Mind Control

Legend of the Burning Sands card from Secrets and Lies, The Awakening

Card Type: spell
Water: 0
Copper: 2
Card Text: Curse
Bow one of your Sahir. Target a Hero with less than 4 Ka. The Hero must attack this turn, if possible.
Fate: 2
Deck: Deck

Printings

Rarity: Uncommon
Flavor Text: "The Khadi are weak, my dear. Certainly no trouble for a killer such as you..." -Afshan Jarr
Artist: Paul Carrick

Rarity: Starter
Flavor Text: "The Khadi are weak, my dear. Certainly no trouble for a killer such as you." - Afshan Jarr
Artist: Paul Carrick

This spell creates a condition in the game that must be fulfilled if at all possible by the targeted player, but at that player's own schedule within the same turn. For instance, you cast Mind Control on another player's Hero, and that player has an Across the Desert at Midnight in their hand. They may indeed legally hold out to attack you until the Night, when they can play Across the Desert at Midnight and assign their Mind Controlled Hero to do so. Likewise, if they can somehow bow the Hero before assigning them to an attack, then the Hero does not need to attack (thus, Mind Controlling sahirs is often difficult to pull off). Since Mind Control does not demand that the Hero attack right away, that allows the Controlled Hero's player to take other actions before fulfilling the demands of the Mind Control; and if one of those actions happens to bow the Mind Controlled Hero, then the Mind Control cannot legally force that Hero to attack. Of course, if a player has no legal way to bow the Mind Controlled Hero, and they have no other legal actions they can perform before Nightfall, then they must declare an attack with that Hero (and any others they wish to use). [drh, 9/1/99] Legend of the Burning Sands FAQ, Official FAQ and accumulated rulings, version 1.1, October 1999, p. 17