Hida Yamadera

Card Type: Personality
Force: 8
Chi: 3
Honor Requirement: -
Gold Cost: 11
Personal Honor: 0
Clan: Crab
Keywords: Berserker, Crab Clan, Damned, Shadowlands
Card Text: Reaction: After Yamadera enters play from a province: Refill it face-up.
Battle: Target an enemy card with lower Force: Bow it.
Legality: Age of Conquest (Emperor), Destroyer War (Celestial)
Deck: Dynasty

Printings

Rarity: Uncommon
Flavor Text: "Kill me! My life means nothing and I cannot even throw it away because you are too pathetic to take it!"
Artist: Jarreau Wimberly
Card Number: 11
Publisher: Alderac Entertainment Group

Rarity: Fixed
Flavor Text: "Kill me! My life means nothing and I cannot even throw it away because you are too pathetic to take it!"
Artist: Jarreau Wimberly
Card Number: 22
Publisher: Alderac Entertainment Group

Q: It is Player A's turn and he has a province with Plains of Otosan Uchi, one the cards is Hida Yamadera. Player B destroys the Plains of Otosan Uchi in the Action phase. During the battle phase, Player A uses Duty of the Crab to bring Yamadera into play. Does the province still refill face up per Yamadera's reaction?
A: Per the CR on Refill, affects like Yamadera will only affect a province that is momentarily empty. Since this isn't the case in the situation you described, Yamadera will have nothing to refill. Jon Palmer, "Plains of Otosan Uchi and Hida Yamadera", 9 Jun 2012
Q: Relevant Rules Text:
Hida Yamadera
Plains of Otosan Uchi
Question:
If Hida Yamadera comes into play from a province with Plains of Otosan Uchi attached, do you refill both cards that it holds face up? And if so, do you discard the card that wasn't Yamadera?
A: "Refill" is something that only happens when a province (or in the case of Plains of Otosan-Uchi, half a province) is empty. You would only refill the card slot from which Yamadera entered, face-up. Jon Palmer, "Plains of Otosan Uchi and Yamadera", 24 Apr 2012