Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

Sunflora SW, Abomasnow MT, and Effect Order

Chairman Kaga

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Sunflora SW uses Petal Dance:
:grass::grass: Petal Dance (30x)
Flip 3 coins. This attack does 30 damage time the number of heads. If you get 2 or more heads, Sunflora is now Confused.

to attack Abomasnow MT:
:pbody: Glacier Snow
If Abomasnow is your Active Pokemon and is damaged by an opponent's attack (even if Abomasnow is Knocked Out), the Attacking Pokemon is now Asleep.

and flips 3 heads. What happens to Sunflora?

My gut instinct says these are simultaneous effects, and thus the player controlling Sunflora chooses Asleep or Confused.

I just want to make sure of when Glacier Snow is processed. Is it triggered on damage and becomes part of resolving the attack? Or does it not get pushed onto the effect chain -- well, okay, I know Pokemon doesn't have a formalized effect chain concept like Magic/WoW, but you know what I mean, right? -- does it wait until after the attack is finished before triggering?
 
The Attack resolves first, that's why the wording "even if Abomasnow is Knocked Out" is on there. So the Sunflora gets Confused by its Attack, then Abomasnow's Power puts it to sleep.

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