TCG Battle: Talon87 vs Balmund

[Talon87]

Playing Erika's Maids. Revealing an Erika's Gloom and an Erika's Bellsprout in my hand. I get to look at my deck and find up to two Pokémon with "Erika" in their names.

*Awaiting Ref PM before continuing with the effects of Erika's Maids*

[Acio29619]

Talon87 does indeed have Erika's Maids in his Hand and is played.
Erika's Maids: Trade 2 of the other cards in your hand for up to 2 Basic Pokémon and/or Evolution cards with Erika in their names
from your deck. Show those cards to your opponent, then put them into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.

I will PM you in a sec.

[Talon87]

Continuing with the effect of Erika's Maids, I'll select Erika's Vileplume and Erika's Weepinbell. These cards are added to my hand while the two other cards (Erika's Bellsprout and Erika's Gloom) are returned to my deck. I then shuffle my deck.

I play Erika's Bellsprout, placing it on the bench.

I play Erika's Gloom, evolving Erika's Oddish into Erika's Gloom.

I play a Grass Energy, attaching it to Erika's Gloom.

And I end my turn.

[Acio29619]

Sorry for the delay

Talon87 played Erika's Maids, exchanging the two cards he revealed in his Hand



for these two new cards:



His Deck will be shuffled.

Talon87 does indeed have an Erika's Bellsprout and is placed on the Bench.

Also has Erika's Gloom and is attached to Erika's Oddish, thus evolving it.

Also has a Grass Energy in hand and is attached to Erika's Gloom.

Ends turn.

Talon87

Active Pokemon


Scyther (ND) [Paralyzed]
HP: 20/60
Energy: 2 Grass

Bench


Erika's Gloom (GH)
HP: 50/60
Energy: 2 Grass


Erika's Bellsprout (GH)
HP: 50/50
Energy:

Cards in Hand: 4
Cards in Discard Pile: 4
Prizes remaining: 6
Cards in Deck: 38


Balmund

Active Pokemon


Azumarill (NG) [Focus Band]
HP: 60/70
Energy: 3 Water

Bench


Marill (NG) #2
HP: 40/40
Energy:


Lanturn (NG)
HP: 70/70
Energy 1 Electric|1 Water

Cards in Hand: 3
Cards in Discard Pile: 4
Prizes remaining: 5
Cards in Deck: 37


Between turns Talon87's Scyther is cured of Paralysis.

Balmund may act after I PM his Draw.

[Balmund]

-Playing a Bill's Teleporter from my hand.
*Awaits Coin Flip*

[Acio29619]

So sorry for delay.

Balmund does indeed have Bill's Teleporter in Hand and is played.

Bill's Teleporter: Flip a coin. If heads, draw 4 cards.

Coin Flip
.............HEADS!

Balmund will Draw 4 Cards, which will be PMd to him once I setup his Deck from when he had to Shuffle it before. (late >.>)

[Balmund]

-Attaching a Lightning Energy to my benched Lanturn.
-Attacking with Bubble Shower.
-Taking my Prize #2.
*Ends Turn*

[Acio29619]

Balmund successfully played Bill'd Teleporter and drew 4 Cards.

Does indeed have an Electric Energy in Hand and is attached to Lanturn.

Attacks with Bubble Shower: Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon
is now Paralyzed and this attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's
Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Superfluous Coin Flip
.........HEADS!
Talon87's Scyther takes 30 Damage and is Knocked Out/Paralyzed!
Talon87's Benched pokemon also take 10 Damage.

Balmund will take his Prize #2

Talon87

Active Pokemon


Scyther (ND) [Paralyzed/Knocked Out]
HP: 00/60
Energy: 2 Grass

Bench


Erika's Gloom (GH)
HP: 40/60
Energy: 2 Grass


Erika's Bellsprout (GH)
HP: 40/50
Energy:

Cards in Hand: 4
Cards in Discard Pile: 4
Prizes remaining: 6
Cards in Deck: 38


Balmund

Active Pokemon


Azumarill (NG) [Focus Band]
HP: 60/70
Energy: 3 Water

Bench


Marill (NG) #2
HP: 40/40
Energy:


Lanturn (NG)
HP: 70/70
Energy 2 Electric|1 Water

Cards in Hand: 6
Cards in Discard Pile: 5
Prizes remaining: 5 (Will be 4)
Cards in Deck: 32


Talon87 may Act after I PM his Draw.

[Talon87]

I play Erika. I elect to draw three cards.

*Awaiting Ref PM before continuing turn*

[Acio29619]

Talon87 does indeed have Erika in Hand and is played.

You may draw up to 3 cards, then your opponent may draw up to 3 cards.

Talon87 will Draw 3 cards, Balmund may post to make his selection.

[Balmund]

I also choose to draw 3 cards from my deck.

[Talon87]

Attaching a Grass Energy to Erika's Gloom.

Evolving Erika's Gloom into Erika's Vileplume.

Attacking Balmund's Azumarill with Erika's Vileplume. Mega Drain!

Removing two damage counters from Erika's Vileplume as per the effects of Mega Drain.

Ending my turn.

[Acio29619]

Talon87 used Erika and drew 3 cards, Balmund did the same.

Does indeed have a Grass Energy in Hand and is attached to Erika's Gloom, which is Talon87's new Active Pokemon.

Also has Erika's Vileplume and is attached to Erika's Gloom, thus evolving it.

Attacks with Mega Drain: If Erika's Vileplume does damage to the Defending Pokémon (after applying Weakness and
Resistance), remove a number of damage counters from Erika's Vileplume equal to half the damage done to the Defending Pokémon
(rounded up to the nearest 10). If Erika's Vileplume has fewer damage counters than that, remove all of them.

Azumarill takes 30 Damage and Erika's Vileplume recovers 20 Damage!

Talon87

Active Pokemon


Erika's Vileplume (GH)
HP: 80/80
Energy: 3 Grass

Bench


Erika's Bellsprout (GH)
HP: 40/50
Energy:

Cards in Hand: 5
Cards in Discard Pile: 8
Prizes remaining: 6
Cards in Deck: 34


Balmund

Active Pokemon


Azumarill (NG) [Focus Band]
HP: 30/70
Energy: 3 Water

Bench


Marill (NG) #2
HP: 40/40
Energy:


Lanturn (NG)
HP: 70/70
Energy 2 Electric|1 Water

Cards in Hand: 10
Cards in Discard Pile: 5
Prizes remaining: 4
Cards in Deck: 29


Balmund may act after I PM his Draw.

[Balmund]

-Attaching a Water Energy to my benched Lanturn.
-Attacking with Bubble Shower.
*Ends Turn*

[Acio29619]

Balmund does indeed have a Water Energy in Hand and is attached to Lanturn.

Attacks with Bubble Shower: Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon
is now Paralyzed and this attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's
Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Coin Flip
.........HEADS! Erika's Vileplume takes 30 Damage and is Paralyzed! Talon87's Bench takes 10 Damage!

Talon87

Active Pokemon


Erika's Vileplume (GH) [Paralyzed]
HP: 50/80
Energy: 3 Grass

Bench


Erika's Bellsprout (GH)
HP: 30/50
Energy:

Cards in Hand: 5
Cards in Discard Pile: 8
Prizes remaining: 6
Cards in Deck: 34


Balmund

Active Pokemon


Azumarill (NG) [Focus Band]
HP: 30/70
Energy: 3 Water

Bench


Marill (NG) #2
HP: 40/40
Energy:


Lanturn (NG)
HP: 70/70
Energy 2 Electric|2 Water

Cards in Hand: 10
Cards in Discard Pile: 5
Prizes remaining: 4
Cards in Deck: 28


Before Talon87 acts he may choose to activate Erika's Vileplume's Pokemon Power. The turn is not officially over until his decision is made.

[Talon87]

I choose to activate it.

[Acio29619]

Talon87 elects to use Erika's Vileplume's Pokemon Power.

Pollen Defense
If an attack does damage to Erika's Vileplume while it's your Active Pokémon (even if it's Knocked Out), flip a coin.
If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused. This power works even while Erika's Vileplume is Asleep,
Confused, or Paralyzed.

Coin Flip
.........TAILS!
Unsuccessful. Talon87 may act when ready.

[Talon87]

I play Erika's Bellsprout, placing it on my bench.

I attach a Grass Energy to Erika's Bellsprout (the one I just played).

I end my turn.

[Acio29619]

Talon87 does indeed have an Erika's Bellsprout in Hand and is placed on the Bench.

Also has Grass Energy in Hand and is attached to the recently Benched Erika's Bellsprout (which shall now be #2)

Ends turn.

Talon87

Active Pokemon


Erika's Vileplume (GH) [Paralyzed]
HP: 50/80
Energy: 3 Grass

Bench


Erika's Bellsprout #1 (GH)
HP: 30/50
Energy:


Erika's Bellsprout #2 (GH)
HP: 50/50
Energy: 1 Grass

Cards in Hand: 4
Cards in Discard Pile: 8
Prizes remaining: 6
Cards in Deck: 33


Balmund

Active Pokemon


Azumarill (NG) [Focus Band]
HP: 30/70
Energy: 3 Water

Bench


Marill (NG) #2
HP: 40/40
Energy:


Lanturn (NG)
HP: 70/70
Energy 2 Electric|2 Water

Cards in Hand: 10
Cards in Discard Pile: 5
Prizes remaining: 4
Cards in Deck: 28


Balmund may act after I PM his Draw.

[Balmund]

-Attaching a Water Energy to my benched Lanturn.
-Retreating Azumarill and discarding a Water Energy attached to it to pay for its retreat cost.
-Making Lanturn my active Pokémon.
-Attacking with Floodlight.
-Picking Prize #3.
*Ends Turn*

[Acio29619]

Balmund does indeed have a Water Energy in Hand and is attached to Lanturn.

Discards a Water Energy from Azumarill to Retreat to the Bench. Lanturn is new Active Pokemon.

Attacks with Floodlight: Floodlight
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

Coin Flip
...........HEADS!

Since you posted taking a Prize I assume you used Lanturn's Pokemon Power: Hydroelectric Power

You may make Floodlight do 10 more damage for each Energy attached to Lanturn but not used to pay for Floodlight's
Energy cost. This power can't be used if Lanturn is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed.

Lanturn has 3 Water Energy cards, so that is a total of 50 Damage Erika's Vileplume takes, knocking it out!

Talon87

Active Pokemon


Erika's Vileplume (GH) [Paralyzed] (Knocked Out)
HP: 0/80
Energy: 3 Grass

Bench


Erika's Bellsprout #1 (GH)
HP: 30/50
Energy:


Erika's Bellsprout #2 (GH)
HP: 50/50
Energy: 1 Grass

Cards in Hand: 4
Cards in Discard Pile: 8
Prizes remaining: 6
Cards in Deck: 33


Balmund

Active Pokemon


Lanturn (NG)
HP: 70/70
Energy 2 Electric|3 Water

Bench


Marill (NG) #2
HP: 40/40
Energy:


Azumarill (NG) [Focus Band]
HP: 30/70
Energy: 2 Water

Cards in Hand: 10
Cards in Discard Pile: 6
Prizes remaining: 4 (Will be 3)
Cards in Deck: 27


Balmund will take a Prize card.

Talon87 may act after I PM his Draw and decides to use Erika's Vilplume's Pokemon Power or not.

[Talon87]

I choose to use Erika's Vileplume's Pokémon Power.

I choose the Erika's Bellsprout with more damage counters to be my active Pokémon.

I play Erika's Weepinbell to evolve the Erika's Bellsprout on my bench.

I play Super Energy Removal, and remove the Grass Energy attached to my benched Weepinbell, to force Balmund to remove the two Electric Energies he has attached to his Lanturn.

I play Switch because I can and switch in Erika's Weepinbell.

I play Professor Oak, discarding the one card left in my hand to draw seven new cards.

Awaiting PM before continuing turn.

[Acio29619]

Everything Talon87 posted is confirmed, I'll formally post everything after I PM his Professor Oak draw and he finishes his turn.

He will be PM'd in a sec.

[Acio29619]

My apologies, I had forgotten to post the results of Erika's Vileplume Pokemon Power. I should have included it in the previous post, but here it is.

Pollen Defense
If an attack does damage to Erika's Vileplume while it's your Active Pokémon (even if it's Knocked Out), flip a coin.
If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused. This power works even while Erika's Vileplume is Asleep,
Confused, or Paralyzed.

Coin Flip
...........HEADS!
Balmund's Lanturn is now Confused. Talon87 may continue his turn when he is ready.

[Talon87]

I attach a Grass Energy to Erika's Weepinbell.

I end my turn.