Border Ambush
Legend of the Five Rings card from Path of the Destroyer
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Strategy
- Gold Cost
- 0
- Card Text
- Battle: Dishonor your target performing Personality to give each of your Personalities and Followers at the current battlefield +1F, or +2F if they are opposed.
- Focus Value
- 2
- Legality
- Destroyer War (Celestial)
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
Path of the Destroyer
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- "The attack came at dusk. Crab scouts sighted the enemy, but were unprepared for the enormity of their army. The assault focused on a single watchtower, and the wall was soon breached." - The Burning Wall, Part One
- Artist
- Esabra Studio
- Card Number
- 85
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rules Q&A
- Q: (I)f your Personalities are opposed when Border Ambush is played, but later become unopposed, does the force bonus become +1, or will it remain at +2?
A: +1. http://rules.l5r.com/CE_Effects#Ongoing_effects: "An ongoing effect that is applied 'while' some condition is true ends when that condition is no longer true."
"If" is synonymous with "while" here. Zen Faulkes, "Border Ambush and ongoing effects", 22 May 2011 - Q: I am involved in a battle and play Border Ambush, which creates an ongoing effect giving my personalities +1F or +2F if opposed at the current battlefied. If i were to create new personalities at that battlefield after the card is played would they get the bonus? if i were to move someone in would they get the bonus?
A: Yes and yes. Zen Faulkes, "Border Ambush and ongoing effects", 21 May 2011 - Q: if a card said something like "unti the current battle ends give all your personalities there +1F/+2F if opposed" would that affect the answer?
A: It would not. Zen Faulkes, "Border Ambush and ongoing effects", 21 May 2011