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Poké-BODY ⇢ Protective Dust
Prevent all effects of attacks, except damage, done to Dustox by the Attacking Pokémon.
{G}{C} → Toxic
The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Put 2 damage counters instead of 1 on the Defending Pokémon between turns.
{G}{C}{C} → Gust : 50
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This is the nicest Dustox has ever looked!
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Aha. Possibly the cause* of the rabbit hole I fell down today with N1 Electabuzz, ROS 74 Altaria, BKP Zebstrika, Big Parasol, Espeon VMAX…
Protective Dust:
JP: このポケモンは、相手のワザによる効果を受けない。
JP-TL: Prevent all effects of attacks done to Dustox by the Attacking Pokémon.
EN: Prevent all effects of attacks, except damage, done to Dustox by the Attacking Pokémon.
The JP text doesn’t say “except damage” because – damage is not an effect. There’s no need to specify. In fact, saying “except damage” implies damage IS an effect, and you are not going to see any card outright tell you “Damage is not an effect.” to clear this mess up *until* DAA Big Parasol.
* WOTC caused this problem, right from the get-go in Base Set’s Mewtwo and Raichu. “Prevent all effects of attacks, including damage…” implies damage is an effect. The JP text doesn’t say anything like this – it’s saying something closer to “You won’t be affected by attacks during your opponent’s next turn.” HOWEVER, this card is really entrenching it. So I don’t think my conjecture on ROS Altaria was completely without merit – the language regarding attacks vs effects has been sloppy over the years, and they’ve been slow to fix it. It’s no wonder there’s they now print a “(Damage is not an effect.)” reminder on relevant cards. For lack of precision in the language, the opposite has been implied for c. 25 years.
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This same Poke-Body appears on FRLG Venomoth & HL Regice 𝒆𝒙 (both from 2004).
