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I am confused about the interaction of these cards.
A Unicorn player has in play two bowed Ikoma Noda. Winter Storm has resolved. The Unicorn player declares an attack. His Nodas straighten.
Does he then have to immediately bow them?
Similar situation only the Nodas are unbowed at the declaration of attack, do they bow to Winter Storm and then immediately straighten?
Do the answers change if the attack is declared by the Unicorn player's opponent instead of during his turn?
Paul Ashman
D. Apply any delayed effects that resolved previously and are timed to the trigger (such as, “After the next time this turn he assigns…”) The active player decides the order in which more than one of these effects apply. If different sources each give multiple delayed effects to the same trigger, the active player decides which source's delayed effects apply first, but multiple delayed effects from the same source all happen before delayed effects from the next source happen.
Example: If two delayed effects on the same personality say "After he assigns, dishonor him, and his controller loses 2 Honor," the effects apply as follows: dishonor him, lose 2 Honor, dishonor him again, lose 2 Honor.
E. Apply any triggered traits on cards. The active player decides the order in which more than one of these effects apply.
Ikoma Noda has a Triggered Trait: "After an attack is declared: Straighten Noda."
Winter Storm has a Delayed Effect: "after each time an attack is declared, each player targets two of his unbowed Personalities with a Gold Cost eqal to or less than his Stronghold's Gold Production plus 2. Bow them."
Winter Storm's Delayed Effect always gets resolved before Ikoma Noda'a Triggered Trait.