Tornado Tag FAQ

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I'd like to try this some day, I got an idea flowing in my head right now. I can easily build it if someone wants to build one for tomorrow lol. Afterburn tho. fuck AA.

Tornado Tag Format FAQ
Version 1.1

OVERVIEW: This format enables you to play as 2 Superstars in the
same deck, simulating a Tornado Tag Team match, where both members
of a team are in the ring at the same time. This allows for the
packing of both sets of Superstar Specific cards as well as using
both Superstar Abilities to maximize the possibilities!

Superstars: You choose 2 Superstars that represent single
wrestlers. You cannot use different personas of the same superstar,
such as Mankind and Cactus Jack, Undertaker and Phenom, and so on.
Tag Team Superstars are not allowed; this includes Superstars with a
Tag Team Ability and Superstars who can not pack any belt other than
the Tag Team Titles.

Superstars that can pack Enforcer cards are legal, but Enforcer
cards are NOT legal to pack for Tornado Tag. Your other Superstar
is considered your `Enforcer' and cannot be changed by card effects
like Suplex. EXAMPLE: Eric Bischoff could team with Triple H, but
no Enforcer cards would be packed.

You may pack all of their Superstar-Specific cards as long as you
don't break the basic Raw Deal rules. (60-card Arsenal,
Raw/Smackdown, Face/Heel, 1 Unique unless Test is involved, etc)

Unlike the Tag Team format, if your team consists of 2 Superstars
that are also a Tag Team, (such as Austin + HHH = 2 Man Power Trip,
D-Von + Buh Buh Ray = Dudley Boyz) you are not considered to be
that Tag Team Superstar and cannot pack cards with that Team's
logo. EXAMPLE: If your team is Stone Cold Steve Austin and Triple
H, you cannot pack Ambush Finale, and the text of Ring Rats does not
apply.

Starting Hand Size: Your SHS is determined by adding the SHS of the
2 Superstars together and dividing by 2, rounding up. Example:
Triple H and Eugene add up to 10 + 5 = 15 / 2 = 7.5, which rounds up
to a Starting Hand Size of 8. In instances involving Edge and Kurt
Angle, your SHS is not determined until the end of the Pre-Match
phase because of their abilities.

Superstar Value: Your SSV is determined by averaging the SSV of both
Superstars just like Hand Size. Example: Mankind and Tazz add up to
4 + 2 = 6 / 2 = 3. For Eugene and Jerry Lawler, your SSV is
determined when the Superstars are revealed; Eugene equals the
combined SSV of your opponent minus 1, and Lawler equals the
combined SSV of your opponent. However, if both players have
variable SSV superstars, all variables are replaced with 0 and
calculate accordingly.

Superstar Ability: Both abilities are considered active at all
times, unless one or both are blanked. If an effect (such as
Cerebral Assassin) would blank an ability, you must choose which
ability to blank. You are bound by each ability as pertains to
Arsenal and Backlash deck construction. This will be covered
further in other sections. If White Wedding switches abilities, the
two Superstars switched must be specifically named.

Backstage Area: You may pack Superstar-specific Backstage Area cards
like normal, and other cards applicable for packing. However,
normal rules apply – you cannot pack more than one copy of a
Backstage Area card, unless it states more than one copy can be
packed, such as World Tour '05.

Backlash Deck: Your Backlash deck consists of 12 Pre-Match and 12
Mid-Match cards. For MNM, you cannot pack Mid-Match cards, but you
may pack 24 Pre-Match cards; for Test, you may only pack 2 copies of
Managed by Stacy Keibler and 2 copies of Once You Go Test in your
Pre-Match and 20 Mid-Match cards. Shawn Michaels simply packs 2
additional Pre-Match and Mid-Match cards to the existing amounts.
You are still limited to playing 5 Pre-Match and 5 Mid-Match, unless
another effect is used to change those numbers.

Arsenal: Your Arsenal consists of 60 cards; though this number will
change when using Superstar Abilities that modify the number of
cards, card type, and/or card damage you may pack. For example, when
using Sable, you may only pack 50 cards; when using Big Show or Sgt.
Slaughter, you may not pack High Risks; and when using Christy, you
may not pack maneuvers of 3D or greater.

However, when using a Superstar who may pack more than 60 (Shawn
Michaels) and a Superstar that must pack less than 60 (Paul Heyman),
you must go with the lower number. So in the case of the 2 listed
above, your Arsenal must contain 50 cards.

In instances involving damage and type restrictions, you may still
pack Superstar Specific cards of the type being restricted.
EXAMPLE: Lita cannot pack Grapples of 4D or greater, but could pack
Lita's DDT and her partner Gene Snitsky's No Fault Drop.

General Raw Deal rules apply when it comes to Raw/Smackdown,
Face/Heel, and Fan Favorite/Cheater cards; with the exception of
Vince McMahon (Raw/SD), Kurt Angle (Face/Heel), and Superstars that
ignore certain traits via their ability or card text. EXAMPLE: Rob
Van Dam ignores the Heel trait on the card titled Chair Shot, and
Carlito ignores the Heel trait on the card titled Spit at Opponent.

Cards that cannot be packed by a specific Superstar or type of
Superstar cannot be packed. For example, if one of the Superstars
is listed on Over Sell Maneuver, it cannot be packed; a male /
female team cannot pack Hittin' the G-Spot, as it cannot be packed
by a male superstar. However, if one of your Superstars can pack a
card, it can be packed, such as a Heidenreich and Hurricane team
packing No Sell Maneuver.

If your superstars are 1 Diva and 1 male, you count as both a male,
a female, and a diva superstar, and you can pack cards that can only
be packed by each such as Viva Las Divas, Girly Punch, Modified
Clutch Onto Opponent. However, when pairing the two genders, you
CANNOT pack Multi maneuvers that are not Superstar-Specific, and you
must abide by any and all restrictions between the two abilities.