Wartime Preparations

Legend of the Five Rings card from The Shadow's Embrace

Card Type

Event

Keywords

Unique

Card Text

Until the game ends, before the second or later time each turn another player's card's effect bows any of your Personalities during the Action Phase, negate that effect, and before the second or later time each turn another player's card's effect prevents any of your Personalities from assigning, negate that effect.

Legality

Age of Conquest (Emperor)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=99441
  Curious to see the resolution to this question.
  A: Assignment prevention is an ongoing effect, and starts when the effect is created - eg, when Accidental Confession is played - not when a player wants to assign one of his units and can't. When the second Accidental Confession or similar is played in one turn, its assignment prevention effect is negated immediately.
  Note that the following paragraph under Effects, Duration and scope of prevention effects means that a second copy of Delayed Arrival resolved in one turn will be permanently negated: If a prevention effect is already being applied and prevents a new ongoing effect, the new ongoing effect never happens; it does not re-assert itself when the prevention effect ends.
  If an assigment prevention effect is negated by another effect, such as Astonishing Accusation's negation, so that the assigment prevention effect is never created, Wartime Preparation will not count this for its "the second or later time each turn" clause. Alex Jones, "Wartime Preparations vs Accidental Confession vs AA", 27 Sep 2012
• Q: How does the game determine that assignment was prevented? If a Personality cannot assign, can they still be "declared" as such to trigger Wartime?
  A: Essentially, yes. When there's an opportunity based on game procedure or a targeted action (such as performing Ambush) that would allow the Personality to assign, and he is prevented, that "triggers" Wartime Preparations.
  EDIT: Reversed, see final post below. Jon Palmer, "Wartime Preparations vs Accidental Confession vs AA", 12 Aug 2012
• Q: If I have Wartime Preparations in play and someone uses Accidental Confession on my personality and I react and negate it with Astonishing Accusation, can he Accidental Confession me again and not have its effects negated?
  A: Yes. [EDIT: Answer stands, but incorrect reasoning behind it excised.] Jon Palmer, "Wartime Preparations vs Accidental Confession vs AA", 8 Aug 2012