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A player, 10 April 2012
Just a query that I couldn't find by searching "lair". Does the "control" part of The Shadow's Lair include any Ninja card or just personalities?
Relevant text I could find: http://rules.l5r.com/EE_Physically_mark ... rd_control It seems to mean that if you bring it into play then you control it, so since the box doesn't specify personalities then any Ninja card should work. The Red Crane Dojo for example.
The Shadow's Lair You do not lose Honor from Ninja and Fate cards you own. Ninja Battle: Once per battle, even if this card is bowed and even if you control no units at the current battlefield, target one or more unopposed units with combined total Force of 9 or lower, or one opposed unit: Move each target home; this will not be negated or delayed if you control a Ninja.
So for it's battle action, does the holding count? As it is a Ninja card and you control it so it seems like it works but since it is weird that you could have no personalities on the board, only holdings and still have send home that is unable to be negated or delayed I wanted to just double check.
Jon Palmer (rules official), 10 April 2012
Just a query that I couldn't find by searching "lair". Does the "control" part of The Shadow's Lair include any Ninja card or just personalities?
Relevant text I could find: http://rules.l5r.com/EE_Physically_mark ... rd_control It seems to mean that if you bring it into play then you control it, so since the box doesn't specify personalities then any Ninja card should work. The Red Crane Dojo for example.
The Shadow's Lair You do not lose Honor from Ninja and Fate cards you own. Ninja Battle: Once per battle, even if this card is bowed and even if you control no units at the current battlefield, target one or more unopposed units with combined total Force of 9 or lower, or one opposed unit: Move each target home; this will not be negated or delayed if you control a Ninja.
So for it's battle action, does the holding count? As it is a Ninja card and you control it so it seems like it works but since it is weird that you could have no personalities on the board, only holdings and still have send home that is unable to be negated or delayed I wanted to just double check.
Per the rules on keywords, you may control any card with the keyword "Ninja". This includes non-Personality cards such as Red Crane Dojo.