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A player, 22 March 2010
The cards:
Final sacrifice Reaction: When an action would target a Personality you control, target your Yojimbo: The action targets him instead, if legal.
Matsu Kasei Battle: Move a target Personality to the current battlefield if there are any units there on the side opposing his controller's. Straighten him if he moved.
My doubt: I declare an attack and assign two yojimbo personalities to one province, my opponent assign Matsu Kasei to another province. I resolve the yojimbo's battle first, the province is destroyed, then I resolve Matsu Kasei's battle, and my opponent uses his ability to move one of my other personalities at home(a shugenja). Can I use Final sacrifice to redirect the targeting to the yojimbos assigned to attack? I don't know if they are a legal target for the redirection(they were in a resolultion during the attack phase so they cannot move) or they are and the movement effect fail.
thanks
Dan Jacobson (rules official), 22 March 2010
The cards:
Final sacrifice Reaction: When an action would target a Personality you control, target your Yojimbo: The action targets him instead, if legal.
Matsu Kasei Battle: Move a target Personality to the current battlefield if there are any units there on the side opposing his controller's. Straighten him if he moved.
My doubt: I declare an attack and assign two yojimbo personalities to one province, my opponent assign Matsu Kasei to another province. I resolve the yojimbo's battle first, the province is destroyed, then I resolve Matsu Kasei's battle, and my opponent uses his ability to move one of my other personalities at home(a shugenja). Can I use Final sacrifice to redirect the targeting to the yojimbos assigned to attack? I don't know if they are a legal target for the redirection(they were in a resolultion during the attack phase so they cannot move) or they are and the movement effect fail.
thanks
Said Yojimbos would still be a legal target.
Final Sacrifice may be used to target the Yojimbo instead.
The movement effect would still fail.
Remember that you can make choices and targets knowing that effects will fail.