From: Brian Brokaw To: Aaron Knutsen Subject: Re: doing what the card says Date: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 12:41 AM > I was playing my friend and he he had two cards in his hand they were a > comp. search and a eevee.he played the computer search and discarded the > eevee and sayed that it would work because in the rule book it says to do as > much as you can,but that just didnt seem right because that is like using a > S.E.R and maybe you dont have any energy out so you dont have to discard any > energy.so was it really legal to play the comp. search even though he didnt > discard two cards?email me back at dbzaaron@excite.com The rulebook does NOT state: "do as much as you can" The rulebook only discusses this in regards to drawing more cards than your deck has in it, or searching your deck for a card that is not in it. It does NOT say that you don't have to follow the rules printed on the cards. Read Computer Search: "Discard 2 of the other cards from your hand IN ORDER TO search..." If you don't discard the 2 cards, you DONT get to use Computer Search. Brian Brokaw