Ruling Continous Effects

[cappuccino]

Examples are Absol's Baleful Wind and Metagross ex's Extra Comet Punch. All specify effects that repeats itself. So my question is does Baleful Wind keep on discarding cards if you constantly strike a trainer? Does metagross's attack add damage every turn?

 

[elekid957]

no absol should say on it you can only use the extra discard once and the same goes for metagross

 

[PMJ]

Take a look at the steps of Baleful Wind.

1. Choose a card at random from your opponent's hand.
2. Discard it.

Now, there's a check here. Look at the card you discarded. Is it a Trainer, Supporter, or Stadium card?

If yes, discard another card at random from your opponent's hand.
If no, then your turn is over now.

That's it. Nowhere does it say to continue discarding cards. There is only one check.

As for Metagross ex, there are checks for that as well, but this check happens every turn.

You attack using ECP. Did Metagross ex use ECP last turn?

If yes, base damage is 100.
If no, base damage is 50.

Your turn is over now. If you use ECP again next turn, you start the check all over again.

Therefore, consistently doing ECP each turn will result in base damages of 100 every turn after the first one.

 

[Chairman Kaga]

Extra Comet Punch (50+) During your next turn, Extra Comet Punch does 50 damage plus 50 more damage.

The effect only lasts for one turn ("your next turn"). It's not possible for it to stack.

So say you use ECP once. That creates an effect that starts on your next turn (let's call it "A") that increases damage by 50.

Next turn, you use ECP again. A increases the base damage by 50, so you do 100. The attack creates another effect that starts on your next turn ("B"). Now that you've attacked, your turn ends, so A goes away since its duration has expired. It's not possible to have more than one of those effects in place at one time.