Rules for 27 and 28 December

Your Rules for Monday, December 27 and Monday, December 28, 2004

No new rules questions for Monday

Shattered Focus and targeting

Does Shattered Focus target the focus cards it discards? By the new templating rules it doesn't target but since you have to choose the focus cards to discard it seems like it must target those cards. In particular if a situation arises where one player has no focus card at the end of the duel can Shatter Focus's reaction be used?

I believe that for cards released with Dawn of the Empire or later sets have the new rule applied to them - that they only target Explicitly. The implicit targeting rules from the Diamond Edition Rulebook do not apply to them. That should be on the Web of Lies Rules Sheet, IIRC.

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I suppose this question was answered before, but i didn´t find it in the archives.

It's in there! Under General rules: Duels: "An action creating a challenge must begin resolve before anything can happen "during" the challenge. E.g., the action can be canceled, even if reactions are not allowed during challenges. [JA, 16 December 2001, 2 March 2004]"

Zen Faulkes! * Crab Clan Scholar * Unaligned Archivist

Question: Who "perfoms" a challenge action?

If my Doji Saori uses her action to have another one of my duelist personalities issue a challenge to one of my opponent’s personalities, what personality is “performing” the action?

Diamond Edition Rulebook page 71: Some actions are performed by cards in play as well as by a player. To determine who performs an action, follow the first rule below that applies: 1. Actions on a Personality or Follower are performed by that card.

You've provide the answer right there. IT says to follow the first rule that applies. The first rule applies - Saori is a Personality and the Action is on her card. Saori performs the Action, even if the Challenger is a different Duelist, since #1 comes before #4.

Shosuro Saemon

I am a little confused by how Shosuro Saemon's reaction works with cards that specifically check for the presence of followers, (such as Refugees, Peasant Vengeance, etc.)

"If one or more of an action's targets become illegal between when they are chosen and when the action begins to resolve, that action will not affect those targets. This remains true even if they become illegal, then return to being legal. [JA, 15 June 2004; 22 June 2004]" (Accumulated Rulings, "Actions and abilities")

Saemon says, "Reaction: After another player’s action targets Saemon: Target a Personality you control. Give him a 1F Ninja Follower token."

That happens before the Action begins to resolve effects, so Saemon can cause the effects of such cards to fail against him by using his ability on himself.

That should cover everything from Monday and Tuesday. If I missed your question, please repost it with the flag [RULES] as part of your Clear and Distinct subject line. I'll get back to you at the first opportunity.