Can you retreat a confused Pokemon?

A Confused Pokémon can retreat to the Bench normally, where it loses all Special Conditions. When you attack with a Confused Pokémon, you flip a coin. On heads, the attack works normally, but on tails your Pokémon receives 3 damage counters and the attack ends without effect.

What happens if you have no Benched Pokemon?

Pokemon on the bench are optional. If the opponents active Pokemon is knocked out, and they have no pokemon on the bench to replace it, the attacking player wins.

Can you attack benched Pokemon?

Adam Wiemers. If an attack explicitly states that benched Pokémon take damage, then yes. When this occurs though, keep in mind that you do not apply weakness or resistance to benched Pokémon.

Do you always have to have an active Pokemon?

It is mandatory to have an active Pokémon! This goes so far, that if you don’t have a basic Pokémon in your hand at the beginning of the game, you get a mulligan – show your cards to your opponent, put your hand back into the deck, shuffle and draw a new starting hand. The opponent may draw an extra card.

When you evolve a Pokemon does it heal?

Evolving into a break is the same as regular evolution. It does not remove damage, but does heal all special conditions.

Do you draw on your first turn in Pokemon?

At the beginning of the game, one player flips a coin or rolls a dice and the winner of the flip or roll decides who goes first or second. Each player then draws a seven-card hand and puts down a Basic Pokémon card face down as their ‘active.

Can you evolve on first turn?

No one can evolve first turn. You can’t evolve a pokemon unless it has been in play for an entire turn. As pokemon evolutions count as new pokemon in game terms, that means you can only evolve a pokemon one stage per turn, so no going from basic-> stage1 -> stage2 in a single turn.