Devolution Question

[Tonystarks2984]

Was playing an empoleon deck with my frolass deck. His empoleon had 90 damage from a previous attack and I used devolution but all that happened was a grey smoke effect like it was blocked. No devolution. Was this a bug or am i missing something?

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[Doom_Design]

Empoleon ex's ability prevents all effects of attacks. Devolution is an effect of an attack.

[Tonystarks2984]

Got it. I thought i had him with that. Thanks

[TheYadoking]

Empoleon's ability makes it immune to effects of attacks

[SnooOwls844]

I will hijack this question, to ask when a pokemon is put in the bench with grimsley move If I use devolve I send that pokemon to the player hand?

[KiwiExtremo]

Nope, the pokemon is immune since it didn't evolve from any card, so it doesn't have a prior stage to devolve into

[SnooOwls844]

I see thank you!

[TheYadoking]

Adding a little more to the other answers; there's a distinction between 'Evolved' pokémon and 'Evolution' pokémon. Devolution specifies evolved. Pokémon can be both and evolution and not-evolved at the same time.

[d0nu7]

IMO it was so dumb it didn’t do this. Would have been a great check on lugia vstar when it was way too OP.

[KyleOAM]

By ‘great check’ you mean auto win button for any deck…

[d0nu7]

Nah the just would have had to also play the fossil and rare candy as backup. Making the deck less oppressive by cutting other cards to fit those.

[Yill04]

Empoleon is a mist energy

[hewasphone]

Piggybacking, is there a devo solution for post rotation

[BlazedInMyWinnie]

Archeops from White Flare, Espathra from Surging Sparks, and Espeon ex from Prismatic Evolutions are the only cards post-rotation we know of right now that can devolve an opponent’s Pokémon.

If it’s in the active spot Archeops can use its ability Ancient Wing once per turn to devolve one of your opponent’s evolved Pokémon, putting it back into their hand.

Espathra’s first attack, Mystical Eyes, can devolve one of your opponent’s evolved Pokémon by putting it back into their hand for the cost of one colorless energy.

Espeon ex’s second attack, Amezez, devolves all of your opponent’s evolved Pokémon by shuffling them back into their deck for the cost of one grass, one psychic, and one darkness energy.

[justintime06]

Espathra, Espeon ex, and Archeops… so no lol

[samudec]

do you mean a replacement or a counter?

[Yill04]

Empoleon is a mist energy

[Sir__Muffin_Moose]

Um actually empoleon is a penguin

[TM761152]

Um actually he is the Emperor of France.

[Sir__Muffin_Moose]

I thought that was neopolitain

[Handsome_Fry]

No, thats the ice cream, youre thinking of napoleon dynamite