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From Legend of the Five Rings Rules

Contents 1 Mak'irtch 2 Mantis Detachment 3 Marketplace 4 Master of the Rolling River 5 Matsu Aoiko (Experienced) 6 Matsu Benika 7 Matsu Bunka 8 Matsu Robun 9 Matsu Takeko 10 Matsu Yoshino (Experienced 2) 11 Matsu Yufu 12 Menhari-gata 13 Michio 14 Mirumoto Chojiro 15 Mirumoto Kei (Experienced) 16 Mirumoto Ichizo 17 Mirumoto Mareshi (Experienced) 18 Mirumoto Taishuu 19 Misdirection 20 Morale Officer 21 Morning Frost Castle 22 Moshi Amika 23 Moshi Euiko 24 Moto Akikazu 25 Moto Chagatai (Experienced 5) 26 Moto Suren 27 Moto Taban 28 Mountain Summit Temple 29 Mountains of the Phoenix 30 Mountain’s Shadow Dojo 31 Muketsu

[edit] Mak'irtch

• Reads, "Mak'irtch 3F/3C -HR 7G 0PH Ratling. Shugenja. Stained Paw Tribe. Nonhuman. Creature. Limited: Target a number of Ratlings up to the number of different Tribe keywords on cards in play. Create and attach a 1F Ratling Nonhuman Creature Follower card to each target. Reaction: After Mak'irtch enters your discard pile: Create a 1F Ratling Nonhuman Creature Follower card and attach it to one of your target Ratling Personalities." [MRP, Tomorrow, 12 March 2007]
• The word "Tribe" must appear in a card's trait or title to count towards the number of cards generated. [JA, email, 1 February 2005]
• Cannot put followers on follower cards. [ZF, 15 February 2006]
• Is no longer legal in Samurai Edition format. [Erratum, 17 July 2007]

[edit] Mantis Detachment

• Reads, "Mantis Detachment 2F/0C 0HR 3G –PH 2FV Samurai • Naval. Reaction: After a battle resolution at a province that was not destroyed, if this card was in your army during resolution: Permanently give the province –2 strength. Straighten this unit after the Attack Phase ends." [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] Marketplace

• Reads, “Marketplace Market Bow this card: Produce 2 Gold, or 3 Gold if you are a Crane Clan player.” [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] Master of the Rolling River

• Reads, "Master of the Rolling River 0G 2FV Kiho Water Battle: Bow one of your target Shugenja or Monks at any location: Move one of your target units at a battlefield to a different battlefield." [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] Matsu Aoiko (Experienced)

• Reads, “Matsu Aoiko 4F/3C 6HR 7G 3PH Lion Clan • Samurai • Experienced • Unique. Battle: Destroy a target Personality opposing Aoiko with less Chi than the number of Lion Clan Samurai in her army. Battle: Once per battle: Move one of your target Lion Clan Samurai to Aoiko’s battlefield.” [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] Matsu Benika

• Reads, “Matsu Benika 3F/3C 7HR 6G 3PH Lion Clan • Samurai • Beastmaster Benika has +1F for each Nonhuman card at her battlefield. Limited: Pay 2 Gold: Target one or two of your Personalities. Create and attach a 1F Nonhuman, Cat Follower to each one.” [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] Matsu Bunka

• Reads, “Matsu Bunka 2F/2C 3HR 5G 3PH Lion Clan • Samurai. Reaction: Before resolution of a battle Bunka is in, if you are the Attacker and Bunka is opposed: Gain 3 Honor.” [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] Matsu Robun

• Reads, “Matsu Robun 2F/2C 4HR 6G 2PH Lion Clan • Samurai • Tactician. Battle: Destroy a target attachment opposing Robun.” [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] Matsu Takeko

• Reads, “Matsu Takeko 2F/3C 6HR 5G 3PH Lion Clan • Samurai • Hero” [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] Matsu Yoshino (Experienced 2)

• Reads, “Matsu Yoshino 4F/4C 12HR 10G 5PH Lion Clan • Clan Champion • Samurai • Hero • Tactician • Experienced 2 • Unique • Loyal Your attacking Lion Clan Personalities at Yoshino’s location have a Force bonus equal to their Personal Honor. Tactical Battle: Destroy a target Personality with no attachments. You may then target and destroy an attachment.” [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] Matsu Yufu

• Reads, “Matsu Yufu 2F/3C 6HR 6G 4PH Lion Clan • Samurai • Tactician. Open: Give one of your target Samurai Personalities the Tactician keyword.” [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] Menhari-gata

• Reads, "Menhari-gata +1F/+0C 4G 2FV This Personality has the Tactician keyword. Tactical Battle: Discard a card: Reduce the Force of a target Personality opposing this card by the discarded card’s Focus Value." [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] Michio

• Reads, “Michio 4F/3C –HR 8G 0PH Spider Clan • Monk. Reaction: After a Kiho action resolves, even if Michio is bowed: Bow or straighten a target Personality who performed it.” [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] Mirumoto Chojiro

• Reads, “Mirumoto Chojiro 3F/4C 0HR 7G 2PH Dragon Clan • Samurai • Duelist. Reaction: After creating focus pools for a duel Chojiro is in: Switch a card from your focus pool with one from your hand.” [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] Mirumoto Kei (Experienced)

• Other players can not take reactions throughout the entire Required Targeting and Resolution steps of Kei's action. [CLARIFICATION, 9 May 2008]

[edit] Mirumoto Ichizo

• Reads, “Mirumoto Ichizo 2F/3C 5HR 5G 3PH Dragon Clan • Samurai • Duelist” [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] Mirumoto Mareshi (Experienced)

• Reads, “Mirumoto Mareshi 4F/4C 2HR 8G 2PH Dragon Clan • Samurai • Hero • Naga • Cavalry • Experienced • Unique Mareshi is Human. Battle: Bow one of your Rings or discard a Ring from your hand: Straighten one of your target units. Move it home or to a battlefield with one or more enemy units.” [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] Mirumoto Taishuu

• Reads, “Mirumoto Taishuu 3F/4C –HR 7G 1PH Dragon Clan • Samurai • Courtier • Shadowlands • Ambassador to the Lost While Taishuu is in play, you do not have a maximum hand size.” [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] Misdirection

• Reads, "Misdirection 0G 3FV Focus Effect: You may Shuffle up to 3 Personalities from your discard pile into your Dynasty deck. Political Gozoku Reaction: Before another player would choose targets for one of his actions’ effects during a battle, target one of your Courtier or Gozoku Personalities: You choose the targets instead." [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

• If a range of targets is allowed in the original action (e.g., "up to" a number of targets), the player using Misdirection may select any legal number specified by the original action (including zero, if legal). [CF, 10 September 2007]

• The timing point of Misdirection's action trigger is: during the other player's action's Required Targeting Step, in between the last required targeting in the constraints block (if any) and the first required targeting in the effects block (if any). Misdirection can be played even if there is no targeting in the constraints block or no targeting in the effects block. [CLARIFICATION, 8 May 2008]

• The effect of Misdirection's action allows its player to choose targets for any targeting described in the other action's effects block, including required targeting, optional targeting, and targeting of delayed effects. [CLARIFICATION, 8 May 2008]

[edit] Morale Officer

• Reads, "Morale Officer 2F/0C 0HR 2G –PH 3FV Can only attach to a Samurai or Bushi. Limited: Destroy this card: Destroy a target Region. [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] Morning Frost Castle

• Its Clan alignment is to the Dragon Clan. [ERRATA, 7 February 2008]

[edit] Moshi Amika

• Reads, “Moshi Amika 1F/3C –HR 6G 1PH Mantis Clan • Daimyo • Shugenja. Battle: Bow Amika: Ranged 4 Attack.” [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] Moshi Euiko

• Reads, “Moshi Euiko 3F/4C 0HR 7G 2PH Mantis Clan • Shugenja • Water • Naval While Euiko has a spell attached, she has the Fire keyword. Reaction: Before targeting a Ranged Attack from one of your actions: Increase its strength by 1.” [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] Moto Akikazu

• Reads, “Moto Akikazu 3F/4C –HR 8G 0PH Unicorn Clan • Shugenja • Cavalry Akikazu has a Force bonus equal to the highest number of dead Personalities in any one discard pile. Limited: Target a discarded Personality in another player’s discard pile. He becomes honorably dead.” [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] Moto Chagatai (Experienced 5)

• Reads, “Moto Chagatai 9F/5C –HR 15G 2PH Unicorn Clan • Clan Champion • The Khan • Samurai • Cavalry • Tactician • Experienced 5 • Unique • Loyal Before the first time each phase another player’s card’s effect bows a Unicorn Clan Personality at Chagatai’s location: Negate the bowing. Battle: Target one or two Personalities opposing Chagatai. The enemy leader may move one or both home. If one or both still oppose Chagatai, the enemy leader must choose one of the targets (even at home), who is destroyed.” [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] Moto Suren

• Reads, “Moto Suren 4F/2C –HR 9G 1PH Unicorn Clan • Cavalry. Battle: If Suren is opposed: Target a Personality at any battlefield. Bow him or destroy one of his attachments.” [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] Moto Taban

• Reads, “Moto Taban 3F/3C 0HR 7G 2PH Unicorn Clan • Samurai • Scout • Cavalry” [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] Mountain Summit Temple

• Reads, "Mountain Summit Temple 7PS 4G 5FH Limited: Bow one of your target Monk Personalities: Put one of your Rings from your hand into play, from play into your hand, or from your discard pile into your hand." [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] Mountains of the Phoenix

• Reads, "Mountains of the Phoenix 0G 1FV Mountain Terrain Battle: Before this battle’s resolution, the Attacker and the Defender each choose a unit in their own army; the active player decides who chooses fi rst. Then, destroy the chosen units." [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]

[edit] Mountain’s Shadow Dojo

• Reads, "Mountain’s Shadow Dojo 6PS 4G 6FH Battle: Even if this Stronghold is bowed, target one of your Crane Clan Samurai at the current battlefield: Ranged 3 Attack. Move him home or to another battlefield." [Erratum, 3 September 2007; effective 3 October 2007]
• "Another battlefield" implies that the target Crane Clan Samurai must be at a battlefield already, and refers to a battlefield other than the one the Crane Clan Samurai is at. [ML, 26 July 2007]

[edit] Muketsu

• Reads, “Muketsu 7F/4C –HR 8G 0PH Spider Clan • Monk • Shadowlands • Experienced • Unique • Lose 5 Honor. Reaction: Even if Muketsu is bowed, after a Ring bows: Give a target Personality a –2C token.” [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]