Final Requests for Help

the reason for the changes:

Not sure I understand. In my initial tests, Drakkhen's code seems to be working. It says "couldn't steal" until both items have been stolen, and then displays "doesn't have anything" once they are both gone. I changed the chance between the common and the rare to a 50/50 for testing purposes, and it seemed to work both ways. Is something screwy going on in the background that I'm not seeing?

PowerPanda: Y needed restoring so that C2/3A01 would write to the proper counterattack variable when reached via C2/39E7.

to solve this and still have stack balance, PHY needed (edit: apparently) to be moved up.

My xkas file also had an error in it, and didn't compile correctly

better to familiarize yourself with an assembler, than trying to pare down very functional code just to accommodate briefer hand-typing of instructions.

EDIT: it's possible your latest iteration works.  i thought it didn't at first, but am giving it a 3rd look.
EDIT 2: haha; i think it does.  i initially thought you wanted to eschew the fix and/or the requisite stack balance, but looks like you're retaining the former while accomplishing fewer edits for the latter.  kudos!  i stand by my comments on the worth of using assemblers, though.  practice at it!  it'll get easy, and prevent all sorts of busywork or outright errors.