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, 29 December 2011
This is more of a clarity to settle a discussion I have elsewhere. I have a friend who isn't posting rules questions because they are on cards that say "demo" at the bottom, not "EE" which would specify emperor edition set. he received these cards back in July (from gencon) and were officially released in December to stores. (The card in question is a stronghold that was never printed prior to "demo") Are we still not allowed to ask about said cards and how the interact with existing cards (such as in an upcoming war of honor tournament) even though the "demo" set is already out (thus not being an 'EE' rules question exactly since its about the cards interactions with SE cards)? Unlike asking about unreleased cards, we're asking about released cards that some of the new players want to use (because they want to play with the cards they have and in this case he's limited on number of strongholds) as we're making an exception to permit him to use new cards.
(Another person I discussed the question says "EE" applies to all EE legal cards including promos without the CE bug such as tamori potion, but the post says "regarding Emperor Edition cards until that set is released" suggesting its only the set, not other cards (such as promos and demo cards) that happen to hold the EE bug on them. So to clarify, are we allowed to ask about Demo cards and other "EE" promos (that do not say "EE" at the bottom)?
(also, its a war of honor question, but that isn't the point. I mention it only if War of Honor influences rules and is treated differently in some arbitrary instances like ranged attacks. It would be specifically how that card exists in relation to cards that exist now and stronghold immunity based on CURRENT printed cards, but no other current stronghold that I can think of does the same thing. )
Jon Palmer (rules official), 31 December 2011
This is more of a clarity to settle a discussion I have elsewhere. I have a friend who isn't posting rules questions because they are on cards that say "demo" at the bottom, not "EE" which would specify emperor edition set. he received these cards back in July (from gencon) and were officially released in December to stores. (The card in question is a stronghold that was never printed prior to "demo") Are we still not allowed to ask about said cards and how the interact with existing cards (such as in an upcoming war of honor tournament) even though the "demo" set is already out (thus not being an 'EE' rules question exactly since its about the cards interactions with SE cards)? Unlike asking about unreleased cards, we're asking about released cards that some of the new players want to use (because they want to play with the cards they have and in this case he's limited on number of strongholds) as we're making an exception to permit him to use new cards.
(Another person I discussed the question says "EE" applies to all EE legal cards including promos without the CE bug such as tamori potion, but the post says "regarding Emperor Edition cards until that set is released" suggesting its only the set, not other cards (such as promos and demo cards) that happen to hold the EE bug on them. So to clarify, are we allowed to ask about Demo cards and other "EE" promos (that do not say "EE" at the bottom)?
(also, its a war of honor question, but that isn't the point. I mention it only if War of Honor influences rules and is treated differently in some arbitrary instances like ranged attacks. It would be specifically how that card exists in relation to cards that exist now and stronghold immunity based on CURRENT printed cards, but no other current stronghold that I can think of does the same thing. )
The problem with answering questions about previously unreleased cards in the demo decks is that the final printing on those cards may change when Emperor Edition actually releases, and we don't want to have confusing/conflicting rulings out there for those cards. In the meantime, local judges should be perfectly able to make rulings if you're using the decks for demo or casual play.
As for promos, if they are dual-bugged Celestial and Emperor feel free to ask questions when they become legal. For Emperor Edition only promos, please hold off on asking questions until the release of Emperor Edition to prevent the confusion of the rules team attempting to answer questions under two different sets of rules. Thanks!