Ambush Duel

Legend of the Five Rings card from Wrath of the Emperor

Card Type

Strategy

Gold Cost

0

Card Text

Limited: Bow your target performing Personality with a Ranged Attack ability on himself or on one of his Items to have him challenge a target Personality. He may refuse; if he does, gain 3 Honor, and he may not be assigned to battlefields this turn. During the duel, each Personality has a Chi bonus equal to the highest non-variable Ranged Attack strength from his own or his Items' actions. Destroy the loser.

Focus Value

2

Legality

Rain of Blood (Diamond)

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: Doji Hayaku+Ambush Duel
  Hayaku: Reaction: Before Hayaku is destroyed: Produce a ranged attack with a strength equal to Hayaku's Personal Honor.
  Ambush Duel Limited: Bow one of your Personalities with a ranged attack ability on himself or on one of his Items to have him challenge another Personality. If the challenge is refused, gain 3 Honor, and the other Personality may not assign to battles this turn. During the duel, each Personality adds the highest non-variable ranged attack strength from his own or his Items' actions to his Chi.
  Can I make use of ambush duel with Hayaku's reactionary range attack, Yes or no?
  A: [MARTY] Hayaku has a Ranged Attack ability on his card. There isn't any question about that. It is a Reaction, thus an Ability. It produces a Ranged Attack. Who could ask for anything more?
  - Marty Lund Deputy Rules Monkey Martin Lund, "Rules for 18 November 2004", 22 Nov 2004
• Q: Are ranged attacks that a personality can't actually use valid for Ambush Duel? For example, could a non-cavalry personality still add 4 to his or her chi during an Ambush Duel if they have a Shinjo Horsebow attached,
  A: The card text does not say the ability has to be usable, only that the ability must be there. A non-Cavalry personality still adds +4 from Shinjo Horsebow in an Ambush duel. Martin Lund, "Rules for 9 September 2004", 13 Sep 2004
• Q: For the purposes of such cards as Archer's Row, Ambush Duel and others, is Hoshi Ishida possessed of "a printed Ranged Attack ability"?
  A: It is an ability. The ability can produce a Ranged Attack. I'd think that would have to qualify. Martin Lund, "Rules for 26 August 2004", 31 Aug 2004
• Q: I just was curious if when an archer squad is in play, are those personalities targeted by it actually considered to have ranged attack actions "on them" for purposes of Ambush Duel? (e.g. with plans within plans, Mirumoto Kaiji, etc.) Thanks in advance,
  A: Yes. They "gain" the ability, so it is "on them." Martin Lund, "Rules for 26 August 2004", 31 Aug 2004
• Q: (W)hat constitutes a variable and a non-variable ranged attack?
  A: Diamond rules, pg. 105: "Not known until the time it is used or needed." That is, can it be calculated at that point? Variable does not mean "capable of changing at some time over the course of the game."
  Anything that says, "Ranged Attack equal to (number of something in play)" or ""Ranged Attack equal to (visible stat)" is not variable. Zen Faulkes, "Doji Hayaku / Ambush Duel / Variable ranged attacks.", 9 Apr 2005