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What are Stadium cards?

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Stadium cards are cards that give some Pokemon advantages. Play them if they favor your Pokemon type.

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What does “bench” mean?

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Your bench is where all of your Basic Pokémon go. If you don’t have more than one basic Pokémon, that’s okay. You don’t need a bench.

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How do I retreat my Pokémon?

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To retreat a Pokémon, you need to look at the energy cost. Then, put that much energy in that Pokémon in order to retreat it.

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Is this mostly one on one matches, and can it be played without energy?

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Yes. This game is a one-on-one game, since it is designed for only two people to play at a time. You can't play the game without energy cards, unless you use Pokemon cards that all have attacks that don't require energy.

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How can I use an ability?

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You can use it anytime you want. Abilities do not require an energy. You can use abilities from active Pokémon or benched Pokémon.

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What is a basic Pokémon?

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A basic Pokémon is a Pokémon that hasn’t been evolved yet. You can evolve your basic Pokémon if you have the evolution form in your hand and you have that basic Pokémon in your bench or Active position.

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Can I use old Pokemon cards?

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If you are playing with friends then you can vote on it and elect to use old cards, but tournaments typically do not allow this.

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What's everything that energy does?

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Energy simply fuels the attacks. There are some cards called "special energy" that have extra effects.

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Do you discard energy cards after attacking?

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No. The energy will always stay on the Pokemon. You simply need to have them attached to attack. You only discard energy if it specifically tells you to.

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Can you take Pokemon off the bench back in to your hand?

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No, not unless stated by its effect or an effect on the field, you cannot ever do this.

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Can a Pokemon do more than 1 attack per turn if it has the energy to do so?

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Unfortunately, no. 2 attacks would be fairly OP, no matter what. Stacking energy (unless it has an attack that sends energy to the discard) is useless and a waste as you then have to wait for the Pokemon to get KO'd and even then, the energy goes to the discard.

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Does this energy stay with this Pokemon or do I discard it?

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At the end of the day, it depends on the description of the attack. For most attacks, no! You don't have to discard energy after using an attack. Just make sure that you read the effect text (if there is anything).

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If you attack and knock out an opponent's active Pokemon, the opponent's Pokemon and any energy cards go into their discard pile. Does the attacking Pokemon and its energy go into a discard pile also?

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No. The only time a Pokemon goes into the discard pile is when it is knocked out. The attacking Pokemon does not go into the discard pile unless the instructions under the attack say so.

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