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From Legend of the Five Rings Rules

Contents 1 A New Wall 2 A Terrible Oath 3 A Test of Courage 4 A Soldier's Fate 5 Akodo Seiichi 6 Akodo Shunori 7 Akodo Terumoto 8 Akodo’s Grave 9 Akuma no Oni (Experienced 2) 10 Ambush 11 Ancestral Ground 12 Arrival of the Emerald Champion 13 Arrival of the Obsidian Champion 14 Arrows From the Woods 15 Arrow of Purity 16 Asahina Beniha 17 Asako Meisuru 18 Asako Takakazu 19 Ashigaru Conscripts 20 Ashigaru Spearmen

[edit] A New Wall

• Reads, “A New Wall Search your Dynasty deck for a non-Unique Holding. If you find one, refill this province with the Holding, face-up, and permanently raise its Gold Cost by 1.” [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] A Terrible Oath

• Reads, "A Terrible Oath 2G 4FV Black Scroll • Unique After this Shugenja straightens: Give him a –1C Corruption token. Limited: Bow and destroy this Shugenja and one of your Samurai: Your Personalities in play gain a +2F/–1C Oath token and permanently gain Shadowlands. You cannot win an Honor Victory this game. [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] A Test of Courage

• Reads, "A Test of Courage 0G 2FV Reaction: Before an action moves one of your target Personalities home from a battlefield: Negate the movement. You can not target the Personality with actions or bow him to pay costs (until the turn ends)." [MRP, Samurai Edition 25 July 2007]

[edit] A Soldier's Fate

• The condition "If his Personal Honor is 3 or higher," is evaluated as true or false while resolving A Soldier's Fate, not after the Combat Segment. If it is true on resolution, then the delayed straighten effect will happen even if he has less than 3 Personal Honor by the time the Combat Segment ends. (ML, 7 August 2007)

[edit] Akodo Seiichi

• Reads, “Akodo Seiichi 2F/3C 10HR 6G 3PH Lion Clan • Samurai • Tactician. Tactical Battle: Bow Seiichi: Bow each unit opposing him with lower total Force than Seiichi’s Force.” [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] Akodo Shunori

• Reads, “Akodo Shunori2F/2C 6HR 5G 2PH Lion Clan • Samurai • Tactician” [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] Akodo Terumoto

• Reads, “Akodo Terumoto 4F/3C 6HR 8G 3PH Lion Clan • Samurai • Tactician. Tactical Battle: Bow a target card opposing Terumoto.” [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] Akodo’s Grave

• Reads, “Akodo’s Grave Bow this card: Produce 2 Gold. Battle: Bow and destroy this card: Destroy a target Terrain.” [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] Akuma no Oni (Experienced 2)

• Reads, “Akuma no Oni 20F/5C –HR 14G 0PH Shadowlands • Overlord • Oni • Nonhuman • Experienced 2 • Unique • Lose 15 Honor. During the Action Phase, Akuma cannot be targeted and cannot bow. After Akuma enters play: Destroy your rightmost province. Once per game, after an attacking army that contains Akuma destroys a province: Destroy another of the Defender’s provinces.” [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] Ambush

• Reads, "Ambush 0G 2FV Limited: Target one of your unbowed Personalities: Create a battlefield (not at any province). Assign your Personality to attack there. Assign another player’s target Personality to defend there, even if bowed. No other units may move there. Fight a battle there. After it ends, lose 5 Honor." [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]
• Limited or Open actions can not be taken during the battle. [ZF, 6 August 2007]

[edit] Ancestral Ground

• Reads, "Ancestral Ground 0G 1FV Terrain Battle: After each time another player’s action moves home, bows, or destroys one of your opposed Personalities at this battlefield, reduce the province’s strength by his unit’s total Force before the effect was applied and gain 2 Honor." [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] Arrival of the Emerald Champion

• Reads, "Arrival of the Emerald Champion 0G 4FV Political Battle: If you are the Defender or are attacking a player with a Family Honor below zero, even if you control no units at the current battlefield, discard the Imperial Favor: Create a 5F/6C/3PH Samurai, Duelist Personality in your side there. Remove him from the game after the battle ends." [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] Arrival of the Obsidian Champion

• Reads, "Arrival of the Obsidian Champion 0G 3FV Open: Lose 3 Honor. Dishonor one of your target Personalities with a Gold Cost of 9 or greater. Permanently set his Force to 10 and his Chi to 2. Permanently give him Shadowlands and the ability, "Fear Battle: Bow each Follower with 4 or less Force in a target unit." " [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] Arrows From the Woods

• Reads, "Arrows From the Woods Battle: Ranged 2 Attack. Reaction: After you target another player’s card with a Ranged Attack: Increase that Ranged Attack’s strength by 2." [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] Arrow of Purity

• Reads, "Arrow of Purity 2G 3FV Battle: Even if this unit is not at the current battlefield, bow this Shugenja and target one of your Personalities: Ranged Attack with strength equal to his Personal Honor. [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]
• The ability text circumvents the Rule of Location to the extent that you can take the Action even if the Unit the Spell is in is not at the Current Battlefield.
• The ability text does not exempt you from the requirement in the Rule of Location that all targets of the ability must be at the Current Battlefield - both the cost targeting and the Ranged Attack targeting must be satisfied with targets at the Current Battlefield.

[edit] Asahina Beniha

• Reads, “Asahina Beniha 1F/4C 6HR 7G 3PH Crane Clan • Shugenja • Air • Courtier. Political Open: Target another player’s Personality. After the first time this turn he assigns to attack or is destroyed, gain 3 Honor.” [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] Asako Meisuru

• Reads, “Asako Meisuru 3F/4C 0HR 7G 3PH Phoenix Clan • Shugenja • Water Battle: Target a number of cards in Meisuru’s army up to her Chi. Straighten them.” [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] Asako Takakazu

• Reads, “Asako Takakazu 2F/4C –HR 7G 3PH Phoenix Clan • Shugenja • Air • Experienced • Unique. Battle/Open: Even if he is not at the current battlefield: Attach a Spell to Takakazu from your hand (paying all costs). If you used this ability as a Battle action, you may immediately take an additional Battle action.” [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] Ashigaru Conscripts

• Reads, "Ashigaru Conscripts 2F/0C 0HR 4G –PH 2FV Ashigaru • Can only attach to a Samurai. After this card enters play from your hand: You may draw an additional card during your next End Phase. Battle: Bow this card: Ranged 3 Attack. Battle: Bow this card: Give –3 strength to this battlefield’s province." [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] Ashigaru Spearmen

• Reads, "Ashigaru Spearmen 1F/0C 1HR 2G –PH 1FV Ashigaru After this card enters play from your hand: You may draw an additional card during your next End Phase. Battle: Bow this card: Ranged 1 Attack." [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]