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Attacks, damage and Prize cards

Check the cost, work out the damage in order, and take the right number of Prize cards.

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After this guide you can

  • Work out damage with Weakness and Resistance.
  • Say how many Prize cards a Knock Out gives for each kind of Pokémon.

Worked example: Miraidon ex attacks Charmander

Draw or check the Energy cost

Active Spot

Miraidon ex, Basic, 220 HP

220 HP

Opposing Active

Charmander, Basic, 60 HP

60 HP

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Check the Energy. Photon Blaster costs two Lightning and one Colorless, and Miraidon ex has them attached.

Miraidon ex, Scarlet & Violet, illustrated by 5ban Graphics. Charmander, Obsidian Flames, illustrated by DOM. Card images from TCGdex. Pokémon is a trademark of Nintendo, Creatures and GAME FREAK. BinderLoot is unofficial and is not endorsed by them.

  • An attack needs the Energy its cost shows attached to the Active Pokémon. A Colorless symbol accepts any type of Energy.

    Rulebook: Turn Actions, p. 13; 3 Card Types, p. 6

  • A Pokémon with damage at least equal to its HP is Knocked Out. Its owner discards it with its attached cards, and the opponent takes Prize cards.

    Rulebook: Turn Actions, p. 14

  • A Knock Out gives 1 Prize card, 2 for a Pokémon ex, and 3 for a Mega Evolution Pokémon ex.

    Rulebook: Turn Actions, p. 14; Appendix 5: Pokémon ex, p. 26; Appendix 1: Mega Evolution Pokémon ex, p. 23

The damage order

  1. 1Start with the damage printed beside the attack.
  2. 2Add the effects on your attacking Pokémon.
  3. 3Apply the Weakness of the defending Active Pokémon, for example ×2.
  4. 4Apply its Resistance, for example −30.
  5. 5Apply the effects on the defending Pokémon. Each 10 damage is one damage counter.

  • Damage is worked out in this order: the base damage, effects on the attacker, Weakness, Resistance, then effects on the defending Pokémon. Each 10 damage is one damage counter.

    Rulebook: Full details of attacking, p. 20

  • Weakness and Resistance apply only to the opponent's Active Pokémon, never to a Benched Pokémon.

    Rulebook: Turn Actions, p. 14

Prize cards for each Knock Out

1
Prize card for most Pokémon
2
Prize cards for a Pokémon ex
3
Prize cards for a Mega Evolution Pokémon ex

A regular Pokémon awards one Prize card. A Pokémon ex awards two. A Mega Evolution Pokémon ex awards three. Take your own face-down Prize cards into your hand.

Your turn: Charmeleon attacks

  • Charmeleon, Stage1, 90 HPCharmeleonPokemon — Stage1

Charmeleon, Obsidian Flames, illustrated by Ryota Murayama. Card images from TCGdex. Pokémon is a trademark of Nintendo, Creatures and GAME FREAK. BinderLoot is unofficial and is not endorsed by them.

Charmeleon uses Heat Tackle, 70 damage. The defending Active Pokémon has 120 HP and Weakness to Fire ×2.

1 / 2How much damage does Heat Tackle do to it?
2 / 2Is the defending Pokémon Knocked Out?

Check yourself

1 / 4You Knock Out Miraidon ex. How many Prize cards do you take?
2 / 4You Knock Out a Mega Evolution Pokémon ex. How many Prize cards do you take?
3 / 4An attack of 50 damage hits a Pokémon with Resistance −30 to that type. How much damage does it take?
4 / 4An effect puts 2 damage counters on a Pokémon with Weakness ×2 to that type. How many counters go on it?
Next guideEvolution and Special ConditionsEvolve on the right turn, and resolve the five Special Conditions in Pokémon Checkup.

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