Selfless Politics
Legend of the Five Rings card from Celestial Edition, Words and Deeds, Twenty Festivals, Promotional–Twenty Festivals
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Strategy
- Gold Cost
- 0
- Card Text
- Political Open: After the next time a target Personality attacks you (this turn), gain 2 Honor and dishonor him.
- Focus Value
- 3
- Legality
- A Brother's Destiny (Twenty Festivals), Destroyer War (Celestial), Race for the Throne (Samurai), War of the Seals (Onyx Edition)
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
Celestial Edition
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Flavor Text
- None put their clans before themselves like the Scorpion.
- Artist
- Edwin David
- Card Number
- 274
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Words and Deeds
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Flavor Text
- "The Lion swore to protect the city, yet look at what has happened," the Phoenix said. "We must set aside glory and politics and look to the future."
- Artist
- David Wright
- Card Number
- 124
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Twenty Festivals
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- "It would be foolish of you to try something like that again," she said calmly. "Our clans are allies, and thus I am forgiving, but cross me again and you will see how words are stronger than steel, even Kaiu steel."
- Artist
- Edwin David
- Card Number
- 323
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Promotional–Twenty Festivals
- Rarity
- Promo
- Flavor Text
- "It would be foolish of you to try something like that again," she said calmly. "Our clans are allies, and thus I am forgiving, but cross me again and you will see how words are stronger than steel, even Kaiu steel."
- Artist
- Edwin David
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rulings
- Erratum: Reads, "Selfless Politics 0G 3FV Political Open: Target a Personality. After the next time he assigns to attack you this turn, gain 2 Honor and dishonor him." [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009] Comprehensive Rules, Celestial Edition, with specific card rulings, final version, February 2012, p. 152
Rules Q&A
- Q: I understand that a Personality can either assign to an army or move into an army to be considered attacking, but if a Personality is declared as an attacker and it somehow fails, is he still considered to have attacked?
Scenario:
I play Selfless Politics on my opponent's Cavalry unit. In the Attack Phase, my opponent does not assign the Personality to attack. Upon resolving a battle at a Province, my opponent declares the Cavalry Engage movement action, and I negate it with Lookout Post.
Is the enemy Personality still considered to have attacked, and thus trigger Selfless Politics?
A: No.
Attack is defined as: To assign to, move to, or enter play in an attacking army.
If your Personality's movement from home into an attacking army is negated, he's not attacking. Alex Jones, "What is Considered Attacking?", 24 Jul 2015