Is zebstrika supposed to have the weakness +20 applied when attacking?
Zebstrika's move is 30 damage to any pokemon, but weakness +20 is applied to the active pokemon and not applied when attacking a benched pokemon. Is this correct?
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Not applying Weakness when dealing damage to a Benched Pokémon would be consistent with how the "mainline" TCG typically handles it, at least.
It is strange that they don't include reminder text about this, at least, since they always include it on physical TCG cards that can damage Benched Pokémon.
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The TCG Pocket may have different rules, but the original TCG rule is that Weakness/Resistance by default it's never applied to benched Pokemon (even if the card doesn't state so):
"It has been ruled that Weakness/Resistance does not apply to the bench unless specifically mandated by the card. Period. That is a meta-game rule. It was never intended that the W/R would apply to the bench unless specifically stated. Yes we do know that some Pokemon say not to apply W/R to the Bench. [But] if it doesn't say then you wouldn't apply Weakness and Resistance (the default for benched Pokemon is to NOT apply Weakness and Resistance)."
So it's either a bug or just a different TCG Pocket rule. They should clarify it tho.
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