Way of the Unicorn

Legend of the Five Rings card from The Coming Storm

Card Type

Strategy

Gold Cost

0

Card Text

If you are a Unicorn Clan player, this Strategy has Discipline .
Battle: Target your Personality, who may be at home. Move him home or, if his unit is Cavalry and he would be opposed, move him to the current battlefield.

Focus Value

4

Legality

A Brother's Destiny (Ivory Edition), A Brother's Destiny (Twenty Festivals)

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: I just needed clarification on Moto Yao-tsu's trait:
  "After an action resolves, straighten each unit it moved into Yao-tsu's army."
  If I have presence at the current battlefield and I move Moto Yao-tsu into the current battlefield with Way of the Unicorn/Thrill of Daring etc. will Yao-tsu's unit straighten after the action resolves because Yao-tsu has now moved into his own army?
  If we look at the timing for the trait it makes logical sense.
  1. Way of the Unicorn targets Moto Yao-tsu at home 2. Yao-tsu moves to the current battlefield, the action resolves, Yao-tsu is currently apart of my/his own army at the current battlefield 3. Yao-tsu's trait triggers on Yao-tsu's unit straightening it
  Is this correct?
  A: The phrase "Yao-tsu's army" is evaluated when the trait triggers, which is after the unit or units have moved.
  If Yao-tsu moves into an army, his trait will straighten his unit. Alex Jones, "Moto Yao-tsu, Movement, and Army Composition", 14 May 2015
• Q: I am assuming that this allows movement between home and the current battlefield. I think it does not allow movement from another battlefield to the current one. Please could you confirm if this is correct? I think this based on a comparison with the Unicorn Stronghold which specifies a cavalry unit at any location, not just home:
  A: This is correct. Way of the Unicorn will not allow you to move between battlefields. Jon Palmer, "Way of the Unicorn", 5 Jun 2014