Ok, so I posted this in the Ask the Masters forum and I got an answer but I need further explication and since you can't respond in that forum I wanted to start a thread here. So here is what I originally posted:
MULTI ENERGY (EX:Sandstorm)
Q. The wording for Multi Energy is a bit confusing; does it mean that if I have Multi Energy already attached, and then I attach a special energy card, does the "rainbow effect" of Multi Energy disappear at that time?
A. Yes. Multi Energy provides colorless energy when any other Special Energy card is present on the Pokémon (Sep 11, 2003 PUI Rules Team)
Q. If I have one Multi Energy attached and then I attach a second one, do they cancel each other out and both become colorless?
A. Yes, since they are both Special Energy cards, each one cancels out the other. (Sep 11, 2003 PUI Rules Team)
Basically I want to know why the multi-energy becomes colorless. On the text of the card it says that multi energy provides :colorless when attached to a pokemon that already a special energy attached. So if you attach multi energy first turn and then second attach a say a Darkness energy the next turn, why does Multi energy become :colorless since the text says that multi energy only becomes :colorless when attached to a pokemon that already has a special energy attached?
And the response I received was this:
It's just poorly worded, that's all.
Now it seems to me that wording on this card isn't poor, it's strategic. So basically I want to know why the conclusion that was reached was reached. Was the card mistranslated? If that's the case then I think it would need to be errated. Otherwise the word seems to be strategically placed, so a person could play Multi energy first, and then another special energy later so they can keep the rainbow effect turned on.
MULTI ENERGY (EX:Sandstorm)
Q. The wording for Multi Energy is a bit confusing; does it mean that if I have Multi Energy already attached, and then I attach a special energy card, does the "rainbow effect" of Multi Energy disappear at that time?
A. Yes. Multi Energy provides colorless energy when any other Special Energy card is present on the Pokémon (Sep 11, 2003 PUI Rules Team)
Q. If I have one Multi Energy attached and then I attach a second one, do they cancel each other out and both become colorless?
A. Yes, since they are both Special Energy cards, each one cancels out the other. (Sep 11, 2003 PUI Rules Team)
Basically I want to know why the multi-energy becomes colorless. On the text of the card it says that multi energy provides :colorless when attached to a pokemon that already a special energy attached. So if you attach multi energy first turn and then second attach a say a Darkness energy the next turn, why does Multi energy become :colorless since the text says that multi energy only becomes :colorless when attached to a pokemon that already has a special energy attached?
And the response I received was this:
It's just poorly worded, that's all.
Now it seems to me that wording on this card isn't poor, it's strategic. So basically I want to know why the conclusion that was reached was reached. Was the card mistranslated? If that's the case then I think it would need to be errated. Otherwise the word seems to be strategically placed, so a person could play Multi energy first, and then another special energy later so they can keep the rainbow effect turned on.