Pinned Down

Legend of the Five Rings card from The Harbinger

Card Type

Strategy

Gold Cost

0

Card Text

Reaction: Before the resolution of another player's action, choose your performing Kensai at the current battlefield and bow one of his Weapons: Choose an enemy Personality, and negate either his straightening or his movement from that action.
Battle: Choose your performing Personality, bow one of his Weapons, and target an enemy card with no Weapons: Bow it.

Focus Value

3

Legality

Destroyer War (Celestial)

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: About this.
  I'm aware you can react regardless of place (not in this case, but that's the card making an exception), but can I target another Player's Personality at home if my Kensai is at the current battlefield?
  A: Reactions are not subject to the Rules of Presence or Location, so there are no restrictions upon what they can target during the Combat Segment.
  However, I added a clarification above and will reiterate here: Pinned Down does NOT even actually "target" the Personality whose movement its player wishes to prevent. Brook Cunningham, "Deployed Reinforcements and Pinned Down", 30 Aug 2011
• Q: Would my opponent be able to use Pinned Down to stop this?
  A: Yes. Brook Cunningham, "Deployed Reinforcements and Pinned Down", 30 Aug 2011
• Q: When would he play it?
  A: Right after the Terrain enters play, which is before it resolves, per Pinned Down's text. (And from here: "the Strategy card enters play at the current battlefield as a rulebook effect, before the Terrain action resolves.") Brook Cunningham, "Deployed Reinforcements and Pinned Down", 30 Aug 2011
• Q: When would he target Akuma no Oni?
  A: During the resolution of Pinned Down's action, well before you select your Personality for your Terrain's delayed effect.
  EDIT: Also, as a clarification, he is not targeting Akuma but rather "choosing" him; slightly different. Brook Cunningham, "Deployed Reinforcements and Pinned Down", 30 Aug 2011
• Q: If he is required to target Akuma no Oni before it comes time for me to select a unit to move, would I be able to select a different unit instead?
  A: Yes. Brook Cunningham, "Deployed Reinforcements and Pinned Down", 30 Aug 2011
• Q: If I destroyed the bowed weapon or the Kensai before the time for movement would that cancel the Pinned Down?
  A: No. The cost has already been paid, and the effects already applied. Brook Cunningham, "Deployed Reinforcements and Pinned Down", 30 Aug 2011
• Q: If the Deployed Reinforcements Terrain is destroyed/removed before the battle's resolution, does that cancel movement?
  A: Yes. (Again, from here: "If a Terrain leaves play before a battle’s Final Steps, its ongoing effects end, and its delayed effects will no longer be applied.") Brook Cunningham, "Deployed Reinforcements and Pinned Down", 30 Aug 2011
• Q: Finally, what other things could prevent the movement from the Deployed Reinforcements?
  A: It's a little beyond the scope of the Rules Team to provide an exhaustive list of such things, sorry. Brook Cunningham, "Deployed Reinforcements and Pinned Down", 30 Aug 2011