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Wow I called 2 GameStops nearby and both said they have not recieved the rules yet. Not to mention, one of the employees were laughing when I asked them for the rules...
Switch clause? That's not even worth mentioning, it's obvious that it was meant to be a joke, and if the person was serious, said person must be an idiot.
Why would you think it's a choice scarf when you mentioned that it took Life Orb damage earlier?
Dragonite used Earthquake!(20% damage). Dragonite was hurt by Life Orb.
Physical sweepers tend to be a bad starters, seeing as how most common leads have intimidate. I prefer special sweepers, such as Specsmence and the like.