Subject: Error by Thomas Woods regarding Waboku

The Waboku rulings on the new spreadsheet and the
Upper Deck FAQ actually ARE consistent.  The FAQ on
the official website is assuming that the attacking
monster has a higher ATK power than the monster of the
person using Waboku, whereas the spreadsheet just
posted on pojo uses an example in which both monsters
have the same attack power.

A little more clearly, here's the difference:

Like Thomas Woods says, the official website FAQ reads 
"'Waboku' is a Trap Card that is flipped during your 
opponent's Battle Phase to stop his attack and protect 
your monsters. No damage is taken by either player; no 
monsters are destroyed on either side."

That scenario assumes that your opponent is attacking
with a higher ATK monster than yours.  So if your
opponent's Summoned Skull is attacking your Gemini Elf
and you flip Waboku, no monsters are destroyed and no
damage is taken because a) YOU are protected by Waboku
and b) HE is not taking any damage anyway because his
monster has higher ATK.

Now, in the rulings just posted on pojo, the scenario
is different.  They use the example of both players
having monsters of equal attack power and one using
Waboku.  Here's how that works:

Your opponent's Gemini Elf attacks YOUR Gemini Elf. 
Normally, both monsters would be destroyed.  But you
flip Waboku.  Now, his monster dies, but it's not
because of Waboku.  It's because of the basic rule
that says when two monsters of equal ATK are both in
attack position and are involved in a battle, they are
both destroyed.  Because you flipped Waboku, YOUR
Gemini Elf is protected from that rule.  However, his
Gemini Elf is not, so it dies.

The ruling spreadsheet uses Mega Thunderball as the
example monster, but the point is that there's two of
the same monster involved as opposed to one monster
having higher ATK.

The rulings are consistent, but the examples provided
and/or assumed are different, and that is what is
causing confusion.

Email me at SamTiger54@yahoo.com with questions.

peace-
Tiger