posted July 01, 2003 09:57 AM            

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{C} Lock-on During your next turn, treat any tails flipped when using Magnemite’s Electric Bolt attack on the Defending Pokémon as if they were heads. (Benching or evolving either Pokémon ends this effect.)
{L}{C} Electric Bolt Flip 2 coins. If both are heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. If either of them is tails, this attack does nothing (not even damage). 50

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posted July 01, 2003 10:17 AM            

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{C} Lock-on During your next turn, treat any tails flipped when using Magnemite’s Electric Bolt attack on the Defending Pokémon as if they were heads. (Benching or evolving either Pokémon ends this effect.)

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E) If necessary, apply any effect that might alter or cancel the attack. (For example, if your Pokémon was hit last turn by Lv. 35 Quilava's Smokescreen attack, and you want to attack with that Pokémon during your next turn, you should fip a coin. If tails, your Pokémon's attack does nothing.)

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posted July 01, 2003 10:37 AM            

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Anything written on a Basice Pokémon or Evolution card under the picture where attacks are (except for Pokémon Power) is considered an attack. And an attack is always considered t obe against the Defending Pokémon, even if it doesn't do anything to that Pokémon. So, for example, Maril's Defense and Sunkern's Growth are attacks against the Defending Pokémon and would be prevented by an effect like Spinarak's Scary Face.

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Advance Rulebook Ver. 9

So your attack is Electric Bolt. But there are extact steps to go through in order for you to use Electric Bolt:

a) Baby Rule. YOu have to get a Heads in order to attack.
b) Announce Electric Bolt. (you have enough energy and this really comes before a) but....)
c) Make any choices for Electric Bolt - there's none as you don't have a choice as to which Pokémon you will use Electric Bolt against.
d) Do the requirements for ELectric Bolt. You don't have to Discard or anything like that so no requirements.
e) Apply any effects that might alter or cancel the attack. Smokescreen or even Scary Face fall into this step. Just because you can use Electric Bolt does not mean you will be able to use Electric Bolt. You are not using Electric Bolt yet.
f) Check for Confusion. Must get Heads to Electric Bolt successfully. Still not using Electric Bolt.
g) Do whatever the attack says! Now you are using Electric Bolt! Flip 2 coins and if either are tails the attack fails. But WAIT! There is an effect from your last attack that lets you treat all tails for Electric Bolt as heads!!! 50 damage and Paralysis.

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posted July 01, 2003 12:05 PM            

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Originally posted by Omega Ant:

Just want to figure it out : are there any situations in which lock-on's effects would apply on other coin flipping as well ?

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Omega Ant, I think you already know what the answer will be. but just in case here's a hint..starts with N ends with O and has two letters. but you knew that from the other answers previously given didn't you?

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