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Thanks guys. A new question:

3.) If Foreign Wives is in battle and opponent has drawn 5 cards, then opponent plays Ambush the City, what happens to Foreign Wives?

I ruled that she stays in the new RA, but would resolve with that battle. Since she was not set aside, she would not be in the BC. AtC is not a Cost-Benefit that I can tell.

Stays in battle. She's immune. If BtC is a cost benefit, there is no second battle, and nothing happens in practice. I don't think that's true though, so I think she'd stay around i nthe field of battle for the second one, and then be there for the side battle as well?

Actually, She's protected which is an important distinctions since Ambush the City contains regardless of immunity language.

I'm still not sure I understand this ruling. Foreign Wives cannot be set aside, so she remains in the Field of Battle. The new RA takes place in that Field of Battle, because AtC does not create a new Battle Phase (like ANB, for instance). I don't understand why FW would not be part of the new RA.

I understand the question, and I'm not sure there is a cut-and-dry rule that can be pointed to that definitively answers it.  However, from what we have on this (and other) rulings, being in the field of battle does not necessarily mean being in the same battle, as those are different spaces (see Field of Battle / Battle wording on cards/default targeting).  Therefore, a card sitting in the field of battle does not join any new battle caused by a SA, because that is a different battle with its own location.

So, she is in the field of battle, but that doesn't allow her to just join in any battle in the field of battle, if that makes sense.