Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

Magnezone vs. Ariados

Nevermore

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Player A has a Magnezone for their active Pokémon which has :metal: attached to it. Player B has Ariados MT on their bench. How would one go with calculating Magnezone's retreat cost? Magnezone reduces a Pokémon's retreat cost to 0 if it has :metal: attached to it, yet Ariados says one has to pay :colorless more to retreat.

Do I resolve it the Magnezone way (X Retreat + 1 = 0) or the Ariados way (X Retreat = 0 + 1)?
 
From the Compendium EX
Q. Team Aqua Hideout increases the Retreat Cost for certain types of Pokémon - how does this affect a Pokémon that has a Poké-BODY that reduces the cost to zero, or a Pokémon that doesn't have a cost to retreat?
A. If a Pokémon doesn't have a Retreat Cost, it now has a cost of one. If a Poké-BODY reduces the cost to zero, the cost remains zero. (Team Magma vs Team Aqua Prerelease FAQ, Q8)

So, it would remain at zero
 
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