Ruling About grammar… again

[NotSeen]

Hi guys!

This time, I have a little problem with concrete wording on cards.
Let's have for example those two: Tyranitar (Prime) from Unleashed and Weavile from Undaunted.
Is there any difference from their attacks (Power Claw / Feint Attack) - despite the fact, that Weavile can choose the damaged Pokémon? I only want to know, if “any other effects on that Pokémon” means in both cases all effects, including Weakness and Resistance, because Tyranitar card don't mention those two, while Weavile does. In other words: In Tyranitar's case, are applied Weaknesses and Resistances or not?

Thanks for answers. ;-)

 

[DNA]

With Tyranitar Prime's Power Claw, you do apply Weakness and Resistance. With Weavile's Feint Attack, you do not.

"Any other effects" include such things as Abilities (like Bouffer), Pokemon Tool cards attached (like Eviolite), effects of previous attacks (like Agility), and so on - in other words, anything that is not Weakness and Resistance that would affect the damage in some way. Those things are ignored by attacks the likes of these.

 

[NotSeen]

Hi,

I've now recognized, that there are actually three variations of “not affected” damage:

First:
“This attack's damage isn't affected by Weakness, Resistance, Poké-Powers, Poké-Bodies (resp. Abilities), or any other effects on the Defending Pokémon.”

Second:
“This attack's damage isn't affected by any effect on the Defending Pokémon.”

Third:
“This attack's damage isn't affected by Poké-Powers, Poké-Bodies (resp. Abilities), or any other effects on the Defending Pokémon.”

… which means:

In first case, there aren't any way to affect that damage, an in that case, the damage would be the concrete amount.
In the second case, you can modified the damage by Weakness, Resistance, Poké-Powers, Poké-Bodies and Abilities.
In the third case, you can modified the damage by Weakness and Resistance.
In all cases, you can't modified the damage by attack reducers like Defender, Eviolite or other Tools like Silver Mirror.
Am I completely right, or am I particulary mistaken?

Thanks for clarification. ;-)

 

[Angela Anuszewski]

One small clarification if you are playing unlimited since you seem to combine them above - poke-body and poke-powers are NOT considered abilities. So if a card like Garbodor that says cards have no abilities is played, that doesn't do anything to poke-body or poke-powers that appear on cards.

 

[DNA]

I've now recognized, that there are actually three variations of “not affected” damage:

First:
“This attack's damage isn't affected by Weakness, Resistance, Poké-Powers, Poké-Bodies (resp. Abilities), or any other effects on the Defending Pokémon.”

Second:
“This attack's damage isn't affected by any effect on the Defending Pokémon.”

Third:
“This attack's damage isn't affected by Poké-Powers, Poké-Bodies (resp. Abilities), or any other effects on the Defending Pokémon.”

#2 and #3 are identical. #1 is the same as the other two, except Weakness and Resistance are also ignored.

The wording from 3 to 2 changed when the BW epoch came around. The meaning is the same.

#1: Ignore Weakness, Resistance, and anything else on your target that alters the damage in any way.
#2 and 3: Apply Weakness and Resistance as normal, but ignore everything else on your target that alters the damage in any way.