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       Banned Items and Clauses
       By: Shadow Date: August 27, 2013, 6:59 am
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       While normally banning unreleased and/or illegitimate Pokémon,
       moves, items, and Abilities, there are other sets of rules set
       to be followed by players in varying contexts, may they be
       official or otherwise.
       Most rule variants employ certain restrictions, which are known
       as clauses in the fandom. The following clauses have seen
       considerable usage:
       Species clause: Each Pokémon on a player's team must be of
       different species or National Pokédex number.
       Item clause: Each Pokémon on a player's team must be holding
       different items.
       Self-KO clause: The player automatically loses if his last
       Pokémon uses Selfdestruct or Explosion. Destiny Bond and Perish
       Song also fail when used by the last Pokémon.
       Event clause: Pokémon and items that have only been released
       through events, such as Mew, are ineligible. This is often
       unheard of due to the Pokémon (and sometimes items) banned being
       specified.
       Sleep clause: Each player can only have one Pokémon asleep at a
       time (Pokémon that are put to sleep due to Rest do not count).
       Freeze clause: Each player can only have one Pokémon frozen at a
       time.
       Evasion clause: Double Team, Minimize, BrightPowder, and Lax
       Incense are banned. This is sometimes expanded to include less
       direct measures to increase evasion, such as Acupressure, Moody,
       Sand Veil, and Snow Cloak.
       One-hit KO clause: Fissure, Horn Drill, Guillotine, and Sheer
       Cold, are banned.
       Sleep trapping clause: Followed mainly in Generation II
       competitive play, sleep-inducing moves cannot be used in
       conjunction with moves that trap the opposing Pokémon, such as
       Mean Look.
       There are other rules normally followed only by official
       tournaments, such as:
       No two or more Pokémon can have the same nickname.
       Pokémon cannot be nicknamed with the name of another Pokémon
       (i.e. An Unfezant named "Pidove" or "Arbok").
       In addition, official Generation V tournaments have required the
       use of the Battle Box feature introduced by Pokémon Black and
       White.
       Current Banned Items as of Generation 5:
       BrightPowder (If Evasion Clause is in use)
       Lax Incense (If Evasion Clause is in use)
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