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.
Limited: Target your Samurai Personality: Until the end of the game, he may not refuse challenges, you must declare a normal attack every turn and assign him (if legal), and you gain 2 Honor after each time he wins a duel or his army wins a battle against an enemy army.
My question is, if the Samurai targeted by Musha Shugyo leaves play, do I still have to declare an attack each turn?
Limited: Target your Samurai Personality: Until the end of the game, he may not refuse challenges, you must declare a normal attack every turn and assign him (if legal), and you gain 2 Honor after each time he wins a duel or his army wins a battle against an enemy army.
My question is, if the Samurai targeted by Musha Shugyo leaves play, do I still have to declare an attack each turn?
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That being said, the stated duration of the effects on the card is "Until the end of the game..." and not "Until (the Samurai) leaves play." Thus, my ruling would be that, after playing that card, for the rest of the game, you must declare an attack and assign him if possible. If he is out of play for whatever reason, you won't be able to assign him, naturally.
However, you *must* declare an attack.