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.
I control Tsuruchi Onaka, and target the opponent's HouHou with Onaka's Open action.
I use a duelist to play Imperial Adjudication, targeting the dishonorable HouHou. I win the duel.
Before the turn ends, does HouHou get rehonored even though he's out-of-play?
I control Tsuruchi Onaka, and target the opponent's HouHou with Onaka's Open action. I use a duelist to play Imperial Adjudication, targeting the dishonorable HouHou. I win the duel. Before the turn ends, does HouHou get rehonored even though he's out-of-play?
No.
http://rules.l5r.com/CE_Effects#Effects ... ut_of_play: "When an effect is activated, it will only apply to cards that at the time of activation are either in play, or in a temporary focusing, entering-play, or resolution area, unless the effect:
"specifies an out of play area," Does not apply.
"is triggered by a card entering an out of play area (such as, being destroyed or discarded from the hand)," Does not apply.
"uses wording such as “all Samurai in and out of play”," Does not apply.
"is a continuous effect from a card out of play, in which case it affects only that card." Does not apply.
Correction.
The answer is yes, not no. Somehow, in thinking about this, I got the chain of events in my head confused and thought that the effect was activated when Houhou was out of play. It is not. Sorry for the confusion.