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A player, 30 July 2007
I have been told that Kitsu Katsuko can target an already Dead personality in ANY discard pile instead of just a Discarded personality in ANY discard pile. I'm pretty sure this is true because the cost is to "target a Lion Clan Personality in a discard pile and one of your[my] samurai." The effect would be to make that personality dead (which doesn't matter because he already is - if you chose a dead personality in the discard pile) and to give your samurai either tactician or +3F.
Kitsu Katsuko states: Battle/Open: Target a Lion Clan Personality in a discard pile and one of your Samurai. The Lion becomes honorably dead. The Samurai either gains the Tactician keyword or +3F.
Thanks in advance.
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Martin Lund (rules official), 30 July 2007
I have been told that Kitsu Katsuko can target an already Dead personality in ANY discard pile instead of just a Discarded personality in ANY discard pile. I'm pretty sure this is true because the cost is to "target a Lion Clan Personality in a discard pile and one of your[my] samurai." The effect would be to make that personality dead (which doesn't matter because he already is - if you chose a dead personality in the discard pile) and to give your samurai either tactician or +3F.
Kitsu Katsuko states: Battle/Open: Target a Lion Clan Personality in a discard pile and one of your Samurai. The Lion becomes honorably dead. The Samurai either gains the Tactician keyword or +3F.
Thanks in advance.
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Nothing in her Restrictions block or Mandatory Targeting requires the Personality in the Discard Pile to be Dead or not Dead or anything - just Lion Clan.
You can make a Discarded Lion into a Dead "ancestor spirit" with her effect, or you can just pray to some already-Dead "ancestor spirit." Either way you get the bonus.
Heck, you can target your Dishonorable Dead Lions and make them into Honorable Dead Lions too.