Pokemon Trading Card Game - Can you switch/discard a pokemon from a full bench at any time?

Question

Basically...can you discard any card you want just randomly?

Answer 1

no i dont think you can...

Answer 2

Discarding cards, the answer is no, not unless is part of a play. You also cannot discard a pokemon from your bench unless it is a Fossil and it says on the card what you can do.

You can have a zero card hand though.

You can retreat the active pokemon once per turn but must pay the retreat cost, it's shown on the monsters card, some have a free retreat cost. You can discard a Fossil from the active spot and move a pokemon from the bench to active, you can discard as many Fossils as you have in play but must have an active pokemon otherwise you loose the game.

You may switch your active with a benched pokemon of your choice using trainer cards, pokepowers and pokebodies. For trainer cards you can switch as many times as you have cards that allow you to do so. Pokebodies and Pokepowers will state whether you can only use the power once or more than once per turn.

Some attacks alow your to switch after the attack, the attack ends your turn