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Historical Rules · 13 October 2023

Rule 210.1

Official source text from the 13 October 2023 Rules release

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Each battle card has a defense number printed in its lower right corner. This indicates its defense while it’s not on the battlefield, and it also indicates that the battle enters the battlefield with that many defense counters on it (see rule 310.4b).

Find this number in the current Rules