Incinerate vs Dice pool

[Brocoliviolet]

At which point do I remove defense dice?

 

Let's say I have a Mysterio incinerated. My opponent attacks Mysterio with a physical attack and pays 2 power so I don't use my Mystic defense. but he has no power left to pay for Unnatural mutation (Zola's Scientific method team tactic card) So I add 2 defense dice. Will the Incinerate comes before or after i added my 2 dice?

[Thoras]

The creation of the defender's dice pool occurs in step 5 of an attack

Step 5a is adding the initial dice for the pool, which in this case would be 1

Step 5b is adding and removing dice, which should be done in that order (add and then subtract). This means you'll add 2 for Unnatural mutation and then remove 1for incinerate, leaving you at 2 dice(1 initial + 2 for Unnatural Mutation - 1 for Incinerate).