Yoritomo Eita

Legend of the Five Rings card from The Harbinger

Card Type

Personality

Force

3

Chi

2

Honor Requirement

-

Gold Cost

4

Personal Honor

1

Clan

Mantis

Keywords

Naval, Commander, Mantis Clan, Samurai

Card Text

After the resolution of the first Battle action taken in a battle, if another player took that action and there are now one or more units on each side at the current battlefield: Destroy Eita.

Legality

Destroyer War (Celestial)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: Hi rules team!
  My question is if Reinforce the Gates can kill Yoritomo Eita after a Naval invasion?
  Yoritomo Eita : After the resolution of the first Battle action taken in a battle, if another player took that action and there are now one or more units on each side at the current battlefield: Destroy Eita.
  Reinforce the Gates : Reaction: After a player announces a Battle action before the Defender’s first normal opportunity to act or pass: Its effects do not happen.
  My argument is that since the Mantis player resolves his action, even if it fails, Eita's trait should trigger killing him if the Defender has a unit opposing his army at the current battlefield!
  Another similar ruling is the following about Reinforce the Gates and Pillars of Virtue right here : viewtopic.php?f=59&t=78825&p=1034231&hilit=Reinforce+the+GAtes#p1034231
  Thanks a lot in response!
  A: That depends on whether Eita belongs to the attacker or the defender.
  If Eita belongs to the attacker who declares a Naval Invasion, then Eita's trait won't trigger because it wasn't "another player" who took "the Battle action taken in [the] battle".
  If Eita belongs to the defender and the attacker declares a Naval Invasion, then Eita's trait will trigger - Reinforce the Gates stops the action's effects happening, but there is still an "After the resolution" timing trigger. Alex Jones, "Reinforce the Gates + Yoritomo Eita", 8 Apr 2010