Ruling Unown G vs Pachirisu

[Raichu/Leafeon]

If I have Unown G attached to my active pok3mon and my opponent attacks with Pachirisu's Smash Short attack making it discard a poketool attached to my Pokemon and doing 10+30 would Unown G be discarded or would it prevent the discardment but the Pokemon its still attached to take 40?

 

[Chairman Kaga]

Pachirisu does 40 damage. You do, after all, have a Tool attached. You can't prevent something that's part of damage calculation.

Unown G stays attached because the discarding of the tool is an effect done to your Pokemon by an opponent's attack, which is exactly what Unown G prevents.

Lastly, your opponent doesn't get to discard anything from your hand. Pachirisu says to "discard all Pokemon Tool cards with the same name". But Unown G isn't considered a Tool in your hand, only after you put it into play and use its Power to attach it to something.

 

[cacgbass]

but the 30 aditional damage is an effect of the opponents attack....wouldnt unown prevent it, and make the damage 10?

 

[Chairman Kaga]

The additional damage is part of the damage calculation, not an effect. It can't be prevented.