Does the text "Target X in play" override the requirement for a Battle action to target cards at the current battlefield? (for example, can I target personalities at home to fulfil Borrowed Advisor's Open/Battle action requirement?)
"In play" and the rule of location (e.g. Borrowed Advisors)
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Does the text "Target X in play" override the requirement for a Battle action to target cards at the current battlefield? (for example, can I target personalities at home to fulfil Borrowed Advisor's Open/Battle action requirement?)
Yes, "target X [something] in play," waives the Rule of Location for those cards. "At any location," is what you and I are used to seeing, but when applied to multiple cards it might look like it was implying that all X targets needed to be at the same location.