Glaceon's Ice Bind vs Unown G

[Prof Em]

Hey guys, me and Dan got into a fight tonight over Glaceon's "Ice Bind". The text says...

Ice Bind - 50 damage
If your opponent does not discard a card from his or her hand, the Defending Pokemon is now paralyzed.

He attacked my active Salamence with Glaceon's Ice Bind, and I had an Unown G on my Salamence. Dan insists that because the first line of the effect is on me, the opponent, and not the pokemon, that I must discard a card from my hand, regardless of the unown g on my Salamence, or else it would be paralyzed. Dan believes that it is like Gardevoir's psy lock and is on the opponent first, not the pokemon. He thinks that as the opponent, I determine the outcome of the effect and the G can therefore not block the paralysis. I believe that I do not have to discard the card because the text says "The Defending Pokemon" and my unown G prevents it.

Thanks for any help guys.

 

[Rogue Archetype]

that IS a tricky one.

I would rule that you are correct. Paralyze, in this case, is an "effect of an attack" that is on the "defending pokemon" which is EXACTLY what Unown G protects against.

 

[PokePop]

Discarding the card is not an effect.
It is an optional action that they Defending Player can take to avoid the effect on their Defending Pokemon.
As noted, since G is on the Pokemon, it can be safely ignored.
However, if the player actually desires to discard a card, then still may.