Shinjo Hayan

Legend of the Five Rings card from Embers of War

Card Type

Personality

Force

4

Chi

3

Honor Requirement

4

Gold Cost

8

Personal Honor

2

Clan

Unicorn

Keywords

Cavalry, Loyal, Samurai, Sensei, Unicorn Clan

Card Text

After Hayan enters play: Discard all your other Sensei Personalities.
After engaging: Once per turn, you may assign your (unbowed) Unicorn Clan Personality in your home to the current battlefield.

Legality

Age of Conquest (Emperor)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: This came up last night, and we played it as printed... but I there might be an issue here.
  Scenario, I play Ambush and use my "Death Monkey Alpha (actual card does not matter)" to jump my opponents "Wiener Dog Billy". Ok, so normal Ambush, nothing out of the ordinary played, one attacker and one defender assigned. My opponent however is Unicorn, and he has Shinjo Hayan on the table. Upon engaging at that battle, can he assign another person to the battle to help the person who was Ambushed?
  Typically Ambush covered any tricky things like this. It was pretty clear that no one could move in, but you could create guys in that battle. The forced assignment always superseded the Infantry or Cavalry assignment steps, so the battle begins with no distinct assignment stages, that's why a cavalry unit could not be 'assigned' to help out the target of an Ambush, but this creates a new assignment opportunity that didn't really exist before.
  1) So, if a Unicorn player has Shinjo Hayan in play and is targeted by an Ambush, can he assign another unit to the battle to help the target of Ambush?
  Right now, current reading of card text, I would have to assume yes....
  2) Is this intended, or an oversight on the wording of Ambush?
  Relevant Card Text:
  Text of Ambush: Limited: Choose your performing unbowed Personality and target another player's Personality: Create a battlefield (not at any province). Assign your Personality to attack there. Assign the target to defend there, even if he is bowed. Other Personalities will not move there. Fight a battle there (after this action's resolution). After the battle ends, lose 5 Honor.
  Shinjo Hayans Trait: After engaging: Once per turn, you may assign your (unbowed) Unicorn Clan Personality in your home to the current battlefield.
  A: As worded, yes Hayan can assign another unbowed Unicorn Clan Personality to an Ambush created battle.
  Assignment is not movement, and therefore is not limited by Ambush.
  There is currently no reason to think this is against intent, as other card effects that create Personalities or bring them in to play can and have been used with Ambush already this arc. Ben Higgins, "Shinjo Hayan and Ambush", 20 May 2012