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I have a few quick questions regarding this card:
1. Lets say I have a Bayushi Yumita at home. I defend the battle with a Bayushi Saya. If I played Concealed Archers, could I use Yumitas ranged attack, and then move Bayushi Saya home, since it is part of Yumita's Battle action?
2. What if Bayushi Yumita was bowed while he was at home. Could I still use his battle action via Concealed Archers? If yay or nay, why?
Thank you.
Battle: You may take an additional action to use a Battle ability with a Ranged Attack effect on one of your target cards in a unit not at the current battlefield. Add one to the strength of each of the ability’s Ranged Attacks if the unit’s Personality is Naga. Lose 2 honor.
If I played Concealed Archers, could I use Yumitas ranged attack, and then move Bayushi Saya home, since it is part of Yumita's Battle action?
No. Bayushi Yumita's Battle action's last effect reads: "You may move Yumita home". It refers only to the one Bayushi Yumita whose action is being taken.
Special wording rules, Referring to things: "References to the card's title, or to a shortened form of the title in the case of Personalities (such as “Mareshi” as short for “Mirumoto Mareshi”), refer to the card itself."
What if Bayushi Yumita was bowed while he was at home. Could I still use his battle action via Concealed Archers? If yay or nay, why?
No, because the effect of Concealed Archers only waives the second part of the Rule of Location: the Battle ability with a Ranged Attack effect that you use as an additional action, can be on one of your cards in a unit not at the current battlefield (card text). No effect of Concealed Archers waives the rule which states that abilities on bowed cards can not be used (see Abilities and actions, Using abilities), otherwise it would be explicitly written "even if bowed" in its text. If your Bayushi Yumita at home is unbowed but his ability has already been used earlier this turn, it can not be used again because "each separate ability can only be used once per turn by default" (ibidem). As a consequence, a bowed Bayushi Yumita in your home is a legal but useless target for Concealed Archers.