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Cards that affect the Venture total add or subtract a given number of points from the Venture total during that specific Battle. Specials that add to a player's Venture total are not considered attacks but can be negated. Specials that subtract from the opponent's Venture total are considered attacks, although since not targeted at a specific Character, cannot be avoided (e.g., AG Special), but can be negated (e.g., AO Special). These Specials have no direct impact on the number of Mission cards that are Ventured before or during the Battle. These points are added to or subtracted from "Hits from Current Battle" during the 'Determine Venture Winner' phase.

Meta Rules
Meta #5 An attack is something which directly affects either the opponent or one of the opponent's Characters. It does not include offensive actions that do not affect the opposing side.

Meta #19 A card that is playable from Reserve may be kept in hand without having to place it to the Reseve Character.

Meta #149 Cards that affect Venture Total affect the number of points that are calculated at the end of the battle to determine the winner of the battle. They do not affect the number of Mission cards Ventured.