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Question about "the defending Pokemon"...
There are many cards that have an effect that specifies "the defending Pokemon" and then lists an effect that said defending Pokemon is now under. Say, being unable to attack, or being unable to retreat.
If the defending Pokemon is targeted by one of these abilities, and subsequently is swapped out (via retreat, Switch, or other card effects that switch out the curent Pokemon), is the new Pokemon still beholden to the effect of the attack?
My specific example that a friend and I have argued on: Sylveon ex's Magical Charm attack states "During your opponent's next turn, attacks used by the Defending Pokemon do 100 less damage (before applying Weakness and Resistance)". My take on this is that if the Pokemon is swapped out somehow, the new Pokemon would do full damage with it's attack, because it was not the defending Pokemon.
Best Answer
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"The defending pokemon" means "The pokemon that is being hit by the attack." Also, that effect will disappear if you switch, even if you switch multiple times back to the same pokemon.
If it were a global effect that worked after a switch, it would say something like "Attacks used by your opponent's Pokemon do 100 less damage."
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