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Ignore

An effect that ignores a cost waives it. See Changes to costs and payments.

Imperial Favor

An object in the game, representing the good graces of the Court, that can be taken and discarded to pay costs. See Non-card physical game elements, The Imperial Favor.

Infantry

This term refers to a Personality or Follower who is not Cavalry. It is not itself a keyword.

Increase

See Reduce/increase.

Inexperienced

The lowest level of experience, a keyword that follows the same rules as the Experienced keyword. See Experienced/Inexperienced

Instead

“X instead (of Y)” refers to the substitution of an old targeting, effect, choice, cost, or other game element (Y) with a new one (X). The following rules refer to any use of "instead" or "instead of." See also Changes to costs and payments and Substitution of effects.

• If the old Y is prevented or fails before the substitution is applied, the new X doesn't happen.
  

Example: In “you may bow a personality instead of losing Honor,” you cannot use this to bow a Personality if an existing trait says that you do not gain or lose Honor.

• If the new X is prevented or fails, the old Y doesn’t happen.
  

Example: In “a target enemy unit adds Force to your army instead of the enemy army,” if you have no army (i.e. no units) then the new adding Force fails, and your unit does not add Force to the enemy army.

EXCEPTION: In effects that substitute targeting, if the new target has to be a "legal" target, then failure to find a new legal target -- one that satisfies the requirements of the original targeting plus any additional requirements on targeting from other sources -- means the original targeting happens normally.

Example: In "The action instead targets another of your legal Personalities with the same Clan alignment," if you control no Personality with the same Clan alignment who also satisfies the targeting requirements of the original action, the original targeting happens normally.

EXCEPTION: Effects “instead of focusing” in a duel are still considered focusing for purposes of triggering reactions and conducting the duel. Such effects can be taken if a player cannot focus due to lack of legal cards to focus. They cannot be taken if focusing is prohibited for any other reason. See Challenges and Duels.

The rules on duration and scope of prevention effects should be followed to determine the scope and duration of substitution effects. However, substitution is not itself prevention or negation.

Item

An attachment card type. See Card types, Items.

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