Believe it or not many moons ago I actually saw the one comic he appeared in (New Guardians #2) at a local comic store which sadly (like most comic stores) has since closed. Once I understood who and more importantly what he was I just started laughing. I should have bought it as IIRC it is something of a collectors item now. 

Magnaguard is rotating out VERY shortly. It was printed before they really started having keywords mean things. 

It’s fine here in Chicago. We have a number of game stores and each runs its own group so the true strength of the local meta is not apparent until a regional occurs, and the most recent one a bit over a week ago was totally mobbed. 

It’s fine here in Chicago. We have a number of game stores and each runs its own group so the true strength of the local meta is not apparent until a regional occurs, and the most recent one a bit over a week ago was totally mobbed. 

It's clear enough right off the card text. You remove a die with Melee damage and the value on that die is how much damage you block. So if you had, say, a +4 Melee you could remove it and block up to 4. If the incoming is more than 4 then anything over 4 gets through. 

A lot of us on BGG have learned to just ignore this OP - he has a track record of popping into FFG game pages with topics that are basically rants. He has some kind of weird animus against FFG and as such has no credibility. 

A lot of us on BGG have learned to just ignore this OP - he has a track record of popping into FFG game pages with topics that are basically rants. He has some kind of weird animus against FFG and as such has no credibility. 

The issue isn't Cassian or Yoda. It is more Cassian AND Yoda - as a team they are almost assured to lopping off 3-4 cards per turn from your deck BEFORE any other Mill type cards. Now they can be countered by mitigating their dice to prevent resolution but that depends on having the Event and the ability to play it. 

Omg I cant believe this is still going. It was ruled in Discord by one of the FFG world judges and an FFG employee that it works. If you don't like it send an email to them.
 
Trust us this was like a 600 post thread on facebook and very heated long discussion in Discord. It works.

You know what else says showing......
Resolving Dice, need to all show the same symbol (You would Resolve Luke's die as melee when resolving shields instead of when resolving melee, does anyone play it like that?)
Resolving dice with a modifier side needs to show the same symbol. (Luke's die would never be able to be resolved with a +melee side weapon)
But since, every one agrees those are possible and Ataru Strike follows the same pattern, it works. Otherwise be prepared to tell the Luke player he cannot do the above since if it doesn't work for Ataru, it doesn't work for them either.

The funny part is Scorpion is very strong right now (as evidenced by their domination of Toshi Ranbo) but they always cry about their supposedly weak cards. Meanwhile other clans who have been struggling just put their heads down and try (and wonder when they will get their LONG overdue Clan Packs).  

The funny part is Scorpion is very strong right now (as evidenced by their domination of Toshi Ranbo) but they always cry about their supposedly weak cards. Meanwhile other clans who have been struggling just put their heads down and try (and wonder when they will get their LONG overdue Clan Packs).  

Exactly. And this is what I stated upthread.

Exactly. I'm not sure what is confusing anyone here. The card specifically says "resolve" before it says "showing", so once you execute "resolve" Luke's die per his ability is showing Melee. This is also why (as I noted) he cannot play Synchronicity and is also why he cannot employ cards like Guard, why cards that mitigate Melee dice do not work on him and even why his dice can be used with a Melee "plus" die side. 

This was a very long debate on facebook and a long one in discord. As stated by many TO's and Judges it works due to the word "resolve". The removal cards and other cards say the word "SHOWING".
 
 

The correct answer is yes, aturu strike works because as soon as you hit the condition 'resolve' it becomes melee.  You can't remove them because that condition is not hit when they are just sitting there.  That is the closest thing we have to a ruling right now and how it is being ruled in tournaments. 

I believe this fell under the same concept of Zeb when resolving his dice.  So you resolve Luke's die as a melee and you can use Ataru strike.  Just remember though you can not use Luke's die as the melee part of the Synchronicity combo.

It works cause at the moment you resolve it, it is a melee symbol.  Like I mentioned before about Zeb's ability.  The resolving it turns it melee which allows the card to work.  The other cards state showing but not resolving.  I am not a fan of it but I see why it works.  This is also why you wont see an "Official" ruling from FFG as they already have ruled on Zeb's dice and it is the same thing in their eyes.

The funny part is Scorpion is very strong right now (as evidenced by their domination of Toshi Ranbo) but they always cry about their supposedly weak cards. Meanwhile other clans who have been struggling just put their heads down and try (and wonder when they will get their LONG overdue Clan Packs).  

I post on BGG a lot and that user rants at the launch of every FFG card game.  I usually just skip those threads because they get quite long and miserable after a while.

A lot of us on BGG have learned to just ignore this OP - he has a track record of popping into FFG game pages with topics that are basically rants. He has some kind of weird animus against FFG and as such has no credibility. 

A lot of us on BGG have learned to just ignore this OP - he has a track record of popping into FFG game pages with topics that are basically rants. He has some kind of weird animus against FFG and as such has no credibility. 

I was in once I heard about how each of the scenarios has narrative branches based on events in play and things like board state that alter the scenario. So the 4 in the box are really many more as each has a number of permutations. It sounds like a fuller version of the story card deck mechanic I loved in Fallout. 

I played against this and destroyed it on turn one. All it takes is any of the several cards that let you resolve an opponents die as your own. 

As long as she does not have a "Leia Poppins" Power Action...