Does Houhou's "if she entered play, Gain 3 Honor" apply only to entering play with her Limited ability? Or does it happen if she enters play outside the Dynasty Phase with the use of a card like Shiba's Guidance? For example, if I am in combat and an opponent attacks me and I use Shiba's Guidance to bring Houhou back into play in the current battle, do I gain her 3 honor for enter play as printed on the card? Thank you.
Shiba's Guidance + Houhou
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Does Houhou's "if she entered play, Gain 3 Honor" apply only to entering play with her Limited ability? Or does it happen if she enters play outside the Dynasty Phase with the use of a card like Shiba's Guidance? For example, if I am in combat and an opponent attacks me and I use Shiba's Guidance to bring Houhou back into play in the current battle, do I gain her 3 honor for enter play as printed on the card? Thank you.
Houhou's ability is Limited: If Houhou is honorably dead: She rises from the ashes. Bring her into play, paying 4 less Gold. If she entered play, gain 3 Honor (this is an Honor gain for entering play).
The honour gain is not a separate trait, it's an effect of the action. If you bring her into play using a different action, you won't gain 3 Honour from her ability.
Note that within the text box of a card, the order of the four parts is fixed: Keywords, Traits, Abilities, Flavour. Once you get to an ability, all the rest is abilities or flavour.
On: Shiba's Guidance, Houhou