Two-Front War

Legend of the Five Rings card from Khan's Defiance, Samurai Edition Banzai

Card Type

Strategy

Gold Cost

0

Keywords

Political

Card Text

Battle: Bow your performing Courtier, even in your home, and target zero or more of your Personalities up to his Chi: Move them home, or move them to the current battlefield if any enemy units are there. Straighten the targets' units if this moved them into a defending army.

Focus Value

3

Legality

Age of Enlightenment (Lotus), Race for the Throne (Samurai)

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: Concerning Misdirection and Two-Front War
  Thank you for your answer. Am I correct in paraphrasing your answer to:
  "All targets of a battle actions effect must satisfy the rule of location, unless the rule of location is waived in some way."
  So even thought I was able to target Saya as a cost of the action, when she was targeted for the effects, she would have to be able to satisfy the rule of location by the end of the actions resolution (therefore, she had to move to the battlefield)?
  Thank you.
  A: Correct, but remove the word "effect" from your sentence. The wording on Two-Front War waives the Rule of Location if the courtier bowing for the COST of the card is at home. It does not waive that for the effect. Dan Jacobson, "Misdirection and Two-Front War", 12 Feb 2009
• Q: Basically, I need to work out if the following play is legal:
  I am attacking. At Province A I have Doji Chitose. At Province B I have Doji Bob. My oppponent defends a personality against Bob, but leaves nobody opposing Doji Chitose.
  I choose to resolve Province A (with Chitose) first. My opponent passes. Am I able to play Two-Front War by bowing Doji Chitose to pay the cost, and moving Doji Bob from battlefield B to home. and therefore being able to react with Chitose to drag Bob into Province A?
  I hope you understand what I'm attempting to do, it's clumsily worded
  A: In your scenario, Doji Bob at battlefield B is not a legal target for a Two-Front War taken during the battle at battlefield A, unless you use Two-Front's own effects to move him directly there. Only doing that would satisfy the Exception to the Rule of Location (see here). Brook Cunningham, "Doji Chitose + Two-Front War", 10 Jan 2009
• Q: Can I do the following:
  I announce that I intend to play a card from my hand, and prepare to reveal the card to show what ability on the card is going to be used. I use Kyuden Kyotei's reaction to increase the upcoming focus value by one I use the reaction on Gunso Chitose to straighten Ayano's unit, in response to that political reaction. I resume with playing action from hand, which is revealed to be Two-Front War. I then target Ayano as the personality performing the action, who is a target courtier and able to bow to pay the required cost of Two-Front War.
  A: Yes, that interaction looks legal to me. Brook Cunningham, "Timing and Targeting with Kyuden Kyotei and Gunso Chitose", 7 Jun 2008
• Q: From this post http://www.alderac.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=61490: "2.B) Can he use Two-Front War bowing the courtier at battlefield B to bring back THAT courtier to battlefield A?"
  From Rules website for battles http://rules.l5r.com/Battles "EXCEPTION: A player who controls no units at the current battlefield can take an Action if its costs or effects say they can move one or more of his units there. He must then make choices within the action, if possible, such that it does move one or more of his units there, fulfilling Presence. Note, however, that a unit that was in an attacking army during a battle’s resolution can not move to another battlefield."
  "EXCEPTION: A Battle Action can target or be taken by a card in a unit at another location if its costs or effects say they can move the unit to the current battlefield. Choices within the action must then be taken, if possible, such that they do move the unit there."
  Doesn't Situation 2.B satisfy the exceptions, since he will be using Two-Front War to move the target courtier at B from B to the current battlefield? That would satisfy the "Choices within the action must then be taken, if possible, such that they do move the unit there" phrase, correct?
  A: The good faith rule would allow that. I apologize for the error. Chris Fuchs, "RE: Doubts about Rule of Location.", 10 Sep 2007
• Q: My opponent announces a card which allows him to target a number of units in the current battle 'up to' a given number (say Two-Front War). I play Misdirection. Can I choose to make him target 0 units?
  A: With the new Misdirection wording, you choose the targets. You may choose 0 targets for something that allows you to target "up to" a certain number. Chris Fuchs, "Misdirection and 'up to'", 10 Sep 2007
• Q: 2) Situation: My opponent attacks me at province A with a Samurai, and at province B with a Courtier. I defend at province A and he resolves that one first. I proceed to send his samurai home (using the Imperial Favor for instance.)
  2.A) Can he use Two-Front War bowing the courtier at battlefield B to bring back to the battlefield A the samurai i just moved home?
  2.B) Can he use Two-Front War bowing the courtier at battlefield B to bring back THAT courtier to battlefield A? (since both situations move someone in, i assume they fulfill the rule of presence, my questions is if they do or do not fulfill the rule of location and therefore if they are legal or not?.)
  2.C) (This covers both situations above i guess) The frase from Two-Front War is different from the exception listed above so it doesn't waive the rule of location correct? So does the required Courtier need to be at the current battlefield OR at home? Or can he still play it from other battlefields?
  I don't think it's legal to play it in the situations above, but i wanted to make sure.
  I thanks you for your time and help in advance.
  *bows deeply and politely waiting patiently for his answers*
  A: A is no, due to location. B is yes, due to the good faith rule (Fixed). For C, the courtier needs to be at the current battlefield or at home. Two Front War partially waives the Location requirement, by allowing you to do it from home. Chris Fuchs, "Doubts about Rule of Location.", 10 Sep 2007
• Q: Political Battle: Bow one of your target Courtiers, even in your home: Target a number of your Personalities upto his Chi. Move them home, or move them to the current battlefield if any enemy units are there. Straighten the targets' units if this moved them into a defending army.
  Currently resolving a battle at province A and I do not have presence at province A.
  If I use Two-Front War to move in units to province A, does my courtier performing Two-Front War have to be one of the units that moves? If his movement is negated, does the rest of the movement fail?
  Thanks.
  A: The Courtier does not have to be one of the cards moved, nor at a Battlefield. The ability states that it will work with a Courtier "even in your home," which means it waives the Rule of Location as it pertains to the Courtier.
  Even if the movement of one unit is specifically negated (say by something like "this unit may not move into battles this turn") any other units will continue to move. Only a blanket Negation Effect ("negate all that Actions effects") would stop all the movement effects at once. Otherwise the movement of each unit is independent of the successful movement of any other unit. Martin Lund, "Two-Front War", 1 Aug 2007