Does Heatran GX's "Burning Road" Ability work if it becomes your Active Pokemon as a result of an attack like Archeops' "U-turn"?
As long as Heatran GX becomes your Active Pokemon during YOUR turn, it can use Burning Road.
Burning Road
Heatran-GX
- Type
- POKEMON
- HP
- 190
- Energy Type
- Stage
- BASIC
- Retreat Cost
- Weakness
x2- Rarity
- RARE ULTRA
- Illustrator
- ConceptLab
- Set
- Unified Minds (UNM)
- Number
- 216/258
Abilities
Burning Road
Once during your turn (before your attack), if this Pokémon was on the Bench and became your Active Pokémon this turn, you may move any number of Energy attached to your Pokémon to this Pokémon.
Attacks
Steaming StompHot Burn-GXThis attack does 50 damage times the amount of Energy attached to this Pokémon. (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.)
Rulings (2)
Can I use Arcanine's "Burning Road" Ability any time during my turn, or do I have to use it the moment Arcanine becomes Active?
As soon as Arcanine goes from the Bench to become Active you must choose immediately whether you're going to use Burning Road or not; you cannot delay the action until later in the turn. If you choose not to use Burning Road at that time, you could use it later if Arcanine somehow goes back to the Bench and becomes Active again. Also, if you use an attack like Growlithe's "Hind Kick" and Arcanine becomes Active, you could use Burning Road if you haven't already used it that turn.
Burning Road