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Jolteon Ex vs Buggy Evolution
I've already filed a ticket with support, but was hoping people with more experience with the card games would know if it's a bug or not.
When Jolteon Ex (Mega Rising) is in the active spot, it damages any opposing pokemon that gets energy attached to it from the Energy Zone.
However, Porygon2 from WSS has Buggy Evolution as an ability, which takes an evolution from your deck randomly and evolves the Porygon2 when you put an energy on it. When this evolution occurs, Jolteon ex does not deal damage. If the Buggy Evolution fails to find an evolution, it does deal damage.
I assume this is due to the evolved pokemon not being "the same" pokemon that had energy attached to it, but I'm not sure if that is the correct behavior. Is there some other precedent for that?
Answers
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I agree.
It does not make sense for Buggy Evolution to stop the damage from Electromagnetic Wall. Buggy Evolution says:
"Whenever you attach an Energy from your Energy Zone to this Pokemon, put a random card from your deck that evolves from this Pokemon onto this Pokemon to evolve it."The important part is that the Energy is attached first, and the evolution happens after that. Buggy Evolution does not prevent the attachment, replace it, or delay it. It simply adds an extra effect after the attachment is completed.
Since an Energy is clearly being attached to Porygon2, the condition for Electromagnetic Wall is met. Electromagnetic Wall says:
"Whenever your opponent attaches an Energy from their Energy Zone to 1 of their Pokemon, do 20 damage to that Pokemon."Porygon2 is having Energy attached to it, so Electromagnetic Wall should deal 20 damage to it at that moment. The evolution does not undo the attachment or make it disappear. The damage should already apply before the evolution happens.
If you attach an Energy to Pikachu and then evolve it immediately afterward, Jolteon ex still deals the damage to Pikachu first. There is nothing on either card that creates any exception for Porygon2, so logically it should work the same way, imo.
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