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If Jenova isn't on the battlefield at the time its first ability resolves, use Jenova's power as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how many counters to put on the target creature

This then allows blue to use counterspells to stop it, but if blue doesn't have that answer, this category tends to only delay threats rather than get rid of them

Brazen Blademaster will still get +2/+1 until end of turn

The narrative possibilities of this approach have their limits, however, so after the first few such novels, stories featuring more down-to-earth characters having traditional fantasy adventures became the norm