From: Brian Brokaw To: by way of The PoJo Subject: Re: Question for the Q&A Date: Monday, September 06, 1999 10:32 PM From: by way of The PoJo To: brokaw@thepojo.com Date: Monday, August 30, 1999 7:37 AM Subject: Question for the Q&A >I was playing a small town tournament the other day & I was using an energy >trans deck of all Grass & some colorless pokemon, (not that that is >relevant), & I ran into a situation that could've cost me the game if I had >been slightly lower on pokemon. My question is, I had a Pidgeot up & my >opponent had a Gastly. He used destiny bond & I retreated my Pidgeot & moved >up a Venomoth, I used Poison Powder, (or whatever the attack is, I don't have >the card with me now), & the coin landed on heads, I had used his PP to >switch to psychic, (i don't remember if Gastly has a weakness), but either >way, Gastly ended up dying. My opponent said that that means that I lost >Venomoth as well but I said that it didn't affect Venomoth since he had >destiny bonded with Pidgeot. So that's my question, if Gastly destiny bonds >with one pokemon, then I retreat it, & attack with another, killing Gastly, >do I lose that pokemon or am I exempt from the attacks effects? > >Thanx for the time & keep up the great work. > >Erik ALL9LIVES@aol.com Just like Chansey's Scrunch, Gastly's Destiny Bond is NOT tied to a specific defender (like Eevee's Tail Wag or Sandshrew's Sand Attack). So, you can do whatever you like on your side, but don't mess with Gastly! He's ready to explode! :-) Brian Brokaw