Rocket's Zapdos

[ka-1]

Hi, this is probably ancient history by now but in the shop I go to we still play old rules because we don't know any different (pitiful I know).

Anyway, it's been a looooooooooong time since I've played and i need clarifacation on the rule with Rocket's Zapdos and the Metal energy. The Electroburn usually does 70 plus damage to him for each L attached, does the M reduce damage to Zapdos or am I just wasting a spot better used for something else?

Here's my deck:

Pokemon:
4 Rocket's Zapdos
2 Electabuzz (Base)
2 Scyther (Jungle)
1 Ditto (Fossil)
1 Gligar (Neo)
1 Erika's Jigglypuff (50 HP)
1 Lt. Surge's Spearow (50 HP)

Trainers:
1 Bill
1 Sprout Tower
1 Energy Flow
1 Rocket's Sneak Attack
1 Nightly Garbage Run
1 Switch
2 Professor Oak
2 Professor Elm
2 Computer Search
3 Plus Power
3 Scoop Up
4 Gust of Wind
4 Energy Removal
4 Super Energy Removal

Energy:
10 Lightning
4 Recycle
3 Double Colorless
1 Metal

Thanks.

 

[Ninjaskfan]

metal does not reduce damage UNLESS it is on a metal type. WOTC played it differently.

 

[ka-1]

Ah, OK thanks.

I'll replace it with another Bill.

 

[Prime]

Since this has to do with a deck instead of a few cards, I'm moving this to the deck help section.

 

[Tagrineth]

Originally, Metal was printed as reducing damage dealt to any pokemon with it attached, and non-Metal types would deal 10 less damage as well.

When Nintendo took over they changed both Metal and Darkness to remove their penalties, but only Dark & Metal types get the beneficial effects - too many headaches came from their overarching power.

 

[SuicidalPikachu]

what was the side effect of metal?? i remember that dark was you had to put a damage counter on the pokemon if it wasnt dark type..

 

[Baboon]

Metal on a non-Metal Pokemon would reduce damage that Pokemon dealt by 10. Combining this with the fact that it also reduced incoming damage by 10 resulted in 20 being taken off any self-damaging attacks. This made Base Chansey and Rocket's Zapdos much more powerful. Now that this has been changed though, it more or less acts like a basic Metal Energy with no other effects when attached to a non-Metal Pokemon.

Damage done by attacks to the Pokémon that Metal Energy is attached to is reduced by 10 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). Ignore this effect if the Pokémon that Metal Energy is attached to isn't (M). Metal Energy provides (M) Energy. (Doesn't count as a basic Energy card.)

Kinda kills some of the fun, but I guess they didn't really like how much power it had.

 

[Renfox]

are you on crak??