richie910842
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Unown G is a great card, but also one of the most confusing as far as what he does and doesn't do. I have a few examples of situations that have been bugging me.
His attachment as a tool: Most cards and rules make it pretty clear the game wants only one pokemon tool on a pokemon, all pokemon tool cards say to attach it to a "pokemon that doesnt already have a pokemon tool attached to it". We've also seen a few loopholes to this apparant rule (Porygon-Z being a very blatent offender). So does the fact that a pokemon power is attaching him circumvent the one tool rule? Can he be attached to a pokemon that already has a tool? If so, must the old tool be discarded? Can a second tool be attached to the same pokemon after Unown G?
Damage Counters: Does placing damage counters (Ala Dusknoir for example, hard feelings or damage even, take your pick) count as damage or an effect of an attack? everything I've ever heard or practiced has held the latter as true, but I recently got into an argument with a friend abount a Hard-Feelings dusnoir attacking my G-protected Dialga, so I would like have this issue resolved, by a pokeprofessor, if possible.
Deflection or Negation: This one also came up in a recent game, though with a different friend. I was playing a Gardevior Lvl X deck, and my opponents benched pokemon had 60 hp Remaining, I had a 50Hp Basic on my bench. I attached an Unown G to said basic and used Bring down. My opponent said that while the effect of the attack cannot knock out my basic, Unown G is preventing the effect entirely, and his 60 HP pokemon cannot be targetted. I told him that Unown G made my Basic an ineffective target, and he could not be selected, and the next lowest HP in play was 60, From which I could select his benched pokemon. This calling had actually been made in my favor by a judge at last year's (Florida)States tournement) He told me that they had recently made a large ruling online that revamped what unown G did and didnt do, and that that ruling was no longer valid. Which of us is right?
Lol, some of the recent answers have just now gotten my girlfriend and I argueing about Platinum Manectric. She's saying that he'll prevent damage counters from being dropped onto a non-manectric benched pokemon (lets say dusnior's damage even is being used here). Im saying that it doesnt count as damage and circumvents manectric, she says that damage is still bein done and manectric says all damage without an reference to whether it comes from an effect of an attack, so its prevented. Who's right?
His attachment as a tool: Most cards and rules make it pretty clear the game wants only one pokemon tool on a pokemon, all pokemon tool cards say to attach it to a "pokemon that doesnt already have a pokemon tool attached to it". We've also seen a few loopholes to this apparant rule (Porygon-Z being a very blatent offender). So does the fact that a pokemon power is attaching him circumvent the one tool rule? Can he be attached to a pokemon that already has a tool? If so, must the old tool be discarded? Can a second tool be attached to the same pokemon after Unown G?
Damage Counters: Does placing damage counters (Ala Dusknoir for example, hard feelings or damage even, take your pick) count as damage or an effect of an attack? everything I've ever heard or practiced has held the latter as true, but I recently got into an argument with a friend abount a Hard-Feelings dusnoir attacking my G-protected Dialga, so I would like have this issue resolved, by a pokeprofessor, if possible.
Deflection or Negation: This one also came up in a recent game, though with a different friend. I was playing a Gardevior Lvl X deck, and my opponents benched pokemon had 60 hp Remaining, I had a 50Hp Basic on my bench. I attached an Unown G to said basic and used Bring down. My opponent said that while the effect of the attack cannot knock out my basic, Unown G is preventing the effect entirely, and his 60 HP pokemon cannot be targetted. I told him that Unown G made my Basic an ineffective target, and he could not be selected, and the next lowest HP in play was 60, From which I could select his benched pokemon. This calling had actually been made in my favor by a judge at last year's (Florida)States tournement) He told me that they had recently made a large ruling online that revamped what unown G did and didnt do, and that that ruling was no longer valid. Which of us is right?
Lol, some of the recent answers have just now gotten my girlfriend and I argueing about Platinum Manectric. She's saying that he'll prevent damage counters from being dropped onto a non-manectric benched pokemon (lets say dusnior's damage even is being used here). Im saying that it doesnt count as damage and circumvents manectric, she says that damage is still bein done and manectric says all damage without an reference to whether it comes from an effect of an attack, so its prevented. Who's right?
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