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Can Arranged Marriage be used on a personality in a province?
"A target Human Personality permanently gains your Clan alignment."
This does not specify in play, so can I use this on a personality in my province during the Action Phase before I bring him in to play during Dynasty?
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks
Can Arranged Marriage be used on a personality in a province?
"A target Human Personality permanently gains your Clan alignment."
This does not specify in play, so can I use this on a personality in my province during the Action Phase before I bring him in to play during Dynasty?
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks
I'm afraid you have it backwards.
Your action needs to specify that it CAN target or affect an out-of-play card (not the other way around, as you suggested, that it could because it doesn't specify "in-play").
http://rules.l5r.com/Physically_marked_card_states#In_play_and_out_of_play: "Implications of in and out of play: Cards that are not in play or in a resolution, entering-play or focusing area have the following limitations: They cannot be targeted... They are not affected by effects."
So, no, Arranged Marriaged cannot be played on a Personality in a Province.