Making "up to" be a minimum of 1 would be a wide-ranging change. Here is a partial list of cards that might force unwanted effects, in rough order of how likely I think the edge cases are:
Vicious Cyclone
Inferno The Predator's Eye Disruptive Flechettes Ball Lightning
It says on the card Sacrosanct Martyr to deal herself radiant damage which is different wording than selecting X targets. If you choose zero than Fanatic isn't dealing herself any damage without any damage buffs.
This is not the same case as cards that say "if a target is dealt damage", it's selecting the amount of damage. As we can see on Drawn to the Flame, Scorched Earth, and Concussive Clap c ards can have 0 as their base damage. This is why I am confused as to why one cards that is "up to" has to be positive intergers and the rest can be anything 0 or higher. If the intention is to have Sacrosanct Matyr to have a different number selection than other cards, then it should have differnt wording to represent it.
There are a few different cards wording could possibly be clearer on but as read I can see it meaning that you have deal yourself at least one and up to five radiant damage.
Question: Do these updates filter into the base Sentinels reprint cards? At some point I may consider buying another base set to make sure I have all the corrections and clarifications in wording.
Question on the fireside chats. Has spiff been updating his faq with all this. Easier to look up in that format then that laundry list format migrantp has put up right now
I see that the powers have be have made this distinction. But given that I find it to be an incredibly arbitrary, nit-picky,and overall STUPID-ASS DISTINCTION, I have elected to IGNORE IT! /Avengers referance