Control the Board
Legend of the Five Rings card from Before the Dawn
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Strategy
- Gold Cost
- 0
- Card Text
- Battle: Destroy a target Terrain.
Tactical Battle: Target your performing unbowed Tactician to give a target Follower or Personality -6F and bow it. - Focus Value
- 3
- Legality
- Age of Conquest (Emperor), Destroyer War (Celestial)
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
Before the Dawn
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Flavor Text
- Go taught much, but only to those who could understand that it was not merely a game.
- Artist
- Patrick McEvoy
- Card Number
- 110
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rules Q&A
- Q: So I saw this ruling.
And was curious why the Good Faith Rule doesn't apply in this case, but does apply in situations like...
Ikoma Ayumu + Control the Board.
What is different about these two situations with regard to the Good Faith Rule that allows one but not the other?
A: Good Faith doesn't apply to this situation. The sequence of play simply doesn't allow it.
The Personality in question will only gain Shadowlands AFTER the restriction of the Stronghold is checked.
In Ayumu's case, he's straightening before the performance restriction is checked. Brook Cunningham, "Legacy: Imperial Palace of Fu Leng", 28 Dec 2011 - Q: Quick question that came up today:
If I control Ikoma Ayumu bowed, can I announce Control the Board, straighten Ayumu with his reaction and pay the cost of Control the Board with him?
What about if he's the only personality I have? Does the good faith rule prevents me from doing that?
Thanks,
Javier
A: Yes, you may do as you describe.
It's actually the Good Faith Rule that ALLOWS you to do so, for it's your intent to, in good faith, bring about a legal sequence of play by usuing Ayumu in Reaction to Control the Board's announcement. Brook Cunningham, "Ikoma Ayumu + Control the Board", 2 Sep 2011