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Why doesn't Tech Machine Devolution work against Archeops?

JRH82
JRH82 Member Posts: 9
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Can somebody please tell me why Technical Machine Devolution does not work against Archeops? It would be much easier to battle against the Lugia V star decks if it did…

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  • grriffinn
    grriffinn Member Posts: 142 ✭✭✭
    Third Anniversary 100 Comments 25 Likes 5 Answers

    It’s because Archeops is always brought into play via Lugia VSTAR’s Summoning Star Ability, using it lets you put Archeops (or any other Colorless-type Pokémon without a Rule Box) onto your Bench directly without evolving. Technical Machine Devolution requires that a Stage 1/Basic Pokémon has to be below the target Pokémon so Archeops is left alone because it didn’t evolve from an Archen (or Unidentified Fossil via Rare Candy).