A topic from AEG's L5R CCG Rules forum, copied for Oracle of the Void from a copy of the forum saved in October 2015, so pages it didn't save are missing. Players' names are left out; the rules officials are named. Rulings are as they stood on these dates; later rulings, the rulebooks and the Rules Archive may differ.
A player, 6 May 2015
I just needed clarification on Moto Yao-tsu's trait:
"After an action resolves, straighten each unit it moved into Yao-tsu's army."
If I have presence at the current battlefield and I move Moto Yao-tsu into the current battlefield with Way of the Unicorn/Thrill of Daring etc. will Yao-tsu's unit straighten after the action resolves because Yao-tsu has now moved into his own army?
If we look at the timing for the trait it makes logical sense.
1. Way of the Unicorn targets Moto Yao-tsu at home 2. Yao-tsu moves to the current battlefield, the action resolves, Yao-tsu is currently apart of my/his own army at the current battlefield 3. Yao-tsu's trait triggers on Yao-tsu's unit straightening it
Is this correct?
Alex Jones (rules official), 14 May 2015
I just needed clarification on Moto Yao-tsu's trait:
"After an action resolves, straighten each unit it moved into Yao-tsu's army."
If I have presence at the current battlefield and I move Moto Yao-tsu into the current battlefield with Way of the Unicorn/Thrill of Daring etc. will Yao-tsu's unit straighten after the action resolves because Yao-tsu has now moved into his own army?
If we look at the timing for the trait it makes logical sense.
1. Way of the Unicorn targets Moto Yao-tsu at home 2. Yao-tsu moves to the current battlefield, the action resolves, Yao-tsu is currently apart of my/his own army at the current battlefield 3. Yao-tsu's trait triggers on Yao-tsu's unit straightening it
Is this correct?
The phrase "Yao-tsu's army" is evaluated when the trait triggers, which is after the unit or units have moved.
If Yao-tsu moves into an army, his trait will straighten his unit.