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Wellspring Mask Ogerpon EX Sparkling crystal glitch?
I was in a match where my opponent was able to use the Torrential Pump attack with sparkling crystal and with only discarding 2 energies (vs 3 like the effect states) and still being able to hit the bench for 120 damage. I'd imagine this should only allow the card to use the main 100 damage for 2 energies while SC is attached but this is not the case. Am I missing something, or is this how the attack should work with sparkling crystal?
Answers
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That is indeed how the attack works with Sparkling Crystal. Pokémon TCG works on a do-as-much-as-you-can basis, so if only 2 Energy can be shuffled into the deck, the shuffling of 2 activates the effect (if it were just to be the 100 damage, no Energy would have been shuffled).
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https://compendium.pokegym.net/category/5-trainers/sparkling-crystal/
Here's the official ruling on how it works just to provide something in case you dont believe the above person
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