Usually, the phrase "dice showing damage" is pretty straightforward. Is the dice in somebody's pool and have a melee, ranged, or indirect damage side showing? Then that die is showing damage.

But someone told me that the new Advanced Training plot works with the new Captain Phasma's ability to resolve trooper dice as if they were melee . Apparently, this has been officially confirmed (I'm not sure where), despite her wording specifically saying that it only works on trooper dice showing damage, while the plot specifically allows dice "showing a blank" to be resolved as damage.

First, can someone confirm or deny that there's an official ruling that Phasma's ability works on trooper dice showing a blank with that plot?

Second, if it does, then does that mean that trooper dice showing a blank with that plot are also "showing damage", and can be affected by ALL other cards that look for dice that are showing damage? Because there are a lot of removal and damage boosters that specifically only work on dice showing damage, so it would be handy to know if they work on trooper blanks with this plot.

On 4/4/2019 at 6:35 PM, Fromper said:

Usually, the phrase "dice showing damage" is pretty straightforward. Is the dice in somebody's pool and have a melee, ranged, or indirect damage side showing? Then that die is showing damage.

But someone told me that the new Advanced Training plot works with the new Captain Phasma's ability to resolve trooper dice as if they were melee . Apparently, this has been officially confirmed (I'm not sure where), despite her wording specifically saying that it only works on trooper dice showing damage, while the plot specifically allows dice "showing a blank" to be resolved as damage.

 First, can someone confirm or deny that there's an official r  uling that Phasma's ability works on trooper dice showing a blank with that plot?

Second, if it does, then does that mean that trooper dice showing a blank with that plot are also "showing damage", and can be affected by ALL other cards that look for dice that are showing damage? Because there are a lot of removal and damage boosters that specifically only work on dice showing damage, so it would be handy to know if they work on trooper blanks with this plot.

The short answer is no. They are only "showing" damage when they resolve. It is the SAME thing as Luke's shield sides as melee, or Zeb's Melee as ranged, or new padme's focus into indirect. They all work the same way they are only working as damage when they are resolving when they are just sitting there they are what ever they are showing. The key word to look for here is "resolve". So if the card you want to interact it with says "resolve a die showing damage" it will work. If it says "remove a die showing damage' it will not. It only shows damage when it resolves.

Edit: to be clear on my no, no you can not use "remove a die showing damage" against them they are only showing damage when they resolve. Obviously you CAN use any "resolve a dice showing damage" effects

Phasma and Advanced Training do work together - This is confirmed in the RRG

RRG version 1.9 effective date 04-08-19

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ADVANCED TRAINING (133) • This plot used with Captain Phasma’s ability (Z18) allows that player to resolve their trooper dice showing a blank as 1 melee damage.