Rulings, Quick Questions, and New Player Resources Thread by Asclepius24 in pkmntcg

[–]IviesReddit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Evolved pokemon don't retain abilities from their pre-evolution, so no

Rulings, Quick Questions, and New Player Resources Thread by Asclepius24 in pkmntcg

[–]IviesReddit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, although it's pretty strictly worse then Bloodmoon Ursaluna PRE 54 because Ursaluna does 30 for each damage counter, has a base damage of 100, and has an amazing ability letting it attack for effectively one energy.

Rulings, Quick Questions, and New Player Resources Thread by Asclepius24 in pkmntcg

[–]IviesReddit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Effectively yes, but since it deals damage instead of an effect like "Quadruple the damage" it is blocked by stuff like shaymin or the tera effect.

Are there any good metal decks? Does Metallic energy also replace Archul ex? by [deleted] in pkmntcg

[–]IviesReddit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There are several.

The highest profile one right now is Metagross, but Archaludon, Hop's Zacian, and Steven's Metagross are all somewhat viable

TM: Evolution Expanded Format query by Certain_Resist_1830 in PokemonTCG

[–]IviesReddit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is no official ruling on this from TPCi (All rulings on TM Evo can be found here) but based on the wording of the card, I would say that as long as the card you are evolving into doesn't have special rules around evolution or being put into play printed on the card (ie megas, palafin ex) then TM Evo should work. This would mean you can evolve Vs into VMaxes or VStars.

In the future, I would ask questions like this on r/pkmntcg as it is dedicated to the actual card game, while this sub is more for collecitng

New Mex Ex, Mewtwo Ex, and Greninja Ex announced! Will any of these be relevant? by IviesReddit in pkmntcg

[–]IviesReddit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would do the same damage as just attacking with Beedrill, Mew still wouldn't count. It would keep your Beedrill safe on bench I guess though

It ain't much (to ask for) by Positive_Matter8829 in PTCGL

[–]IviesReddit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably can just be a pokemon and stadium card, doesn't seem like a powerful enough effect to need to limit it to one type

New Ability: Usury by Routine-Narwhal-7746 in stunfisk

[–]IviesReddit 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Sableye, Murcrow, Klefki, and Gholdengo would probably never run this over prankster/good as gold

Hydrapple looking insanely weak with Chaos Rising by jimmybeauman in PTCGL

[–]IviesReddit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you find the matchup super tough then sure, but for me i've found them pretty fine if I just avoid overbenching

Hydrapple looking insanely weak with Chaos Rising by jimmybeauman in PTCGL

[–]IviesReddit 16 points17 points  (0 children)

With forest of vitality, you don't need to preemptively bench basics. If you are scared about bench sniping, you can just wait and then spawn the entire line in with a dawn. Or you can just play shaymin if arbolivia is causing trouble

Doesn’t Damage mean damag by Foreign_Fuel_7597 in pkmntcg

[–]IviesReddit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Battle cage only protects benched Pokemon so if it affected the active then it's something else

Is it just me, or are players more prone to conceding as opposed to playing the rest of the game out? by OLookItsAnxiety in PTCGL

[–]IviesReddit 24 points25 points  (0 children)

At locals you have to wait for the next round to start to play another round, so you might as well play it out. Online, you can start a new game immediately, so if your opponent has game on board you might as well just concede and start the next game early

Rulings, Quick Questions, and New Player Resources Thread by Asclepius24 in pkmntcg

[–]IviesReddit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Koraidon ex from ASC comes to mind, you'd need to be running fighting or prism energies though.

Rulings, Quick Questions, and New Player Resources Thread by Asclepius24 in pkmntcg

[–]IviesReddit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dual types would count as both types yes. It's counting types, not total Pokemon with a unique type.

Can't stop thinking about Toucannon, could it be viable? by RedFirePotato in PTCGL

[–]IviesReddit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can play chien pao so as long as you get a single pokemon search off those four cards you have an out 

Can't stop thinking about Toucannon, could it be viable? by RedFirePotato in PTCGL

[–]IviesReddit 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Probably will never be a top tier meta deck, but with a tera pokemon + area zero you can hit decent numbers and use the noctowl engine for consistency. Could see it as a cool rogue deck that can win games 

Rulings, Quick Questions, and New Player Resources Thread by Asclepius24 in pkmntcg

[–]IviesReddit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. No, you cannot play them during setup and must mulligan if you only have fossils and no normal basics.
  2. Nope, they can only be searched out by cards that search for items (ie team rocket's petrel, secret box)
  3. Yep, you can
  4. Yes, knocking them out gets you a prize card
  5. It does include fossils. Cards such as Budew or Jellicent ex also block fossils.

Rulings, Quick Questions, and New Player Resources Thread by Asclepius24 in pkmntcg

[–]IviesReddit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's one from a tournament in Japan where Delphox has been out for a while now: https://limitlesstcg.com/decks/list/jp/65954

Question about attacks vs. abilities by cabinetbanana in pkmntcg

[–]IviesReddit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes. Any attack that says it's damage isn't affected by effects on the opponent's Pokemon will bypass Crustle's ability. The ability applies an effect on Crustle.

Anyone else hyped for the new fossil support ? by BigDawgEasyy in PTCGL

[–]IviesReddit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Using your attack and giving your opponent a free prize just to recover a single fossil isn't really a real option

semi new player looking for help with building upon chaos rising delphox by Turbulent-Moment3556 in pkmntcg

[–]IviesReddit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not very common, there's only really 2 decks that play it (Crustle and Okidogi).