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, 10 March 2008
O-SHIKEN: Reaction: After an action resolves which destroyed this card's Personality, even if this card is now out of play: Target one of your Crab Clan Personalities at the location where the Personality was destroyed. Attach this card to him, waiving costs.
HIDA DAIZU: Once per game, after Daizu is destroyed: You may rehonor him and bring him into play (in your home), waiving costs.
SEIDEN SANZO: Limited: Target a Personality you own and control. He gains Cavalry and +3F. Destroy him at the start of your next Dynasty Phase.
Hi.
I have Hida Daizu in play (and no other personality), with a O-Shiken attached. I target him with seiden sanzo. Then at the start of my dynasty phase, Hida daizu is destroyed because of Seiden Sanzo. So 0-Shiken goes to the discard pile and Hida Daizu comes back into play (because of his trait). Can i re-attach O-Shiken to him? Or is it not possible because of the timing?
Thanks again.
Zen Faulkes (rules official), 10 March 2008
I have Hida Daizu in play (and no other personality), with a O-Shiken attached. I target him with seiden sanzo. Then at the start of my dynasty phase, Hida daizu is destroyed because of Seiden Sanzo. So 0-Shiken goes to the discard pile and Hida Daizu comes back into play (because of his trait). Can i re-attach O-Shiken to him?
No.
O-Shiken is played "after an action resolves," which means it must be used after immediate effects resolve. Destruction is a delayed effect.
http://rules.l5r.com/Glossary_R#Resolve: "(An action) stops resolving when its sequence of effect activation has ended, even if the application of some effects has been delayed."