Gamer's Promised Land

These first six clauses are standard rules that, unless stated, will and shall be used in all battles that you will come across.

Evasion Clause - You and your opponent can not use evasion increasing moves like Double Team and Minimize. This clause does not include Accuracy reducing moves, as this is considered Pseudo Phazer.

Legit/Legal Clause - None of the pokemon can have illegal movesets, 999 in all stats, 255 EVs in all stats, 31 IVs in all stats, or have been caught in places that they normally wouldn't have been caught at. An example of an illegal moveset would be would be a Magnezone with Flamethrower or Salamance with Ice Beam.

OHKO Clause - You and your opponent can not use moves that causes instant one-hit knockouts. Some examples would be Sheer Cold, Fissure, and Guillotine.

Sleep Clause - Only one pokemon can be put to sleep (on your side of the field) at a time. The only time your opponent can use another sleep move is when your pokemon either wakes up or faints, then your opponent can use a sleep move again. The move Rest does not count toward sleep clause, so if your opponent were to put a Pokemon asleep because of Rest, you can still use a sleep inducing move on your opponent. If you put to sleep a Pokemon that has the ability Natural Cure and your opponent switches out this Pokemon, you can put to sleep pokemon without breaking this clause.

Species Clause - You and your opponent can not use more than one of the same pokemon. This means that you or your opponent can not use two Infernapes or Garchomps or two of the same pokemon in general.

Uber Clause - You and your opponent can not use ubers in a battle. This is generally used because ubers have insanely high base stats that run up to 150 or more. Ubers include Mew, Mewtwo, Lugia, Ho-oh, Deoxys(Speed form is not an uber), Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, Latias, Latios, Palkia, Dialga, Manaphy, Giratina, Darkrai, Arceus

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Now for rules that usually aren't used in standard battles but you might be asked to follow them.

Focus Sash/Choice Item Clause - You and your opponent can not use more than one Focus Sash and Choice Items (Choice Scarf, Choice Specs, Choice Band) in a battle.

Freeze Clause - You and your opponent cannot use moves that can freeze you after a Pokemon has already been frozen. You will have to wait for the frozen Pokemon to faint or thaw out before you can use another move that can possibly cause a freeze. Even though that it is a rare occurance to freeze your opponent's Pokemon, not many people feel like losing due to a freeze. A few moves that cause freeze would be Ice Punch, Ice Beam, Blizzard, and Powder Snow.

Item Clause - You and your opponent can not use Pokemon that hold the same items on their team. Leftovers is usually excluded from Item Clause, but it is up to the person who uses the Clause. Items that have the same effect, like Leftovers, do not count as the same Item.

Luck items Clause - You and your oppnent can not use Items that rely on luck to be activated. Some examples are Focus Band, Bright Powder, and Quick Claw.

Perfect IV Clause - You and your opponent can not use Pokemon that have perfect IVs in all stats, since it is so rare to get Pokemon with 31 IVs in all stats. Many would consider it hacking if you have a Pokemon with 31 IVs in all stats.

Self-KO clause - You and your opponent can not use moves that KO yourself when it is your last Pokemon vs your opponent's last Pokemon. This is to avoid draws in battle. Some examples are Self-Destruct and Explosion. Destiny Bond does fall under this clause if it works.

Skarmbliss/SkarmCressBliss Clause(Strict Clause) - You and your opponent cannot use Skarmory and Blissey (and Cresselia, if you are using SkarmCressBliss Clause) on the same team. You can only have one of them on your team, whereas the Strict Clause doesn't allow the use of any those pokemon on your team.

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GPL's Standard Clauses

Evasion Clause

Legal/Legit Clause

OHKO Clause

Species Clause

Uber Clause

Self-KO Clause

(Loose)SkarmCressBliss Clause