Is this ability useless now?
Battle: Bow your performing Shugenja in Shria's army: Straighten Shria.
Shinjo Shria
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Is this ability useless now?
Battle: Bow your performing Shugenja in Shria's army: Straighten Shria.
No. The ability may be used if Shrla is unbowed, for instance to fulfill the conditions for putting the Ring of Water into play.
On: Shinjo Shria
Please note that Shria's Oracle wording now reads "Battle: Even if Shria is bowed, bow your performing Shugenja in her army: Straighten Shria."