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Does Tyrantrum Ex with special energy on it ignore Assault Vest's damage reduction due to its ability or is the damage reduced? I'm thinking it does due to the way G-Booster ignored Silver Mirror, but there are differences in Trex scenario that may make a difference here.

When Mewtwo attacks with Photon Wave, which reduces damage by 30 next turn and Seismitoad Ex with Muscle Band plays Quaking Punch, does QP do zero or 20? I seem to recall something about when base damage is reduced to zero, MB cannot add, but I'm not sure about the order of the damage...

Do attacks like Shred and Tyrantum's Despotic Fang go through it for the OHKO?

Player searches deck for an N, tosses it on the field. Inattentive opponent shuffles hand back into deck. Ruling: DGL. Player left an N on the field, opponent did not maintain game state. Player should not have left N in the "play area". Now, for the last 2 years, the proper play of a...

In top cut, Player A counts his deck from the top down, reversing the order of the cards. His stated intent was to play a Colres next and he was counting to assure himself he would not deck out. The judge ruled it a shuffle without the use of a card effect and issued a prize card penalty...

Who has actually run a league challenge in extended? How was attendance? What kind of decks showed up? What sort of decks did well?

Jack and Joey were playing in a Cities in Top 4. Jack has 3 prizes left and Joey has six. At the end of turn 3 Joey is to play. If he KO's a Pokemon, he loses as 4 prizes will have been taken and he loses 3 prizes to 5. How does this make any sense? He does not take a prize and the game...

Optimization of Search - A Rational Approach Andrew C. Kolbert, Ph.D., M.T.M. As most of these articles start with a Pokemon resume, here it is – I won a Regionals once, top 16nd in another, and top cutted in a couple of cities and BR/League challenges. Not particularly impressive, I’ll...

Gardevoir DE Psychic Mirage - each basic psychic energy attached to your psychic Pokemon provides 2 psychic energies. Does the ability's doubling of energy also increase attack damage from an opposing Mewtwo EX or Yveltal EX?

Has there been any official announcement of the actual dates and specific location of Worlds this year?

Are Victory Medals still in format?

Opponent has Virizion EX out and active has a grass energy. There is no Garbador on the field. Can I play hypnotoxic laser? I suspect so, but how does that not violate the rule against playing a trainer to no effect on the game state? How do I explain this to the players in a judging...

If Protection Cube is attached to a Black Kyurem EX, can he be damaged by an opponent's Black Ballista?

Can someone explain this? Even as a joke, it would cost the seller $1000 to sell it to himself...

Malamar - Mental Trash: Your opponent flips 4 coins. For each tails he discards a card from his or her hand Victini - Victory Star: Once during your turn after you flip any coins for an attack, you may ignore... Can I Victory Star after I attack with Mental Trash or is the fact that my...

I got a ruling that DCE attachment to a non-Plasma Pokemon when Frozen City is out puts 20 damage on the Pokemon, not 40. I presume this is correct as neighboring players seemed to know it. Has this been errata'd? The wording on the card seems clear enough to me; energy not energy cards.

As First Ticket no longer has a gameplay effect, can it even be played? It seems that would violate the meta-rule of no trainer can be played to no effect. How can a card that cannot be played be a legal deck component? I presume as well that you cannot Bicycle for 0 for the same reason, right?

If a Pokemon is poisoned at the end of +3, does poison take effect, and is the damage added prior to checking for KOs?

I'd like to make a suggestion to TOs. We are now paying $5-$10 to enter premier events and I've found most TOs use this money to bring prizes deep into the tournament rankings. Most masters do not need these packs (LT packs least of all) and most competitive players in any division don't...

How is a "best finish" determined? Is it by points awarded or is it by placement in the event? An odd potential situation has arisen from the grouping of States and Regionals with a BFL of 4. Specifically, that a 1st place in a States (worth 100 CP) could knock a 2nd place Regionals (135...