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, 4 March 2008
This came up as an unexpected bonus in a recent Legacy tournament. The general consensus was that it worked but I just wanted to double check.
Playing out of Shiro Matsu I have a 2F/2C/2PH Lion Samurai targeted by Matsu Lineage. I assign him to attack during Shiro Matsu's Limited attack phase and he becomes 4F/3C/3PH. At the resolution of battle I play Rallying Cry. I then declare an attack in my regular attack phase and when I assign him he becomes 6F/4C/4PH.
Matsu Lineage provides a conditional trigger until the end of the turn and although I can't react to the same trigger twice with its effect I should be able to react independently to the two separate attack phase triggers, with the stat bonuses accumulating because they last until the end of turn.
Have I got this right?
(the other scenario apart from Shiro Matsu I could see this happening with is Desperate Wager)
Thanks,
Brent.
MATSU LINEAGE Limited: Target one or more Lion Clan Personalities in your discard pile, and an equal number of Human Personalities you control. After each target assigns to attack this turn, give him +2F/+1C and +1 Personal Honor.
SHIRO MATSU Limited: Bow to begin an Attack Phase. This does not replace your normal Attack Phase.
Martin Lund (rules official), 4 March 2008
This came up as an unexpected bonus in a recent Legacy tournament. The general consensus was that it worked but I just wanted to double check.
Playing out of Shiro Matsu I have a 2F/2C/2PH Lion Samurai targeted by Matsu Lineage. I assign him to attack during Shiro Matsu's Limited attack phase and he becomes 4F/3C/3PH. At the resolution of battle I play Rallying Cry. I then declare an attack in my regular attack phase and when I assign him he becomes 6F/4C/4PH.
Matsu Lineage provides a conditional trigger until the end of the turn and although I can't react to the same trigger twice with its effect I should be able to react independently to the two separate attack phase triggers, with the stat bonuses accumulating because they last until the end of turn.
Have I got this right?
(the other scenario apart from Shiro Matsu I could see this happening with is Desperate Wager)
Thanks,
Brent.
MATSU LINEAGE Limited: Target one or more Lion Clan Personalities in your discard pile, and an equal number of Human Personalities you control. After each target assigns to attack this turn, give him +2F/+1C and +1 Personal Honor.
SHIRO MATSU Limited: Bow to begin an Attack Phase. This does not replace your normal Attack Phase.
That works just fine. Nothing on Matsu Lineage says that it only occurs once. It does not say, "the next time," "the first time," or anything like that. It will produce the effect each time the trigger is met.