Mercantile Conflict
Legend of the Five Rings card from Aftermath, Twenty Festivals
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Strategy
- Gold Cost
- 0
- Card Text
- Discipline
. (Pay 1 Gold to play, then remove from the game, this Discipline in your discard.)
Political Open: Bow your target unbowed Courtier. The next two Honor losses from your cards (this turn) are increased by 1 each. - Focus Value
- 3
- Legality
- A Brother's Destiny (Ivory Edition), A Brother's Destiny (Twenty Festivals), Age of Conquest (Emperor), War of the Seals (Onyx Edition)
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
Aftermath
- Rarity
- Rare
- Flavor Text
- "An unfortunate accident, my friend."
- Artist
- Gong Studios
- Card Number
- 132
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Twenty Festivals
- Rarity
- Rare
- Flavor Text
- "Yes, I did hear about the fire at the inn across town. It's a tragedy, and I hope his family can survive the loss. In the meantime, you are fortunate, because we do have rooms available."
- Artist
- Gong Studios
- Card Number
- 308
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rules Q&A
- Q: RE: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=114110
So, one of the clauses in Civil Discussion falls under the "for each" rule. But I think what the original asker was concerned about was not that clause. He's curious about this one I think (having had this conversation on FB already): "After each time any player assigns"
If I play Mercantile Conflict, then my opponent attacks and he and I BOTH assign, will Mercantile increase the honor losses to both of us? If so, how many of Mercantile's "increases" does that use up?
A: If both players assign, Civil Discussion will cause a loss to each of you, Mercantile Conflict will increase the loss to each of you, and that will use of both of Mercantile Conflict's increases. Mercantile Conflict counts losses, not "cards that cause losses". Jon Palmer, "RE: Mercantile Conflict and Civil Discussion", 15 Jun 2015 - Q: Mercantile Conflict is played, and then Civil Discussion. Both players assign units to a battle. Does Civil discussion use up both of the honor loss increases from Mercantile, or does it just use up 1? Why?
Thanks in advance. Couldn't find an answer on this.
A: Civil Discussion creates one honour loss, as described under For Each: The term “for each”, such as “Gain 1 Honor for each Samurai you control,” creates a single effect rather than numerous separate effects. In this instance, a player controlling 3 Samurai would gain 3 Honor at once, not 1 Honor three separate times.
This honour loss is then increased by one by Mercantile Conflict. Alex Jones, "Mercantile Conflict and Civil Discussion", 12 Jun 2015 - Q: if i use Kachiko's ability to make a player lose two honor if his target personality attacks me this turn and then i play mercantile conflict to increase the next two honor losses by 1 will that increase the loss caused by Kachiko?
A: If none of your other cards cause Honor losses before Kachiko's target attacks, and he does, then yes, Mercantile Conflict would increase the loss in the scenario you describe. Brook Cunningham, "Mercantile Conflict and belated honor loss", 18 Apr 2014