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Why does slowking get to do 300 damage when discarding metagross using "Seek Aspiration"?

Trainer_Cade16
Trainer_Cade16 Member Posts: 1 ✭
in Pokémon TCG Live Bugs & Feedback #1

This happened in a recent game where someone used this attack, discarded metagross and used "Metallic Hammer" but they didnt discard any metal energy and still did 300 damage despite not meeting the requirements. Is this a bug? or an actual correct effect?

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  • Mod_Bee
    Mod_Bee Moderator Posts: 1,581 mod
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    edited October 4 #2

    Thanks for reporting this, @Trainer_Cade16! Our support team can verify the card interaction and the intended behavior to see what the issue could be and help you.

    Please send in a ticket to support and provide a screenshot or video of the interaction, as that may help with their investigation. To submit a ticket to support, go to Pokémon Support, select Pokémon TCG Live, then select Contact Us.

    Thanks!

  • Justerfrog5557
    Justerfrog5557 Member Posts: 115 ✭✭✭
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    #3

    Metagross has different wording than most cards that have an optional discard cost. Metagross say "you may discard and do more damage" as opposed to "you may discard, if you do, do more damage." The functional implementation of this is that you have to discard a metal energy if you have some, but if you don't then it's' fine.

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