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, 16 June 2007
RE: This.
Pardon me, but I believe the second answer in the above is incorrect.
DAX wrote: I've Isawa Miliko and spells in another battle. Have I cost reduced by Miliko in current battle?
No, because it's not in "that army" (card text).
While Miliko is in an army, reduce the cost of Spells you own by the number of Spells in that army.
As I read it: The words "that army" in Miliko's trait are indeed in reference to her army, but only to show you which Spells are counted for the cost reduction (the ones in that army). The reduction itself is global, affecting all of your Spells anywhere as long as Miliko is in an army somewhere. I don't see how this can be interpreted to only affect your Spells if Miliko is the current army, as that phrase is certainly absent.
I hope the above made my point clear. Thank you for your time.
Zen Faulkes (rules official), 16 June 2007
RE: This.
Pardon me, but I believe the second answer in the above is incorrect.
As I read it: The words "that army" in Miliko's trait are indeed in reference to her army, but only to show you which Spells are counted for the cost reduction (the ones in that army). The reduction itself is global, affecting all of your Spells anywhere as long as Miliko is in an army somewhere. I don't see how this can be interpreted to only affect your Spells if Miliko is the current army, as that phrase is certainly absent.
I hope the above made my point clear. Thank you for your time.
Thanks for the catch.