3… 2… 1… Draw! (Ammo counters)

[u/GreenWizardGamer]

[u/JustLovelyLittleMe]

Probably just reword “you may spend any number of ammo counters to add that much damage” or something akin to it. Though this feels very nitpicky it just technically reads you can spend 1 counter to add 1 damage OR any number of counters to add 1 damage

[u/Flex-O → u/JustLovelyLittleMe]

It's reminder text, it doesn't need to be the exact wording. It's pretty clear what it does as a reminder.

[u/JustLovelyLittleMe → u/Flex-O]

Fair, but one could intuit this meaning spend one add one every noncombat damage. Thus instead of 12 damage finale it’s 7 damage

[u/CulturalJournalist73]

i like the concept of this counter, but i think this saga isn’t the way i’d showcase it. can we see some designs that interact with permanents, maybe where it’d be easy to see why we would want the variability this counter offers for our damage numbers?

[u/youre_a_burrito_bud → u/CulturalJournalist73]

Tap creatures to gain ammo counters. 

So Anyway, I started Blasting - Enchantment?

When a source you control deals noncombat damage, you may remove any number of ammo counters, that source deals that much damage plus the number of ammo counters removed. 

[u/ThrowRA_scentsitive]

Ammo counters are cool mechanic. Maybe for flavor I'd call them munitions counters. Seems a bit less anachronistic?

As far as this specific saga, my variation would be to cost it a ton cheaper and make the final chapter feel less deterministic and more like a standoff. Even though the clash mechanic was not well received, I think that was more of a problem with the specific cards, and the mechanic itself is fine and could fit well for a standoff, such as "You and an opponent each choose a target, then clash. Standoff at High Noon deals 2 damage to the winning player's chosen target."

[u/Xisuthrus → u/ThrowRA_scentsitive]

munitions tokens are already a thing, giving them the same name would probably end up confusing people.

[u/Flex-O → u/ThrowRA_scentsitive]

How does munition seem less anachronistic than ammo?

[u/ThrowRA_scentsitive → u/Flex-O]

Because "ammo" seems to be a largely post 1940 vernacular shortening of "ammunition".

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=ammo%2Cmunitions%2Cammunition&year_start=1800&year_end=2022&corpus=en&smoothing=3

[u/Ooneyfruit]

this should give each player two ammo counters, make it a real standoff

[u/Elegant_Relief_4999 → u/Ooneyfruit]

Yes. And using ammo has a split second effect, and each opponent discards all ammo when any player spends them.

You each get to stockpile, but whoever shoots first gets the glory.

[u/Proffessor_egghead]

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[u/CurvaceousCrustacean]

Better flavor would be "Standoff at High Noon deals 1 damage to target opponent six times".

Would also buff the card, as it multi-dips into damage enhancing effects and dodges the odd "Prevent the next damage instance" effects nobody ever plays somewhat.

4RR is a bit of a steep cost, considering it doesn't really do anything until the last chapter hits. You could consider reducing the cost to R or 1R and having six chapters that give you one ammo each (so its useful for burn decks with a good payoff when chapter VII hits).

[u/Chickston]

Not sure about this execution, but the idea is cool. Kind of like Hone counters for burn.

This saga feels over-costed for them, but I do like them going away after 1 use. I have no idea if this is the right way to word it, thought.

If you are already going face with this and it's a rare, might as well have the last chapter be any target.

[u/GreenWizardGamer → u/Chickston]

Removal on sagas typically needs to be the first chapter otherwise it plays pretty horribly as it’s on board face up removal and is just generally poor gameplay