In Progress Add (metagame) rule functionality to /ds

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Currently, `/ds` allows for mod functionality. For example, you can do `/ds mod=gen9ssb, wonder guard` to find Pokemon that have Wonder Guard in Super Staff Bros Ultimate. However, this does not work for metagame that are coded with a rule instead of a mod. I'm currently leading the Pet Mod of the Season, Bad 'n Boosted, which would really benefit from such a feature, allowing players to sort through high BST Pokemon by using a command like `/ds rule=badnboosted, fire type, bst desc` to find high BST Fire-types. However, I think it would help with many OMs as well, with another example being that if you want to find a Pokemon with both Calm Mind and Boomburst in STABmons, you could then maybe use `/ds rule=stabmonsmovelegality, calm mind, boomburst` to check for Pokemon that can use these moves under this legality.

If a solution is feasible, it could even help with special rulesets, like Kalos Pokedex, to only show Pokemon legal in this ruleset (i.e., `/ds rule=Kalos Pokedex, Ice type` for Ice types in the Kalos Pokedex).

It'd be nice if some of these would be possible, even if not all! From my perspective, as someone who is trying to grow and play a developing metagame, it'd help a lot with teambuilding!
 
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