Hida Kisada and Koshin Keep

L5R CCG Rules board, 9 January 2012

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A player, 9 January 2012

If Hida Kisada has been hit with a range attack at a battlefield with Koshin Keep's ability is active and it didn't kill him the Mantis player gets to take another shot. Can the Crab player use Hida Kisada reaction to target someone else?

I'm not sure what the correct answer is because normally it should work but Koshin Keep restricts the Mantis player target and I don't know if that same restriction applys to the Crab player.

Jon Palmer (rules official), 9 January 2012

If Hida Kisada has been hit with a range attack at a battlefield with Koshin Keep's ability is active and it didn't kill him the Mantis player gets to take another shot. Can the Crab player use Hida Kisada reaction to target someone else?

I'm not sure what the correct answer is because normally it should work but Koshin Keep restricts the Mantis player target and I don't know if that same restriction applys to the Crab player.

Targets must remain legal when you use a retargeting effect; due to the text on Koshin Keep Kisada is the only legal target for subsequent ranged attacks in your scenario.