Hello!
We had an interesting scenario occur at our LCS last week that stirred up quite the debate. I've been looking for a definitive answer to this case:
- Mew ex (with no V Pokemon on the bench) uses Genome Hacking on opponent's Arceus VStar, copying Trinity Nova.
The debate we were having was; does the Mew ex player shuffle their deck due to failed search? Someone went a step farther and said the attack wouldn't even work, citing Nest Ball's behavior with a full bench (how the "and" condition can't be resolved), that you can't even play the card. It's worth noting, maybe, that Arceus Vstar can fail the search because it is it's own target, whereas Mew ex isn't. Is the difference with Trinity Nova and Nest Ball the fact that one is an attack, and the other a Trainer Card? Someone cited the "Do As Much As You Can" rule, but I can't find any official documentation on this rule at the moment.
In the end, the Mew ex player shuffled his deck, but we're still unsure if that was the correct call.
Any feedback on this would be appreciated! Thanks
We had an interesting scenario occur at our LCS last week that stirred up quite the debate. I've been looking for a definitive answer to this case:
- Mew ex (with no V Pokemon on the bench) uses Genome Hacking on opponent's Arceus VStar, copying Trinity Nova.
The debate we were having was; does the Mew ex player shuffle their deck due to failed search? Someone went a step farther and said the attack wouldn't even work, citing Nest Ball's behavior with a full bench (how the "and" condition can't be resolved), that you can't even play the card. It's worth noting, maybe, that Arceus Vstar can fail the search because it is it's own target, whereas Mew ex isn't. Is the difference with Trinity Nova and Nest Ball the fact that one is an attack, and the other a Trainer Card? Someone cited the "Do As Much As You Can" rule, but I can't find any official documentation on this rule at the moment.
In the end, the Mew ex player shuffled his deck, but we're still unsure if that was the correct call.
Any feedback on this would be appreciated! Thanks