Entrench

Legend of the Five Rings card from Ambition's Debt

Card Type

Strategy

Gold Cost

0

Card Text

Battle: Search your Dynasty deck for a non-Unique Fortification and bring it into play attached to the current battlefield's province, paying all costs.
Open: Search your Dynasty deck for a non-Unique Fortification and bring it into play attached to any of your provinces, paying 3 more Gold.

Focus Value

4

Legality

Hidden Emperor (Jade)

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rulings

• Increasing the fortification's gold cost is an effect, not a cost. [ZF, 1 August 2000] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 15
• Its Battle action can be used if you are the attacker or an ally. If a fortification is placed on another player's province, you control its abilities. [Reversal, JA, email, 30 August 2000] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 15

Rules Q&A

• Q: Anyway:
  can Entrench be used on opponent's turn to get Kaiu Castle? If so, I assume it still costs zero due to the SHold right?
  A: Entrench has two abilities:
  "Battle: Get a non-Unique Fortification from your Dynasty deck. Pay all costs for bringing the Fortification into play. Attach the Fortification to this province. Shuffle the deck."
  "Open: Get a non-Unique Fortification from your Dynasty deck. Pay the Fortification's Gold cost; the Fortification costs 3 more Gold. Attach the Fortification to one of your Provinces. Shuffle the deck."
  Um, isn't Kaiu Castle a Region? You can't entrench for Regions. Am I missing something here? Martin Lund, "Rules for 21 April 2004", 23 Apr 2004
• Q: If I use Entrench as an Open action to get a Poorly Placed Gardens (5 gold Honor producing holding and fortification), and I am playing with Kosaten Shiro, I have to pay 4 gold to bring the PPG into play, correct?
  A: Yup. Vaughn Derderian, "Rules for January 10th", 10 Jan 2001
• Q: So this new ruling http://www.alderac.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=58&t=102467. Would it discard the spell if I battle equip and they use Entrench position or No time for games to negate the attaching of the spell?
  Battle Equip Battle: Any number of times per turn, choose your performing unbowed opposed Shugenja and target a Spell in your hand: Attach it to him, paying all costs. You may take an additional action to use a Battle ability on that Spell.
  A: Same answer as for Equip negated by Firm Censure. Alex Jones, "Negated Equip actions", 20 Mar 2013