Ruling New rulings in pokemon

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aznxknight

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What are the new rulings for pokemon, everything pass the first 3 sets.
I tried going to the official site, trust me, it didn't help, UNLESS those are the rules.
A player i was playing against said, on the very first turn when teh game starts, the player who goes cannot draw a card, is this true?
Then the same player said you can't player any/multiple trainers in the first turn. He is refering to trainer cards like potion. He knows what supporter cards are though.

Is there another site with all the official rulings for this game? Or the official site already has all the updated information?
 
Theres been a million rule changes since fossil. The player who goes first now DOES draw a card but can't play ANY trainer at all. Theres been too many ruling to explain in one post. I suggest buying a starter deck and a rule book and reading that and then asking any questions.
 
If you're trying to find out what's changed, I'd recommend getting a DP1 or DP2 starter deck, as its rulebook spends a few pages highlighting all the rules changes that started with DP. They have removed this section from the more recent rulebooks. If you're just going to relearn the game from scratch, any rulebook will do.

You can also take a look at my comprehensive rulebook. It's not "official", but it is accurate. Definitely not light reading though -- it's very dense and legalistic, like the Magic or WoW comprehensive rulebooks, as it's intended to be a rock-solid tournament judge reference. But if you do read it, I'd appreciate your feedback.

To respond specifically to your post: The player taking the first turn of the game does draw a card to start their turn. But they cannot play any Trainer, Supporter, or Stadium cards on that turn. These are two of the major changes starting with DP.
 
Hmm... k thnx. Last two questions, since i don't wanna go out to buy the ruling book right now and it's night right now, card stores are closed.

1) Before starting the game, both players draw 7 cards and must place atleast one basic pokemon in play face down. Now i know the ruling is if a player doesn't have a basic pokemon, they must show hand to their opponent and then reshuffle and draw 7 again.
Are there any new rulings for this? As in is the opposing player who didn't need to shuffle allowed draw an extra card(i doubt)?
Does the player who needed to shuffle now draws one less card?

2) The card Hippowdon: the second attack:
CCFF Sand Eject 60
During your next turn, if an attack does damage to the Defending Pokemon (After applying Weakness and resistance), that attack does 40 more damage.

So let's say i use this and knock out the pokemon. The opponent puts another pokemon into play. When it's my turn again, does any attack do 40 extra damage now?
I'm asking this because it says "if an attack does damage to the defending pokemon". This statement is puzzling me. The defending pokemon i target was already knocked out, does the damage apply to the new defending pokemon i am targeting?
Or none the less, defending pokemon is the pokemon my opponent controls at the time i attack, thus any attack will do an extra 40 damage as long as it's still in play?
 
aznxknight said:
1) Before starting the game, both players draw 7 cards and must place atleast one basic pokemon in play face down. Now I know the ruling is if a player doesn't have a basic pokemon, they must show hand to their opponent and then reshuffle and draw 7 again.
Are there any new rulings for this?
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That much hasn't changed.

aznxknight said:
As in is the opposing player who didn't need to shuffle allowed draw an extra card(I doubt)?
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If a player has no Basics, his opponent may draw an extra card each time, provided that said opponent already has a Basic and has set aside his prize cards. (If neither player has a Basic, both reshuffle -- no one gets an extra card. Also note that the decision to draw the extra card must be made at the time the player shows his hand. You can't wait for your opponent to mulligan six times, and then decide to draw some number up to six.)

aznxknight said:
Does the player who needed to shuffle now draws one less card?
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No. You always draw 7.

aznxknight said:
2) The card Hippowdon: the second attack:
CCFF Sand Eject 60
During your next turn, if an attack does damage to the Defending Pokemon (After applying Weakness and resistance), that attack does 40 more damage.

So let's say I use this and knock out the pokemon. The opponent puts another pokemon into play. When it's my turn again, does any attack do 40 extra damage now?
I'm asking this because it says "if an attack does damage to the defending pokemon". This statement is puzzling me. The defending pokemon I target was already knocked out, does the damage apply to the new defending pokemon I am targeting?
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No, it doesn't. "Defending Pokemon" in an attack always refers to the specific Pokemon you're attacking at the time. If you knock it out, the effect doesn't get placed on the next Pokemon in line, because you finish resolving the entire attack before removing KO'd Pokemon.
 
If there is a mulligan, you reshufle and draw 7. this rule has not changed. However if you run fossils, you must choose 1 as a pokemon if you have no basic pokemon. Basically, fossils = basic during SETUP only.

2. No, you attacked the pokemon that got KOed, as a result, the new one is not the "defending" pokemon who took the attack.
 
I need to ask a question about specific card amounts.
The first is Lv.X pokemon. Can i put 4 Darkrais in my deck and then put one Darkrai LV.X in my deck?
EDIT:(NEVER MIND, found it, LV. X is not considered part of the card name, allowing me to do what is said above)

The second is, some of the pokemons have star next their name like Pikachu Star. Are those limited to only one per deck?
 
aznxknight said:
I need to ask a question about specific card amounts.
The first is Lv.X pokemon. Can I put 4 Darkrais in my deck and then put one Darkrai LV.X in my deck?
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Lv.X is not considered part of the card name. So Darkrai Lv.X is treated like a Darkrai. You can only have 4 Darkrai total (normal and/or Lv.X) in your deck.

aznxknight said:
The second is, some of the pokemons have star next their name like Pikachu Star. Are those limited to only one per deck?
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Those tell you right on the card -- you can only have 1 Pokemon Star in a deck. Please note that doesn't mean 1 of each, that means 1 Pokemon Star, period.
 
Absol ex:
Poke-Power Cursed Eyes: Once during your turn, when you put Absol ex from your hand onto your Bench, you may move 3 damage counters from 1 of your opponent's Pokemon to another of his or her Pokemon.


If i have two absol ex in my hand and one of my opponent's pokemon has 40 damage counters on it, can i put down two, moving 30 damage to one pokemon, and then move the remaining 10 to another pokemon? or does the card specifically say to move exactly 30?
 
aznxknight said:
If I have two absol ex in my hand and one of my opponent's pokemon has 40 damage counters on it, can I put down two, moving 30 damage to one pokemon, and then move the remaining 10 to another pokemon? or does the card specifically say to move exactly 30?
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If the Pokemon you're moving from has less than 3 counters on it, you move all of them.
 
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