Intelligence Agent

Legend of the Five Rings card from The War of Spirits

Card Type

Holding

Gold Cost

5

Keywords

Retainer

Card Text

This Holding enters play for 2 less Gold if you are a Scorpion Clan player.
Battle/Open, w: Target another player's Personality even if the Personality may not be targeted. Negate cards' effects preventing the targeting of the Personality.

Legality

Four Winds (Gold), Hidden Emperor (Jade)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rulings

• If you are a Yodin Sensei player, you may target a Personality with the Intelligence Agent, but this does not allow you to target that Personality with other actions, because Intelligence Agent overrides card effects, while Yodin Sensei is considered printed on the stronghold. [VRD, 29 December 2000] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 82

Rules Q&A

• Q: Intelligence Agent Gold 5 - The Intelligence Agent will join a Scorpion player for 2 less Gold. Open: Bow the Intelligence Agent to target another player's Personality, even one that actions normally cannot target. Until the turn ends, you may target the Personality, regardless of card effects.
  Hi all- our local Scorpion got a hold of this card and is very excited about the possibilities. I think it can't be as good as he thinks as it is. I just need some clarification on the can + can't of this card. Can Int. Agent allow him to play 3 Shames on 1 guy? Shoot through followers? The possibilities seem endless, really. Opinions?
  A: Intelligence Agent only overrides additional targeting restrictions imposed by cards other than the one the action is on. It will not, for example, let you play Charge on a defending Personality, since the restriction to attackers only is on Charge itself. It will not let you play three Shames on one Personality without re-honoring him and dishonoring him two more times inbetween. It will not let you shoot a Personality who has Followers because that restriction is in the rulebook, not on a card. Jeff Alexander, "post for 11 October 2002", 12 Oct 2002
• Q: I have some questions about that : I've seen this ruling about Intelligence Agence and Yodin Sensei : - If you are a Yodin Sensei player, you may target a Personality with the Intelligence Agent, but this does not allow you to target that Personality with other actions, because Intelligence Agent overrides card effects, while Yodin Sensei is considered printed on the stronghold. [VRD, 29 December 2000]
  A: That ruling is outdated, as are most linked on L5Rsearch or in the Rules Archive. The Legacy Wiki is the most current and accurate source of such things, in almost all cases. But do consider this the official ruling/reversal: Senseis' text are no longer considered to be on your Stronghold.
  And thus, for Intelligence Agent's current interaction with Yodin Sensei, yes it will allow a player of Yodin Sensei using its ability to target another player's Personality. Brook Cunningham, "Sensei & Stronghold VS Celestial Edition Rulebook", 19 Mar 2010