Tactical Advisors
Legend of the Five Rings card from Celestial Edition, Lotus Edition, Samurai Edition, Promotional–Samurai
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Follower
- Force
- 2
- Chi
- 0
- Honor Requirement
- 0
- Gold Cost
- 4
- Personal Honor
- -
- Card Text
- Battle: Once per battle, if this unit is opposed, discard a card: The enemy leader discards a card at random. Give this Personality a Force bonus equal to the Focus Value of the enemy leader's discarded card.
- Focus Value
- 4
- Legality
- Age of Enlightenment (Lotus), Destroyer War (Celestial), Race for the Throne (Samurai)
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
Celestial Edition
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- They watch the battle among the Command Group, watching for weaknesses.
- Artist
- Ozan
- Card Number
- 328
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Lotus Edition
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- "The enemy forces are ill-prepared for a flanking maneuver, my lord."
- Artist
- Ozan
- Card Number
- 338
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Samurai Edition
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- "The enemy forces are ill-prepared for a flanking maneuver, my lord."
- Artist
- Ozan
- Card Number
- 341
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Promotional–Samurai
- Rarity
- Promo
- Flavor Text
- "The enemy forces are ill-prepared for a flanking maneuver, my lord."
- Artist
- Ozan
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rulings
- Ability is not a Tactical action. [JA, web, 13 October 2005] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 47
- Erratum: Reads, "Tactical Advisors 2F 0HR 4G 4FV Battle: Once per battle, if this unit is opposed, discard a card: The enemy leader discards a card at random. Raise this Personality’s Force by the Focus Value of the enemy leader's discarded card." [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009] Comprehensive Rules, Celestial Edition, with specific card rulings, final version, February 2012, p. 156
- Erratum: Reads, "Tactical Advisors 2F/0C 0HR 4G –PH 4FV Battle: Once per battle, if this unit is opposed, discard a card: The enemy leader discards a card at random. Raise this Personality’s Force by the Focus Value of the enemy’s discarded card." [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007] Comprehensive Rules, Samurai Edition, with specific card rulings, final version, May 2009, p. 159
Rules Q&A
- Q: (somewhat related to viewtopic.php?f=59&t=92052&p=1220353 ) Whispers of the Dying Sun: Choose a (non-Stronghold) card in play. Each of its base abilities may be used one additional time this turn. If I target a card with a 'once per battle' ability, does the additional use of it have to occur in the first battle resolved that turn (1 below), the first battle where the ability is initially used (2 below), or any battle (3 below)? To clarify: 1: If I have my Tactical Advisors at Battlefield B, and my opponent resolves battlefield A first, is my additional use lost since I didn't use my additional time during the first eligible time period? 2/3:If I use my Tactical Advisors at battlefield A, does my additional use from Whispers of the Dying Sun also have to be at battlefield A, or could my unit move to battlefield B and then use its ability twice?
A: There's no requirement that it be used in the first possible time frame. However, "one additional time per turn" does not in this case completely override the limitation of "once per battle" (per the earlier rulings, the override flows up but does not flow down).
Therefore, Whispers of the Dying Sun is not going to allow you extra utility from a Once per Battle or Once per Phase ability. Jon Palmer, "Whispers of the Dying Sun and Once Per Battle", 29 Nov 2011