Well my intrepid Triple triad players as soon as I finish writing my new site I will host the very FAQ I used on there and give you the address so that you may never have a problem.

The answering no allows you to play using that reigions rules alone I.E. Trabia - Random and Plus this means no Open or anything else will be used it is better to do what I suggest really and yes I also recognise I left many things out but the post was rushed out in a hurry.

there is one place you will have problems with and thats lunar gate and in space as it uses all rules in the game however challenge Pierre as soon as you arrive in space and he'll always abolish one rule. However I believe the door man to lunar gate also plays meaning you can probably change the rules before leaving the surface and using the abolished rule to abolish the others (usually Same from Gabaldia, Sudden death and Elemental from FH and all the rules from Centra/winhill)
If you can do that then getting Laguna's card and the Alexander GF card will be a piece of cake. (ellone holds Laguna's and pierre holds Alexanders this is the only chance for the Laguna card in the game except from the CC members if you complete the quest on disc 4.)

wait a few days untill freehost sorts itself out and I can upload the files and you'll have the FAQ at your finger tips that or google the words Triple Triad to get it the way I did