1. Lets say I put starmie asleep. It switches out. am I free to put somethign else asleep or would it be breaking sleep clause? it has natural cure, but am I allowed to "assume" it awoke when switching out or do i have to see it awake first?
If it has Natural Cure, you don't break sleep clause. If, however, it has Illuminate, and you put something else to sleep, then you lose - though you should ask your opponent to bring Starmie back in to prove it was still asleep (or if battling in person just check it on their screen).
A similar situation arises if Heal Bell is used when the team has switched-out sleeping Pokemon which have Soundproof as one of their two abilities.
This actually brings another question about Sleep Clause -
would losing due to it in such a circumstance be considered attempted cheating? Were you to for example violate Evasion Clause, or bring an Uber into what you agreed was an OU match, most people would not only say that you lose, but also that you're a cheat. Were you to Spore the opposing lead and immediately Spore the switch-in, many people would call that cheating too. But if you sleep a second enemy Pokemon when the first one may or may not be awake, depending on their ability, is that cheating or just taking a huge gamble?
