Daikua

Legend of the Five Rings card from Scorpion Clan Coup 1

Card Type

Personality

Force

1

Chi

2

Honor Requirement

-

Gold Cost

4

Personal Honor

1

Clan

Mantis

Keywords

Mantis Clan, Scout

Card Text

Reaction: Before the Defender's first opportunity to take a Battle action or pass in the current battle, if you are not the Defender or if you are and the Attacker controls a Port or Naval card, bow Daikua and one of your non-Stronghold Ports: Take an additional Battle action.

Legality

Clan Wars (Imperial)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rulings

• His Reaction is not cumulative with any other effects which give you "one" general action at the beginning of a battle, including other Sanados, but it is cumulative with similar effects that provide only particular types of actions (ex: playing a terrain). [FAQ] Accumulated Rulings, February 8, 2000, p. 51
• If you are the Defender, you'd get two actions in a row: the extra one as soon as you react and then the first normal one in the Battle Action Segment. In the case of Sneak Attack, you'd still get the extra action first, then the Attacker would get the first normal action and you'd get the second normal action. [l5rinfo, 1/20/2000] Accumulated Rulings, February 8, 2000, p. 51
• Scorpion Clan Coup: Q: Are these cumulative? Can I act twice before the Defender if, say, I have two Daikuas in the battle? A: Cards that give you the exact same kind of extra action aren't cumulative with each other. Even if you have ten cards that give you "one action before the Defender", what you get is exactly that: "one action". Different types of extra action (for example, a general action from Daikua plus a terrain from a Scout) will stack with each other. Also notice that Sneak Attack is subtly different. It doesn't give the attacker an extra action, but rather changes the order of play for the normal actions for that battle. It's cumulative with cards like Daikua – but, again, not with itself. The Imperial Herald, Issue 9, p. 11

Rules Q&A

• Q: Nope. That's just the way that it is. All 'Sneak' timed actions, including Purusha and Sneak Attack and Daikua, are part of the Battle Action Segment, because as soon as you decide which battle you are going to resolve, you have begun the BAS. In the rulebook, there's no part of battle resolution listed after Cavalry Maneuvers and before the BAS, so all Reactions have to be played in one of those. If the resolving battle has been decided, then you're in the BAS.
  If that's the case, then how can you play Sneak Attack when it clearly states to play it before the Battle Action Segment for a battle?
  A: If the MRP of Sneak Attack says it's played "before the Battle Action Segment", then the ruling on it will have to be reversed. Jeff Alexander, "Rulings for 15-16 February 2001", 19 Feb 2001
• Q: Daikua
  Keywords
  Mantis Clan • Scout Text
  Reaction: Before the Defender's first opportunity to take a Battle action or pass in the current battle, if you are not the Defender or if you are and the Attacker controls a Port or Naval card, bow Daikua and one of your Ports: Take an additional Battle action.
  lets say i am the attacker and i have more naval guys than my opponent i declare a naval invasion, would i be able to use daikua's reaction right after i perform my first action as naval?
  A: Well, not "right after", but essentially yes.
  You use the Naval Reaction "after engaging". When all Reactions "after engaging" have been taken, you get your Battle action from the opportunity granted to you by the Naval Reaction. Then, before the defender's first opportunity to take a Battle action, you may take Daikua's Reaction. You make take your additional action (or actions, if you use multiple Daikuas), then the Defender gets his first opportunity. Alex Jones, "daikua and naval (legacy)", 15 May 2012