The Marshalling Fields
Legend of the Five Rings card from Embers of War
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Stronghold
- Province Strength
- 7
- Gold Production
- 3
- Starting Family Honor
- 7
- Clan
- Lion
- Card Text
- After you announce a Terrain action: Once per battle, you may ignore any of its restrictions that are based on another Terrain being in play.
After the first time each turn one of your Terrain actions resolves: Draw a card. - Legality
- Age of Conquest (Emperor)
- Deck
- Pre-Game
Printings
Embers of War
- Rarity
- Fixed
- Flavor Text
- "Here we enact the largest-scale maneuvers learned from the gaijin book. For such to be needed, we would be indeed threatened." - Ikoma Shika
- Artist
- Noah Bradley
- Card Number
- 157
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rules Q&A
- Q: The Marshalling Fields After you announce a Terrain action: Once per battle, you may ignore any of its restrictions that are based on another Terrain being in play. After the first time each turn one of your Terrain actions resolves: Draw a card.
http://rules.l5r.com/EE_Timing
Am I correct in assuming that the "first time" trigger here means the first and ONLY the first terrain played by Marshalling Fields' controller will trigger the card draw?
I searched and did not find one specific instance of this question (which I'm going to assume is not as complicated as my playgroup is making it out to be) being asked or answered. any help is appreciated. =)
A: You are correct. Only the first terrain triggers the box's trait. Jon Palmer, "The Marshalling Fields and First Time trigger", 24 Apr 2013 - Q: Does a Terrain get destroyed by Snow Has Teeth before it resolves? Or does the fact that putting a Terrain into play via its own text, as the last effect of the action, mean it resolves before the destruction can happen.
Basically, will the Lion player draw a card from his stronghold's trait?
A: The card draw from The Marshalling Fields is purely dependent on the Terrain entering play; it does not matter if the Terrain is destroyed immediately after it enters play, such as by The Snow Has Teeth's delayed effect.
However, in the case of Thick Marsh vs The Snow Has Teeth, the trait on Thick Marsh will not trigger if it is out of play; the active player decides whether The Snow Has Teeth's delayed effect or Thick Marsh's triggered trait will trigger first. Alex Jones, "The Snow Has Teeth & The Marshalling Fields", 29 May 2012