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A player, 13 March 2008
Because the printing has changed with Samurai...
Is an attack declared when a player plays Ambush (for effects such as Winter Storm)?
If the Attacker's personality becomes bowed after being targeted but before being assigned, may he still be assigned? Will a card effect instructing a bowed personality to assign always fail?
Thanks!
Zen Faulkes (rules official), 13 March 2008
Because the printing has changed with Samurai...
Is an attack declared when a player plays Ambush (for effects such as Winter Storm)?
If the Attacker's personality becomes bowed after being targeted but before being assigned, may he still be assigned? Will a card effect instructing a bowed personality to assign always fail?
Thanks!
http://rules.l5r.com/Battles#Battles: "Battles created by a card effect that does not create an Attack Phase..." etc.
So if the card says nothing of an Attack Phase, there isn't one.