posted May 27, 2003 06:41 AM            

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{F} Mountain Smasher Flip a number of coins equal to the number of {F} Energy cards attached to Dark Tyranitar. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads. Then,for each heads, discard the top card from your opponent’s deck. 20x

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posted May 28, 2003 08:29 AM           

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Must an "official ruling" exist for every single situation?

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Quite frankly, no it shouldn't, BJJ, but when Judges can't agree at a tournament, doesn't that in itself display there is possible misrepresentation of the rules and unclear judgment being made which ultimately hurts the players and supporters of this TCG??!!

Whereas I agree with what you are saying about the Energy Trans/ Heavy Metal situation, some judges concur and some don't. So if this is a judgement problem, then shouldn't that condone a ruling??

It is a simple solution to everyone involved: Players, TOs, Judges when specific rulings are made about apecfifc cards.

Why can't one ruling be made for Rainbow and Crystal that goes something to the extent of:

When Rainbow and Crystal Energy(when another basic energy is attached to that pokemon) are attached, they provide all types of energy at the same time but only one at a time and count as that Energy Card , but not a Basic Energy Card.

See.. simple and clear.. then Judges can make a ruling based on fact and not interpretation.. that is all I am saying..

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posted May 29, 2003 07:49 AM            

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Q. If I have two Rainbow energy attached to a Dark Charizard and I flip two heads, can I discard the Rainbow Energy or do I have to have Fire Energy cards?
A. You could discard the Rainbow Energy as they do count as all basic energy types. (June 22, 2000 WotC Chat, Q227)

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Q. If an attack says to discard a specific type of energy card to use that attack, can a Rainbow Energy be used to pay that cost? There a few new cards that that would be important to based on the wordings.
A. Yes, you can.

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Q. Crystal Energy states that it provides Energy of all types (colors) of basic energy attached to the Pokemon Crystal Energy is attached to, does that mean that if you have a fighting energy and fire energy attached to the pokemon it provides one energy
A. Crystal actually just provides one energy from the look at the top right corner of the card, so it would either make one Fire or one Fighting. It's sort of a limited Rainbow Energy.

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Q. If you attach a Crystal Energy to a pokemon with an energy card that has been changed somehow (i.e. Porygon2's Energy Converter), does Crystal Energy provide the new converted energy type, or the original energy type listed on the Basic Energy card?
A. It would provide the original type shown on the Basic Energy card.

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A. If I play a Rocket Zapdos and attach three rainbow to it and one lets say potion energy, do the three rainbow do 10 damage each to Zapdos when I use Electroburn???
A. While Rainbow energy is in play it counts as every type, so yes it would do 10 damage.

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Q. With Aquapolis Scizor's attack "Heavy Metal", can you use a Rainbow Energy as the Metal requirement?
A. I would say yes. It is not asking for a specific card. If a card provides energy of a type, it is considered an energy card of that type. (emphasis added).

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