Yoritomo Chiako

Legend of the Five Rings card from The Plague War

Card Type

Personality

Force

4

Chi

3

Honor Requirement

-

Gold Cost

7

Personal Honor

2

Clan

Mantis

Keywords

Naval, Commander, Mantis Clan, Samurai

Card Text

Enters play paying 1 less Gold.
Chiako may not assign, and will not move, into a defending army.

Legality

Destroyer War (Celestial)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: Regarding this ruling.
  Seeking clarification: is the basis of the illegality of the assignment that the unit targeted by Leaked Information is infantry, and it is illegal for infantry to be assigned during cavalry assignment?
  If so, then please help me understand the timing of the forced assignment created by Leaked Information. In particular, the way that I have been playing this card (perhaps incorrectly) is that, provided that the unit can be assigned into an appropriate army (i.e. the personality is straightened and does not have restrictive text such as that found on Yoritomo Chiako), the assignment happens immediately after my own assignment.
  Which is to say, my understanding is that Leaked Information creates an assignment outside of the normal order of assignment. The rules are clear that order of assignment is (1)the Attacker simultaneously assigns all infantry attacking units, and THEN (2) the Defender simultaneously assigns all infantry defending units.
  If the above ruling is based on the inability of infantry to assign during cavalry, should it not also be the case that a Defender's personality cannot be assigned during the Attacker's infantry (or cavalry) assignments?
  Therefore, does the above ruling also make Leaked Information unable to "harpoon" enemy units, as it is illegal for the Defender to assign during the Attacker's assignment (and vice versa)?
  Or does Leaked Information actually create a delayed effect which forces the Defender to make a specific action occur as soon as it becomes legal? (Edit: Changed "take" to "make".)
  If an infantry Attacker has targeted a cavalry Defender, is the Defender allowed to wait until Cavalry Defense Assignments to assign the targeted unit?
  Leaked Information Limited: Choose your performing unbowed Magistrate: Target a Personality with Personal Honor equal to or lower than your Magistrate's Chi. The Personality's unit may not assign to a battlefield this turn unless your Magistrate is there. After each time your Magistrate's unit assigns this turn, assign the Personality's unit to the same battlefield (if legal).
  A: Fair point. Will chew on it and get back. Zen Faulkes, "Leaked Information", 4 Mar 2011