diff --git a/crates/engine/src/database/synthesis.rs b/crates/engine/src/database/synthesis.rs
index d14792ef3a..dee7adee44 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/database/synthesis.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/database/synthesis.rs
@@ -8329,8 +8329,8 @@ fn is_bloodthirst_x_etb_replacement(replacement: &ReplacementDefinition) -> bool
 ///
 /// Counter-count linkage: the ranged `EffectZoneChoice` Sacrifice completion
 /// stamps `state.last_effect_count` (the number of creatures chosen).
-/// `QuantityRef::EventContextAmount`'s resolver falls back through
-/// `last_effect_count`, so the `PutCounter` count reads exactly the number
+/// `QuantityRef::PreviousEffectCount` reads that continuation-local tally
+/// directly, so an enclosing trigger's scalar amount cannot shadow the number
 /// sacrificed. For Devour N > 1 the count is wrapped in
 /// `QuantityExpr::Multiply { factor: n, .. }` (CR 702.82a "N counters per
 /// creature sacrificed"). `PreviousEffectAmount` is NOT used — it reads
@@ -8418,19 +8418,19 @@ pub fn synthesize_devour(face: &mut CardFace) {
         let quality_noun = type_filter_noun(quality, false);
         let quality_noun_plural = type_filter_noun(quality, true);
 
-        // CR 122.1: N +1/+1 counters per creature sacrificed this way. The
-        // per-creature count is `EventContextAmount` (resolves to the number
-        // the ranged Sacrifice choice stamped into `last_effect_count`); for
+        // CR 702.82a / CR 702.82c: N +1/+1 counters per sacrificed permanent. The
+        // per-sacrifice count is `PreviousEffectCount` (the number the ranged
+        // Sacrifice choice stamped into `last_effect_count`); for
         // N > 1 it is scaled by `factor: n`.
         let counter_count = if n == 1 {
             QuantityExpr::Ref {
-                qty: QuantityRef::EventContextAmount,
+                qty: QuantityRef::PreviousEffectCount,
             }
         } else {
             QuantityExpr::Multiply {
                 factor: n as i32,
                 inner: Box::new(QuantityExpr::Ref {
-                    qty: QuantityRef::EventContextAmount,
+                    qty: QuantityRef::PreviousEffectCount,
                 }),
             }
         };
@@ -8497,7 +8497,7 @@ pub fn synthesize_devour(face: &mut CardFace) {
 ///
 /// `expected_n` is load-bearing: a card carrying both a printed enters-with-K
 /// replacement and `Keyword::Devour { n: N≠K, .. }` must not dedupe — the
-/// `Multiply` factor (N) for N > 1 and the bare `EventContextAmount` (N == 1)
+/// `Multiply` factor (N) for N > 1 and the bare `PreviousEffectCount` (N == 1)
 /// discriminate the count.
 ///
 /// `expected_quality` is equally load-bearing (CR 702.82c): a land-quality Devour
@@ -8545,13 +8545,13 @@ fn is_devour_etb_replacement(
     }
     let expected_count = if expected_n == 1 {
         QuantityExpr::Ref {
-            qty: QuantityRef::EventContextAmount,
+            qty: QuantityRef::PreviousEffectCount,
         }
     } else {
         QuantityExpr::Multiply {
             factor: expected_n as i32,
             inner: Box::new(QuantityExpr::Ref {
-                qty: QuantityRef::EventContextAmount,
+                qty: QuantityRef::PreviousEffectCount,
             }),
         }
     };
@@ -22582,7 +22582,7 @@ mod devour_synthesis_tests {
 
     /// CR 702.82a: Devour 1 synthesizes one `Moved`/`SelfRef` replacement
     /// whose execute chain is `Sacrifice(UpTo) → PutCounter(P1P1, SelfRef)`,
-    /// and whose `PutCounter` count is the bare `EventContextAmount` (one
+    /// and whose `PutCounter` count is the bare `PreviousEffectCount` (one
     /// counter per creature sacrificed).
     #[test]
     fn synthesize_devour_1_builds_sacrifice_then_counter_chain() {
@@ -22629,7 +22629,7 @@ mod devour_synthesis_tests {
             "Devour sacrifices creatures the controller controls"
         );
 
-        // Sub-ability: PutCounter of EventContextAmount P1P1 counters on self.
+        // Sub-ability: PutCounter of PreviousEffectCount P1P1 counters on self.
         let sub = execute
             .sub_ability
             .as_deref()
@@ -22647,11 +22647,10 @@ mod devour_synthesis_tests {
         assert_eq!(
             *count,
             QuantityExpr::Ref {
-                qty: QuantityRef::EventContextAmount
+                qty: QuantityRef::PreviousEffectCount
             },
             "Devour 1 places exactly one counter per creature sacrificed — \
-             the count must be the bare EventContextAmount (NOT \
-             PreviousEffectAmount, which the ranged Sacrifice never stamps)"
+             the count must be the direct continuation-local PreviousEffectCount"
         );
     }
 
@@ -22680,7 +22679,7 @@ mod devour_synthesis_tests {
             QuantityExpr::Multiply {
                 factor: 2,
                 inner: Box::new(QuantityExpr::Ref {
-                    qty: QuantityRef::EventContextAmount
+                    qty: QuantityRef::PreviousEffectCount
                 }),
             },
             "Devour 2 places 2 counters per creature sacrificed (CR 702.82a)"
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/game/ability_rw.rs b/crates/engine/src/game/ability_rw.rs
index bf91365caa..9f750b8ae3 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/game/ability_rw.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/game/ability_rw.rs
@@ -2110,6 +2110,7 @@ fn legacy_quantity_ref(x: &QuantityRef) -> bool {
         | QuantityRef::TrackedSetAggregate { .. }
         | QuantityRef::ExiledFromHandThisResolution
         | QuantityRef::PreviousEffectAmount { .. }
+        | QuantityRef::PreviousEffectCount
         | QuantityRef::TurnsTaken
         | QuantityRef::CrimesCommittedThisTurn
         | QuantityRef::ChosenNumber
@@ -6125,6 +6126,7 @@ fn rw_quantity_ref(x: &QuantityRef) -> RwProfile {
         // (member-invariant under uniformity).
         QuantityRef::ExiledFromHandThisResolution
         | QuantityRef::PreviousEffectAmount { .. }
+        | QuantityRef::PreviousEffectCount
         | QuantityRef::TurnsTaken
         | QuantityRef::CrimesCommittedThisTurn
         | QuantityRef::AttackedThisTurn { .. }
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/game/ability_scan.rs b/crates/engine/src/game/ability_scan.rs
index 53f5063b8d..e67751d38f 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/game/ability_scan.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/game/ability_scan.rs
@@ -2170,6 +2170,7 @@ fn scan_quantity_ref(x: &QuantityRef, mode: ScanMode) -> Axes {
         },
         QuantityRef::ExiledFromHandThisResolution => Axes::NONE,
         QuantityRef::PreviousEffectAmount { .. } => Axes::NONE,
+        QuantityRef::PreviousEffectCount => Axes::NONE,
         QuantityRef::LifeLostThisTurn { player } => {
             let mut acc = Axes {
                 event: false,
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/game/coverage.rs b/crates/engine/src/game/coverage.rs
index 584ba295ff..2272f6b1fa 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/game/coverage.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/game/coverage.rs
@@ -1586,6 +1586,7 @@ fn fmt_quantity_ref(qty: &QuantityRef) -> String {
         }
         QuantityRef::VoteCount { choice_index } => format!("# of votes for choice {choice_index}"),
         QuantityRef::PreviousEffectAmount { .. } => "amount from preceding effect".into(),
+        QuantityRef::PreviousEffectCount => "count from preceding effect".into(),
         QuantityRef::TrackedSetSize => "cards moved".into(),
         QuantityRef::FilteredTrackedSetSize { filter, .. } => {
             format!("filtered tracked set ({})", fmt_target(filter))
@@ -8235,6 +8236,7 @@ fn quantity_ref_feature(qref: &QuantityRef) -> (&'static str, FeatureSupport) {
         QuantityRef::DistinctCounterKindsAmong { .. } => ("DistinctCounterKindsAmong", Handled),
         QuantityRef::VoteCount { .. } => ("VoteCount", Handled),
         QuantityRef::PreviousEffectAmount { .. } => ("PreviousEffectAmount", Handled),
+        QuantityRef::PreviousEffectCount => ("PreviousEffectCount", Handled),
         QuantityRef::TrackedSetSize => ("TrackedSetSize", Handled),
         QuantityRef::FilteredTrackedSetSize { .. } => ("FilteredTrackedSetSize", Handled),
         QuantityRef::TrackedSetAggregate { .. } => ("TrackedSetAggregate", Handled),
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/game/effects/mod.rs b/crates/engine/src/game/effects/mod.rs
index 28c19c632b..87ada1ad68 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/game/effects/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/game/effects/mod.rs
@@ -3409,6 +3409,7 @@ fn quantity_ref_counts_population_matching(
         | QuantityRef::TrackedSetAggregate { .. }
         | QuantityRef::ExiledFromHandThisResolution
         | QuantityRef::PreviousEffectAmount { .. }
+        | QuantityRef::PreviousEffectCount
         | QuantityRef::LifeLostThisTurn { .. }
         | QuantityRef::PartySize { .. }
         | QuantityRef::UnspentMana { .. }
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/game/engine.rs b/crates/engine/src/game/engine.rs
index a904a3329a..8b369025e2 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/game/engine.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/game/engine.rs
@@ -19012,9 +19012,11 @@ mod stage2_injector_tests {
                 // Identity re-established, not assumed: `9869a19f28c791ee`,
                 // `2bc316e3aa0297f8`, `8df98486627bfe15` at the new coordinates — the same
                 // three digests this log has carried since the first merge.
-                "game/effects/mod.rs:7002".to_string(),
-                "game/effects/mod.rs:7079".to_string(),
-                "game/effects/mod.rs:10317".to_string(),
+                // `PreviousEffectCount` classification adds one line above all three producers,
+                // so they move uniformly to `:7003/:7080/:10318`; no prompt site changes.
+                "game/effects/mod.rs:7003".to_string(),
+                "game/effects/mod.rs:7080".to_string(),
+                "game/effects/mod.rs:10318".to_string(),
                 // UNMOVED across the rebase, and that is itself evidence the SET did not
                 // move: a census that had gained or lost a producer would not leave this
                 // entry both byte-identical AND at the same coordinate.
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/game/layers.rs b/crates/engine/src/game/layers.rs
index de41a8dcf7..e1a1ddfdd4 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/game/layers.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/game/layers.rs
@@ -2906,6 +2906,7 @@ fn quantity_ref_reads_zone(qty: &QuantityRef, zone: Zone) -> bool {
         | QuantityRef::TrackedSetAggregate { .. }
         | QuantityRef::ExiledFromHandThisResolution
         | QuantityRef::PreviousEffectAmount { .. }
+        | QuantityRef::PreviousEffectCount
         | QuantityRef::LifeLostThisTurn { .. }
         | QuantityRef::Speed { .. }
         | QuantityRef::EventContextAmount
@@ -3234,6 +3235,7 @@ fn quantity_ref_reads_life(qty: &QuantityRef) -> bool {
         | QuantityRef::TrackedSetAggregate { .. }
         | QuantityRef::ExiledFromHandThisResolution
         | QuantityRef::PreviousEffectAmount { .. }
+        | QuantityRef::PreviousEffectCount
         | QuantityRef::PartySize { .. }
         | QuantityRef::UnspentMana { .. }
         | QuantityRef::Speed { .. }
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/game/quantity.rs b/crates/engine/src/game/quantity.rs
index f4497f2719..acfaaa8b70 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/game/quantity.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/game/quantity.rs
@@ -972,6 +972,7 @@ fn quantity_ref_uses_unspent_mana(qty: &QuantityRef) -> bool {
         | QuantityRef::TrackedSetAggregate { .. }
         | QuantityRef::ExiledFromHandThisResolution
         | QuantityRef::PreviousEffectAmount { .. }
+        | QuantityRef::PreviousEffectCount
         | QuantityRef::LifeLostThisTurn { .. }
         | QuantityRef::PartySize { .. }
         | QuantityRef::Speed { .. }
@@ -1301,6 +1302,7 @@ fn quantity_ref_uses_object_count(qty: &QuantityRef) -> bool {
         | QuantityRef::TrackedSetAggregate { .. }
         | QuantityRef::ExiledFromHandThisResolution
         | QuantityRef::PreviousEffectAmount { .. }
+        | QuantityRef::PreviousEffectCount
         | QuantityRef::LifeLostThisTurn { .. }
         | QuantityRef::Speed { .. }
         | QuantityRef::EventContextAmount
@@ -1596,6 +1598,7 @@ fn quantity_ref_characteristic_reads(qty: &QuantityRef, depth: u32) -> Character
         | QuantityRef::TrackedSetSize
         | QuantityRef::ExiledFromHandThisResolution
         | QuantityRef::PreviousEffectAmount { .. }
+        | QuantityRef::PreviousEffectCount
         | QuantityRef::LifeLostThisTurn { .. }
         | QuantityRef::UnspentMana { .. }
         | QuantityRef::Speed { .. }
@@ -1860,6 +1863,7 @@ fn entered_object_perturbs_quantity_ref(
         | QuantityRef::TrackedSetAggregate { .. }
         | QuantityRef::ExiledFromHandThisResolution
         | QuantityRef::PreviousEffectAmount { .. }
+        | QuantityRef::PreviousEffectCount
         | QuantityRef::LifeLostThisTurn { .. }
         | QuantityRef::Speed { .. }
         | QuantityRef::EventContextAmount
@@ -3990,6 +3994,9 @@ fn resolve_ref(
             // (Contest of Claws). 0 when the preceding effect dealt no excess.
             DamageChannel::Excess => state.last_effect_excess_amount.unwrap_or(0),
         },
+        // Read the preceding continuation-local effect count directly.
+        // An unavailable count resolves to zero.
+        QuantityRef::PreviousEffectCount => state.last_effect_count.unwrap_or(0),
         // CR 608.2c: "for each [thing] this way" — read the most recent tracked set size.
         QuantityRef::TrackedSetSize => state
             .tracked_object_sets
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/game/triggers.rs b/crates/engine/src/game/triggers.rs
index 63d506e5ac..9a12a48395 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/game/triggers.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/game/triggers.rs
@@ -10408,6 +10408,7 @@ fn quantity_ref_binding_diverges(qty: &QuantityRef) -> bool {
         | QuantityRef::TrackedSetAggregate { .. }
         | QuantityRef::ExiledFromHandThisResolution
         | QuantityRef::PreviousEffectAmount { .. }
+        | QuantityRef::PreviousEffectCount
         | QuantityRef::TimesCostPaidThisResolution
         // CR 608.2c: the secret-number ledger is populated BY the
         // resolution that ran the choice (Wheel of Misfortune, Menacing Ogre) and
@@ -13847,6 +13848,7 @@ fn quantity_ref_refs_cost_paid_object(qty: &QuantityRef) -> bool {
         | QuantityRef::TrackedSetAggregate { .. }
         | QuantityRef::ExiledFromHandThisResolution
         | QuantityRef::PreviousEffectAmount { .. }
+        | QuantityRef::PreviousEffectCount
         | QuantityRef::LifeLostThisTurn { .. }
         | QuantityRef::PartySize { .. }
         | QuantityRef::UnspentMana { .. }
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/game/triggers_devour_runtime_tests.rs b/crates/engine/src/game/triggers_devour_runtime_tests.rs
index 1e1a74657f..a3d91cf58c 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/game/triggers_devour_runtime_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/game/triggers_devour_runtime_tests.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 //! `PostReplacementContinuation` and drains it after the move completes,
 //! raising a ranged sacrifice `EffectZoneChoice`. The Sacrifice
 //! completion stamps `state.last_effect_count`, which the chained
-//! `PutCounter` sub-ability's `QuantityRef::EventContextAmount` reads via
-//! its `.or(last_effect_count)` fallback.
+//! `PutCounter` sub-ability reads directly through
+//! `QuantityRef::PreviousEffectCount`.
 //!
 //! Lives in `game/triggers.rs` rather than `database/synthesis.rs::tests`
 //! so it can reach the `pub(super)` post-replacement-continuation drain
@@ -16,11 +16,15 @@
 use crate::database::synthesis::synthesize_all;
 use crate::game::printed_cards::apply_card_face_to_object;
 use crate::game::zones::{create_object, move_to_zone};
-use crate::types::ability::{EffectKind, PtValue, TargetFilter, TypeFilter};
+use crate::types::ability::{
+    EffectKind, PtValue, QuantityExpr, QuantityModification, QuantityRef, ReplacementDefinition,
+    TargetFilter, TypeFilter,
+};
 use crate::types::actions::GameAction;
 use crate::types::card::CardFace;
 use crate::types::card_type::CoreType;
 use crate::types::counter::CounterType;
+use crate::types::events::GameEvent;
 use crate::types::game_state::{GameState, WaitingFor};
 use crate::types::identifiers::{CardId, ObjectId};
 use crate::types::keywords::Keyword;
@@ -214,6 +218,28 @@ fn p1p1(state: &GameState, id: ObjectId) -> u32 {
         .unwrap_or(0)
 }
 
+/// Install the AddCounter quantity replacement used by Doubling Season-class
+/// effects without depending on a particular card's parser output.
+fn install_counter_doubler(state: &mut GameState, controller: PlayerId) {
+    let card_id = CardId(state.next_object_id);
+    let id = create_object(
+        state,
+        card_id,
+        controller,
+        "Counter Doubler".to_string(),
+        Zone::Battlefield,
+    );
+    state
+        .objects
+        .get_mut(&id)
+        .expect("counter doubler exists")
+        .replacement_definitions
+        .push(
+            ReplacementDefinition::new(ReplacementEvent::AddCounter)
+                .quantity_modification(QuantityModification::DOUBLE),
+        );
+}
+
 /// Drive a Devour creature's Hand→Battlefield ZoneChange through the
 /// replacement pipeline, then drain the post-replacement continuation —
 /// the same call `stack.rs:575` makes during real spell resolution.
@@ -331,7 +357,7 @@ fn devour_etb_raises_ranged_sacrifice_prompt() {
 /// two creatures to Devour 1 places exactly two +1/+1 counters on the
 /// entering permanent. Under v1's `PreviousEffectAmount` route this would
 /// resolve to 0 (the ranged Sacrifice never stamps `last_effect_amount`);
-/// under v2's `EventContextAmount` it reads `last_effect_count = 2`.
+/// under the direct `PreviousEffectCount` route it reads `last_effect_count = 2`.
 #[test]
 fn devour_1_full_sacrifice_places_one_counter_per_creature() {
     let face = devour_face("Gorger Wurm", 1);
@@ -375,7 +401,7 @@ fn devour_1_full_sacrifice_places_one_counter_per_creature() {
 
 /// CR 702.82a: an empty sacrifice is legal — the Devour creature enters
 /// with 0 counters. NOTE: this case alone does NOT discriminate the v1
-/// linkage bug (both `PreviousEffectAmount` and `EventContextAmount`
+/// linkage bug (both `PreviousEffectAmount` and `PreviousEffectCount`
 /// resolve to 0 here). It is paired with the full-sacrifice test above —
 /// that test is the true linkage-bug discriminator.
 #[test]
@@ -405,7 +431,7 @@ fn devour_1_empty_sacrifice_enters_with_zero_counters() {
 /// CR 702.82a: Devour 2 places N=2 counters per creature sacrificed.
 /// One sacrifice → 2 counters, via the synthesizer's
 /// `QuantityExpr::Multiply { factor: 2, .. }` wrapping
-/// `EventContextAmount`.
+/// `PreviousEffectCount`.
 #[test]
 fn devour_2_one_sacrifice_places_two_counters() {
     let face = devour_face("Mycoloth", 2);
@@ -426,6 +452,93 @@ fn devour_2_one_sacrifice_places_two_counters() {
     );
 }
 
+/// CR 702.82a + CR 614.16: Devour's continuation count is distinct
+/// from a concurrently live enclosing event amount. Two sacrifices for Mycoloth
+/// (Devour 2) make four counters, then the AddCounter doubler makes eight.
+#[test]
+fn devour_uses_previous_effect_count_not_outer_event_amount() {
+    let face = devour_face("Mycoloth", 2);
+    let (mut state, devour) = drive_devour_etb_with_battlefield(&face, PlayerId(0), |state| {
+        battlefield_creature(state, PlayerId(0), "Sac Fodder 0");
+        battlefield_creature(state, PlayerId(0), "Sac Fodder 1");
+        install_counter_doubler(state, PlayerId(0));
+    });
+    state.current_trigger_event = Some(GameEvent::DamageDealt {
+        source_id: ObjectId(999),
+        target: crate::types::ability::TargetRef::Player(PlayerId(1)),
+        amount: 1,
+        is_combat: false,
+        excess: 0,
+    });
+    let event_amount = QuantityExpr::Ref {
+        qty: QuantityRef::EventContextAmount,
+    };
+    assert_eq!(
+        crate::game::quantity::resolve_quantity(&state, &event_amount, PlayerId(0), devour),
+        1,
+        "reach-guard: the generic event-context ref still sees the outer scalar event"
+    );
+
+    let WaitingFor::EffectZoneChoice { cards, .. } = &state.waiting_for else {
+        panic!("expected the Devour sacrifice choice");
+    };
+    let chosen: Vec<ObjectId> = cards.iter().copied().take(2).collect();
+    assert_eq!(chosen.len(), 2, "two creatures must be eligible for Devour");
+    crate::game::engine::apply_as_current(&mut state, GameAction::SelectCards { cards: chosen })
+        .unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        p1p1(&state, devour),
+        8,
+        "2 sacrifices × Devour 2 × doubler = 8"
+    );
+    let previous_count = QuantityExpr::Ref {
+        qty: QuantityRef::PreviousEffectCount,
+    };
+    assert_eq!(
+        crate::game::quantity::resolve_quantity(&state, &previous_count, PlayerId(0), devour),
+        2,
+        "the direct continuation-local count remains the two selected creatures"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        crate::game::quantity::resolve_quantity(&state, &event_amount, PlayerId(0), devour),
+        1,
+        "reach-guard: EventContextAmount must retain its outer-event precedence"
+    );
+
+    let (mut empty, empty_devour) =
+        drive_devour_etb_with_battlefield(&face, PlayerId(0), |state| {
+            battlefield_creature(state, PlayerId(0), "Declined Fodder 0");
+            battlefield_creature(state, PlayerId(0), "Declined Fodder 1");
+            install_counter_doubler(state, PlayerId(0));
+        });
+    empty.current_trigger_event = Some(GameEvent::DamageDealt {
+        source_id: ObjectId(999),
+        target: crate::types::ability::TargetRef::Player(PlayerId(1)),
+        amount: 1,
+        is_combat: false,
+        excess: 0,
+    });
+    crate::game::engine::apply_as_current(&mut empty, GameAction::SelectCards { cards: vec![] })
+        .unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        p1p1(&empty, empty_devour),
+        0,
+        "an empty Devour choice stays zero despite the outer event"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        crate::game::quantity::resolve_quantity(&empty, &previous_count, PlayerId(0), empty_devour),
+        0,
+        "the direct continuation-local count records the empty selection"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        crate::game::quantity::resolve_quantity(&empty, &event_amount, PlayerId(0), empty_devour),
+        1,
+        "reach-guard: the generic event-context ref still sees the outer scalar event"
+    );
+}
+
 /// P (PRIMARY, the reported bug — Famished Worldsire "Devour land 3", CR 702.82c):
 /// the ETB sacrifice pool is the controller's LANDS; a co-present creature is
 /// EXCLUDED. Sacrificing 2 lands to Devour 3 places 3×2 = 6 +1/+1 counters.
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/types/ability.rs b/crates/engine/src/types/ability.rs
index cf766f08c5..565f641081 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/types/ability.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/types/ability.rs
@@ -6927,6 +6927,12 @@ pub enum QuantityRef {
         #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "is_total_damage_channel")]
         channel: DamageChannel,
     },
+    /// Engine bookkeeping for the immediately preceding resolution-local effect
+    /// count. This reads `GameState::last_effect_count` directly, defaults an
+    /// unavailable count to zero, and is not limited to object choices.
+    /// It preserves the immediate-predecessor relationship while instructions
+    /// resolve in order (CR 608.2c), so an enclosing event cannot shadow it.
+    PreviousEffectCount,
     /// CR 118.4 + CR 119.3: Amount of life lost this turn, scoped by `player`
     /// per the workspace "Parameterize, don't proliferate" principle (Round Π-3).
     ///
@@ -7454,6 +7460,7 @@ impl QuantityRef {
             | QuantityRef::TrackedSetAggregate { .. }
             | QuantityRef::ExiledFromHandThisResolution
             | QuantityRef::PreviousEffectAmount { .. }
+            | QuantityRef::PreviousEffectCount
             | QuantityRef::UnspentMana { .. }
             | QuantityRef::EventContextAmount
             | QuantityRef::EventContextPlayerCount { .. }