Temple of Blood

Legend of the Five Rings card from Honor Bound

Card Type

Holding

Gold Cost

0

Keywords

Fortification, Temple

Card Text

Reaction: Before engaging in a battle at this Province's battlefield, name a Strategy. While this Holding remains in play, until this battle ends, the named Strategy may not be played.

Legality

Hidden Emperor (Jade)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rulings

• Can be used on cards that react to, or are played after, the resolution segment of its battle (e.g., Rallying Cry). [ZF, 14 August 2000] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 87

Rules Q&A

• Q: It's been quite a while, any word on viewtopic.php?f=59&t=108862
  A: Answered at the linked thread. Jon Palmer, "Pending question (Open - Temple of Blood under Kaiu Sensei)", 19 Jul 2014
• Q: I am crossing my fingers for a "no they don't combo" answer, because Temple's reaction, being repeatable, becomes a little too strong if usable at each province... but anyway:
  Temple of Blood's Reaction is:
  Reaction: Before engaging in a battle at this Province's battlefield, name a Strategy. While this Holding remains in play, until this battle ends, the named Strategy may not be played.
  Whilst Kaiu Sensei reads:
  During battles, your non-Unique Fortifications' traits affect each of your Provinces, and you may use such Fortifications' abilities, as if they were attached to the current battlefield's Province.
  And yet from the comprehensive (EE) rules:
  "Engaging is the time point at which the battle, and the Combat Segment, both begin. Specifically, things that are triggered “before engaging” do not occur in or during the battle, and things that are triggered “after engaging” do occur in and during the battle. "
  This paragraph has neither been reprinted (I think) nor revoked in the IvE rules, so I'm not sure if it still applies, but it DOES seem logical...
  So is the Reaction from Temple of Blood considered "during battle", and thus usable at every province for a Kaiu Sensei player?
  A: No, and the reason is exactly what you cited. The battle has not yet begun when reactions taken before engaging happen. Jon Palmer, "Temple of Blood and Kaiu Sensei", 11 Jul 2014