorry about this, but everyone SHOULD have and MUST read their cards properly.
_________________________________________________
Desert Ruins
EX-pokemon with MAXIMUM HP at least 100 will have to get 10 damage every turn. I guess most of you know that, but I still see some people saying that as long as its REMAINING HP is 90 or below it doesn't get affected eventhough its HP is 150.
Remaining HP= HP left when damage is done to it
Maximum HP= HP writen on the card
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Ludicolo(DX) and Espeon delta
Ludicolo from DX with Happy Dance and Espeon Delta's Delta Heal is also common for misunderstandings. You can't use Happy Dance or Delta Heal to just 1 Pokemon, but ALL pokemon in play ( yours only, of course). It's either ALL or none. Take your Pick.
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Ditto(DS), Deoxys and Unown
Eventhough Dittos, Deoxyses and Unown comes in a different Picture, you can only have 4 in your deck. Why??? This is because they have same names.
You can't have:-
4 Mr. Mime Dittos
4 Charmander Dittos
etc.
OR
4 Attack Deoxys
4 Defense Deoxys
etc.
OR
4 Unown S
4 Unown Z
etc.
But, you can have:-
4 Deoxyses
4 Deoxys EX.
This goes the same for other cards.
You can have
4 Charizard
4 Charizard EX
4 Dark Charizard
OR
4 Mewtwo
4 Mewtwo EX
4 Rocket's Mewtwo EX
as they have different names.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Pokemon delta are still considered as pokemon. For instance, you Can't have 4 Mewtwo and 4 Mewtwo d.
Delta or d is only there to different shape 1 Pokemon for another. Thats why a Dratini d can evolve to a Dark Dragonair because Dratini d is the same as a Dratini.
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This one is AMAZINGLY confusing to almost every member.
I've seen about 4-6 Threads on pokebeach which is an amazing number.
Rare Candy
Well, I've heard people asking:
Q: Can I use Rare Candy during my first turn???
A: Yes, ALL Trainers or pokemon attacks that evolve a pokemon INSTANTLY.
Q: Can I use Rare Candy to a Mysterious Fossil, Root Fossil, or Claw Fossil???
A: Yes. As stated on the card, " **** Fossil is a trainer card, as well as a basic pokemon.
Q: Can I use Rare Candy to a pokemon I just put down???
A: Yes, it applies the same as evolving it during you first turn.
Q: Can I use Wally's Training to evolve a pokemon I just evolved with Rare Candy???
A: Yes, as Wally's Training does Instant evolving. Just as long as you don't evolve a pokemon with wally's training, then using Rare Candy as Rare Candy can only be used on basic pokemon.
Q: Can I use ' Make A Wish' to evolve a pokemon I just evolved with Rare Candy???
A: Yes, it applies the same as using a Wally's Training on a pokemon that evolved from Rare Candy
Q: Can I use a Rare Candy to evolve a basic pokemon, then using 'shuffle and draw' cards like Professor Oak's Research, Admin. etc. and then evolve it again with Rare candy???
A: No, as said before Rare candy Can't be used on an evolved pokemon.
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ATM[ Rock, Ice or Steel]
Another Reminder.
You MUST make the pokemon ATM is attached to active to use the card's Effect. It also MUST have the energy cost to use the attack. Using this attack makes your turn end.
___________________________________________________
Blastoise EX
The poke-power states,
As Often as you like during your turn, before your attack you can attach 1 Water energy to 1 of your pokemon. If you do, put 1 damage counter on it.
So, the mistake done by people was:
Attaching like 5 energies onto 1 pokemon while only putting 1 damage counter. It clearly states, attach 1 water, put 1 damage counter. So for each energy you attach, put 1 damage counter. This works the same when Shiftry EX is released. Each energy you attach, 20 damage.
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Radar Jam(Crobat delta) and Disconnect(Manectric EX)
Q: Just say I have an evolved Jynx(UF) and it is damaged by Crobat delta or Menctric EX. Since Jynx's Poke-body prevents effects, can I still use trainers during my turn???
A: No, the cards clearly states, 'effects of attacks, excluding damage, DONE TO JYNX, so you can't use trainers during your turn.
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Another easy misunderstanding,
Shedninja(DX) or Fossils
Play:-
My opponent has,
1 Shedninja from DX as active.
3 More bench pokemon
I have :-
Feraligatr EX
1 Prize left.
I attack Shedninja. Shedninja gets knock'ed out.
Q: Do I draw a prize or not due to Shedninja's poke-body: Empty shell???
A: Yes, as Feraligatr EX stops Shedninja's Poke-body from Working.
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Gardevoir(EM) and Bellosom(HL)
You can only use ONE Heal Dance as it states at the end of the poke-power,
' You can't use more than 1 Heal Dance per turn.'
Eventhough it may be different pokemon using the poke-power, but the card mentioned specificly that you are NOT able to use more than 1 Heal Dance.
________________________________________
Curing Special Conditions by Pokemon and Energy
To name a few,
Sceptile (EM), TRR Rocket's Suicune EX, Holon GL, etc.
Q: What if my active pokemon, say a sneasel, got poison, then I attach a grass energy to it, with a sceptile from EM on bench, do my poison go away???
(Same as Holon GL and TRR Rocket's Suicune EX and others.)
A: Yes, they specifically said that the pokemon CAN'T be affected by Special Conditions.
___________________________________________________
Banette EX
Another Reminder,
You can use its poke-power to move your pokemon's damage conters to your opponent's pokemon.
__________________________________________________
Next, we have,
Metronome
Clefable EX and Togetic has this attack which allows you to use the DEFENDING's pokemon attack. You don't need the same energy type, just the attack cost.
E.G. Defending pokemon's attack = 3 Lightning
To use Metronome= You need 3 energy of ANY type.
____________________________________________________
Versatile and Copy
Mew EX has the honourable Versatile while Ditto(DS, Mr. Mime) and Sudowoodo(UF) has Copy. This time they copy attacks too, but there's a twist. You NEED the energy type to use the attack.
E.G. Defending pokemon's attack = 3 Lightning
To Use Versatile or Copy= 3 Lightning
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Multi Burn, Multi Pulse or Multi Bubble
Flareon, Vaporeon and Jolteon from the Unseen Forces have this attack.
For the effect of the attack to activate, you need 3 DIFFERENT types of BASIC energy attach to them. That means only Fire, Water, Lightning, Grass, Psychic and Fighting can be used to activate this effect. Special energy don't count as basic energy here.
_____________________________________________
Full Flame and Rapidash
Most of you should know this already, but just in case. If a pokemon is burned, between turns, your opponent flipped tails for burn check. Both Rapidash and Full Flame does 40 damage instead of 20 when inflicted by burn. Quite a lot of people thought that it does 80, but the card says,
' 40 INSTEAD of 20 '
So it's 40, not 40+40.
__________________________________________
Agility and Smoke/Smog Screen
When you get heads while flipping for agility, your opponent CAN'T touch. They can't attack you, inflict a special condition or anything else that is affected by an attack is prevented.
Now for Smoke/SmogScreen,
The effects says,
' When the DEFENDING POKEMON tries to attack '
So, it is specific to ONLY the pokemon that smog/smokescreen is done to. So, if you retreat your active pokemon that was affected by smog/smokescreen, your NEW active pokemon can attack without flipping a coin.
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Mist Attack, Fast Wave, Swift, etc.
When this attack is used, it goes through ANY and EVERY 'defense' your opponent uses. Examples:-
a) Buffer Piece(DR)
b) Safeguard
c) Damage Reducing attacks and Poke-powers and Poke-bodies
d) Attack Effects like Agility.
e) Resistance
Hope you get this one.
_______________________________________________________
This one is the next MOST common one next to Rare Candy
Lannette's Net Search
This card is EASILY misunderstood because of this line,
' Search your deck for 3 Types of pokemon and put them ino your hand'
So, people thought like, " Hey, let's find for 3 pokemon"
But, it's actually 3 TYPES of pokemon as in:-
Fire
Water
Grass
Metal
Darkness
Fighting
Lightning
Psychic
Hope people are ACTUALLY READING THIS * saying VERY loudly *
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Special Energy
As we all know, we can't put more than 4 special energy cards in your deck. But, I've seen many people with this same mistake. Please read the rulebook.
Special energy like Rainbow, Multi and DRE( Double Rainbow Energy) that provides EVERY type of energy, are still counted as special energy.
___________________________________________
Well, that's it.
Hope people, guest or members that read will finally understand some cards they misunderstood.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you still are confused with something I said or another card that you don't get, please, feel free to PM me.
