Ruling Rare Candy VS Archeops

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I saw here that Rare Candy is able to bypass Archeops' Ability, but what I do not understand is Why. Unlike Shelmet and it's deck evolution, Rare Candy still has you evolving from your hand, where Archeops' ability clearly states that no evolution can be played from your hand. So Why does Rare Candy over rule his Ability?

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http://pokebeach.com/scans/unleashed/82-rare-candy.jpg
 
That ruling was given by my Tournament Organizer. He told me this by information he was given by the TPCi with the Noble Victories Prerelease. My guess as to why they are allowing this is because it's not a direct evolution, while it may still be evolving the Pokemon. I will update this as soon as I, or another professor, finds out more.
 
Archeops' Ancient Power blocks a player from evolving Pokemon via the normal method i.e. playing it directly from your hand. With Rare Candy, Shelmet, Leavanny (and the out-of-rotation Spiritomb), you are using a card effect, which evolves a Pokemon as its result. It doesn't matter where the Evolution card is coming from - a card effect will circumvent Ancient Power.
 
I guess I'm less sure than you. Using a rare candy requires you to do exactly word-for-word what Archeop's text prevents. I think we probably need to wait for an official word on this.
 
Rare Candy: Choose a Stage 2 Evolution card from your hand that Evolves from the Stage 1 form of 1 of your Basic Pokemon, and play it on top of that Basic Pokemon to Evolve it. This card can’t be used during your first turn, or on a Basic Pokemon that was just brought into play during this turn

Given that wording from the errata, Archeops would block it as you are playing a pokemon from your hand to evolve a pokemon, even though your skipping an evolution stage and using a trainer.
Your actual actions are blocked by Archeop's Ability
 
"Each player can't play any Pokemon from his or her hand to evolve his or her Pokemon." Archeops says THE player can't play any Pokemon to evolve another. Rare candy is what is evolving the Pokemon in play, not the player. This is how I believe rare candy goes around Archeops' ability.
 
amisheskimoninja said:
I guess I'm less sure than you. Using a rare candy requires you to do exactly word-for-word what Archeop's text prevents. I think we probably need to wait for an official word on this.
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We already do have one, actually - it was given out in the Noble Victories FAQ for judges at prereleases.
It said that you may use Rare Candy as normal even while Archeops's Ancient Power is in effect.
 
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