From: Brian Brokaw To: Roland Sanchez Subject: Re: PTCG Q&A: Defending Pokemon questions Date: Saturday, October 30, 1999 10:07 AM > There are several Pokemon ATTACKS that have effects where the "Defending > Pokemon" must flip for next attack (so on and so forth). It has been argued > that the Defending Pokemon is the current Active Pokemon ONLY, so that if > the Defending Pokemon is benched, Gust of Wind, etc., that the next active > Pokemon is exempt from the flip. This makes sense to me but it seems that > this should also apply to a Pokemon that evolves, because the new Stage1 or > Stage2 Pokemon is in fact a different Pokemon. You are correct. When an Attack Move applies an "effect" to a Pokemon, that "effect" will stay with that Pokemon unless one of the following things happen: 1) It goes to the bench somehow -- ALL "effects" are lost when a Pokemon is sent to the bench. 2) It evolves -- You're right, when a Pokemon evolves it is a NEW monster and it loses all "effects" that the previous stage monster had. 3) A card specifically allows the "effect" to be removed -- "Full Heal" will cure a Pokemon from Poison, Confusion, Paralysis, Sleep for example (but ONLY those 4 conditions... not Agility's effect or Tail Wag's effect, etc.) > If this is the case, then why do some Pokemon Attacks SPECIFICALLY state > that "If either Pokemon is benched, then the effect is lost" or something > similar to that. Isn't this information redundant to what's already > understood? However, the above is exclusive to Evolve, so it would seem a > BIT different. Can you please clarify? I can't explain why they made Tail Wag and a few other attacks much more clear about this rule than other attacks (like Agility). But they did... It doesn't change the underlying rule about "effects" and how they can be removed. Brian Brokaw