Hey thanks for detailed reply!

Based on that, now I know what I was missing.

My issue was that I wasn't doing any of the card manips in Shumi Village. If anybody else is having trouble with getting card rules sorted out for the end game, I hope this post helps them, too.

By the way, thanks for making the PC 100% run notes. I notice you're the creator of those. They're very helpful.

Okay what I'm trying to do is make it to where I can challenge Jack and Diamond in the end game with normal rules. For some reason, Diamond always plays with stuff like Random, Plus, etc.

Here's what I've been doing... 1.) Win Quistis card before Fire Cavern. 2.) Right after Dollet mission, change rule to 'Diff' using Queen of Cards, then win Zell card from his mother. 3.) Get magical lamp, beat Diablos. 4.) Battle Cid and kid running in lobby for Seifer, Mog, and 15 battles total won in Balamb Garden. 5.) Go through CC Card Quest on disk 2, spawning "King" in my dorm after making rules normal with Dr. Kadowski. 6.) Challenge Edea after the letter to White Seeds until she doesn't want to mix rules.

At the end of game, Jack plays Open/Diff, but Diamonds plays Random and all kinds of dumb stuff.

I want to know what I'm missing because it's annoying the crap out of me getting to end game and not being able to win the cards.

Thanks.