An Empty Victory

Legend of the Five Rings card from Lotus Edition, Honor Bound, Gold Edition

Card Type: Event
Keywords: Unique
Card Text: After you reveal cards in your Provinces at the start of your turn, if this Event is face-up in one of them, until your turn two turns from now begins, after an Action Phase ends, if the active player has one of the two highest Family Honor totals or is tied for the highest, he must declare an attack and choose another such player as the Defender, assigning at least one unit, if legal.
Legality: Age of Enlightenment (Lotus), Four Winds (Gold), Hidden Emperor (Jade)
Deck: Dynasty

Printings

Rarity: Rare
Flavor Text: Doji and Daidoji - they tore each others' houses to the ground. This is the cost of greed.
Artist: Paul (Prof.) Herbert
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast

Rarity: Rare
Flavor Text: "Nothing but peasants and children! How did they know we'd attack? Where did they hide it? Temoru railed. "Perhaps there is no 'Secret of Isawa.'" Temoru touched the pouch by his side, "It exists, Ukira, and it will teach us how to destroy the Phoenix!"
Artist: John Cadice
Card Number: 12
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast

Forces a player to declare an attack, because there is no Attack Phase otherwise. [JA, 5 May 2003] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 71

Q: If An Empty Victory is in effect can a player who has one of the highest two honor totals use his Ginawa and then say, "Oops. Can't attack. Sorry." Does An Empty Victory stop him from using the ability on Ginawa?
A: No. Losing your attack is an effect, not a cost, of Ginawa's action. Jeff Alexander, "replies to 15-16 September 2001", 17 Sep 2001
Q: Emperor's Peace resolves on my opponent's event phase. On my event phase, An Empty Victory resoloves. Will he have to declare an attack against me?
A: No. Zen Faulkes, "An Empty Victory and Emperor's Peace", 20 Jun 2007