Zeraora V · Chilling Reign (CRE) #053

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   Twylis

   (2 months ago)

   Wondering if Cross Fist would get the secondary effect from the same Zeraora V if you retreated it to the bench and then switched it back to the active spot. This works for circumventing “next turn, this pokemon can’t attack” drawbacks since benching the pokemon clears that status, so logically it would similarly “reset” this Zeraora’s status as the initial user of Cross Fist.

   The frequently-unreliable Compendium addresses using a different Zeraora V, but doesn’t address this scenario:
   https://compendium.pokegym.net/category/3-attacks/cross-fist/

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     EctoCandyTwylis

     (2 months ago)

     I don’t think bringing this Zeraora V to the Bench and back again would give it the secondary effect because it’s based on a condition, not an effect. Something like “During your next turn, this pokemon can’t attack” is an effect applied to the pokemon that uses the attack, which disappears when it goes to the Bench. This attack, though, doesn’t apply any effect to the user that can disappear, it’s just a check you make when the pokemon attacks.

     (Side note – The Ninja Boy ruling in the link says that Zeraora V’s attack wouldn’t have its secondary effect activate if it replaced a Rapid Strike pokemon this turn via Ninja Boy. I do think that’s true, but not because any effects carry over – It’s because Zeraora and the pokemon it replaced are being treated as the same, so there is no “other” pokemon that used an attack last turn.)

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       TwylisEctoCandy

       (2 months ago)

       Oh true, that makes sense.

       I do think removing Zeraora V from “public” play (e.g. returning to hand with AZ or the upcoming Professor Turo’s Scenario) and playing it again would at least work for getting the effect, since there’d be no differentiating the newly replayed first Zeraora V from a hypothetical additional copy.

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