I checked a lot for previous posts, very sorry if I missed the answers elsewhere.
Question about Imperial Census- Celestial Rare Event and the interaction with 2 personality abilities.
Imperial Census: All Personalities in play with a Gold Cost less than or equal to the Gold Production of their controller's Stronghold plus two bow and will not straighten during their controller's next Straighten Phase.
I'm certain since it does not say "base Gold Cost" that Yoritomo Utemaro's xp2 ability: Limited: Give a target Personality a -2 Gold Cost token
Can make personalities eventually get hit by Imperial Census who wouldn't on their base Gold Cost.
Uncertain about whether Yoritomo Eihiko can further increase the number of personalities an Imperial Census could affect.
Yoritomo Eihiko: Reaction: After you announce an action: Reduce the Gold Cost of a target card (in play) by 2 until the action ends
The question is whether as a player I would "announce" "as an action" Imperial Census coming into play. If it's not an action that gets announced, then obviously there is nothing for Eihiko to react to and he would just end up getting bowed by Imperial Census.
If it is an action that would be announced, then it would seem that before Imperial Census resolves and bows Eihiko, I could react to the announcement of Imperial Census to reduce the Gold Cost of certain personalities to a level that would then get them bowed by Imperial Census.
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If it's ok- I wanted to tag this on. DIdn't see an answer in previous posts. Utemaro xp cannot as a limited give a face up personality in a province a -2 gold cost token making them cheaper to buy, right? I think maybe it was already answered on a Mantis Clan preview board as "no", but didn't see it in this rules board.
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