Fields of Pyrrhic Victory

Legend of the Five Rings card from Web of Lies

Card Type

Region

Keywords

Singular

Card Text

Infantry Followers and Personalities have -1F while at this Province's battlefield.
Reaction, w: After a Limited or Open action targets one of your Unique Personalities, negate the action's effects.

Legality

Age of Enlightenment (Lotus), Rain of Blood (Diamond)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: Subject: Mysterious Deaths VS Undetectable Enemy or Fields of Pyrrhic Victory
  Good Day,
  I would like to ask a follow-up question regarding the ruling for Mysterious Deaths and Undetectable Enemy.
  I showed the ruling to my playgroup and they contest that Mysterious Deaths can't be negated by Undetectable Enemy due to the wording on the target of Mysterious Deaths. The way they interpret it is that Mysterious Deaths targets the player and then in turn the player targets his own personality and thus the destruction can't be negated by Undetectable Enemy since you are the one that targeted your personality and not the other player.
  The question is, are they right on this scenario? or Will Undetectable Enemy still negate the Destruction?
  A: Regardless of which player chooses any particular target, the action is still targeting the card.
  When Mysterious Deaths is played, the action targets each player's Personality, but each player only targets his or her own Personality. Alex Jones, "Follow-Up Question: Mysterious Deaths VS Undetectable Enemy or Fields of Pyrrhic Victory", 6 Mar 2015
• Q: This rules dispute popped up in casual play last night:
  Shosaru Maru from home bows to target the opponent, who has all 4 of his unbowed personalities at a battle, opposed.
  The opponent attempts to use Field of Pyrrhic Victory to cancel the action.
  The dispute is over the targeting. One player contends Maru targets the opponent, and not the opponent's personality. The choice of personality is part of the effect, and thus no personlity is being targeted by Maru (similar to the reasoning for why Flee the Darkness doesn't stop Overwhelmed).
  The opponent contends his choice of personlity is part of the targeting effect, and thus able to be cancelled by Fields of Pyrrhic Victory.
  Can we get clarification?
  A: Here you go.
  Ph34r my 1337 Search Skillz! Martin Lund, "Fields of Pyrrhic Victory and Shosuro Maru", 23 Mar 2005
• Q: Iaijutsu Challenge wrote:
  Limited: One of your Personalities challenges another player's Personality. If the challenge is refused, Iaijutsu Challenge dishonors the other player's Personality and causes the other player to lose 7 Honor. The winner's controller gains 5 Honor.
  Keen Eye wrote:
  Reaction: Negate the effects of a Reaction taken by another player during a challenge or duel involving one of your Personalities. Draw a Fate card.
  Fields of Pyrrhic Victory wrote:
  Singular Infantry Followers and Infantry Personalities have -1F while at this Province. Reaction: After a Limited or Open Action targets a Unique Personality you control, bow this card: Cancel it.
  Situation: My opponent plays an Iaijutsu Challenge on one of my Unique Personalities.
  Question: Can he react with Keen Eye when I cancelled with my Fields of Pyrrhic Victory?
  Presumed: I thought that my cancelling occured during targeting only and not the challenge yet coz he thought that once playing the I.Challenge, my Reaction would fall on the "during a challenge" and therefore will make him legal to play Keen Eye.
  Pls. Enlighten Us!
  A: No. Archive, General, Duels. Zen Faulkes, "Iaijutsu Challenge, Keen Eye and Fields of Pyrrhic Victory", 3 Mar 2005