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.
A player, 16 October 2009
A Question that came up last night was this one, which in turn leads to further sub questions.
I have Daigotsu Xp3 in a battle and take control of a generic unit of my opponents containing a Legion of Toshigoku.
In this case he sent the stolen unit home before I could use the actions on it but we were unable to work out when the unit died who would draw the card.
Daigotsu Xp 3 = Battle: Permanently give a target enemy personality with lower Chi Shadowlands. He succumbs to the Dark Lord's will. Take control of him (if you do so, he joins your army). If you now control him, destroy him after this battle ends.
Legion of Toshigoku = Battle: Even if this card is bowed: Destroy this card. Reaction: After this card enters a discard pile from play: Draw a card.
My questions then are who would draw the card in the following circumstances - the answer I expect will be the same in all cases but would like the clarifiction.
a) If the Unit containing the Legion of Toshigoku is sent home and dies at the end of the battle but outside it? b) If I use the ability of the Legion of Toshigoku to destroy it? c) I choose not to use the ability and he dies in the battle as a result of battle resolution or at the end of the battle?
Thanks in advance Az
Alex Jones (rules official), 16 October 2009
A Question that came up last night was this one, which in turn leads to further sub questions.
I have Daigotsu Xp3 in a battle and take control of a generic unit of my opponents containing a Legion of Toshigoku.
In this case he sent the stolen unit home before I could use the actions on it but we were unable to work out when the unit died who would draw the card.
Daigotsu Xp 3 = Battle: Permanently give a target enemy personality with lower Chi Shadowlands. He succumbs to the Dark Lord's will. Take control of him (if you do so, he joins your army). If you now control him, destroy him after this battle ends.
Legion of Toshigoku = Battle: Even if this card is bowed: Destroy this card. Reaction: After this card enters a discard pile from play: Draw a card.
My questions then are who would draw the card in the following circumstances - the answer I expect will be the same in all cases but would like the clarifiction.
a) If the Unit containing the Legion of Toshigoku is sent home and dies at the end of the battle but outside it? b) If I use the ability of the Legion of Toshigoku to destroy it? c) I choose not to use the ability and he dies in the battle as a result of battle resolution or at the end of the battle?
Thanks in advance Az
The Reaction is used when the card is in the discard pile, and since a card always goes to its owner's discard pile, only its owner will be able to use the Reaction.