Relevant wording on Giga Drain: "After your attack, remove from this Pokemon the number of damage counters equal to the damage you did to the Defending Pokemon."
I read that as: "After your attack, remove X damage counters from this Pokemon. X equals the damage dealt to the Defending Pokemon." which leads me to say "50 damage dealt == 50 damage counters removed" which, in my opinion, is broken.
If I were to rewrite that effect with, what I guess to be the intent of the wording, I would say: "After your attack, remove 1 damage counter from this Pokemon for every 10 damage dealt to the Defending Pokemon." OR "After your attack, remove from this Pokemon a number of damage counters equal to the damage dealt to the Defending Pokemon divided by 10."
Which way is it supposed to be played? "50 damage dealt == 50 damage counters removed" (broken way) or "50 damage dealt == 5 damage counters removed" (presumed intent)? I would guess the second way, but I'm not entirely sure.
Hopefully one of the people who words the cards sees this and takes it into acocunt for future similar effects.
I read that as: "After your attack, remove X damage counters from this Pokemon. X equals the damage dealt to the Defending Pokemon." which leads me to say "50 damage dealt == 50 damage counters removed" which, in my opinion, is broken.
If I were to rewrite that effect with, what I guess to be the intent of the wording, I would say: "After your attack, remove 1 damage counter from this Pokemon for every 10 damage dealt to the Defending Pokemon." OR "After your attack, remove from this Pokemon a number of damage counters equal to the damage dealt to the Defending Pokemon divided by 10."
Which way is it supposed to be played? "50 damage dealt == 50 damage counters removed" (broken way) or "50 damage dealt == 5 damage counters removed" (presumed intent)? I would guess the second way, but I'm not entirely sure.
Hopefully one of the people who words the cards sees this and takes it into acocunt for future similar effects.
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