Akodos Guidance

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Lion Clan players may target defending enemy units with the rulebook Favor Political Battle action. Battle: If you are a Lion Clan player, discard this card and choose your performing Personality: Melee 4 Attack. The Steel Lion is new to the Championship, but her swordsmanship and tactical prowess are reminiscent of Akodo One-Eye.
EE Illus Conceptopolis TM & 2011 AEG 1 J 428

Bayushis Guidance

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After a players turn begins, if he is Scorpion Clan: Each other player loses 1 Honor. Open: If you are a Scorpion Clan player, discard this card and target one or more face-up Personalities in provinces: Put each one at the bottom of its owners deck in any order. Refill the provinces face-up.
Nitoshi, the Poison Mask, strikes in the night against the Empires enemies.
EE Illus Conceptopolis TM & 2011 AEG 2 J 428

Daigotsus Guidance

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After a Celestial enters play (including this one): Discard all Kami Celestials in play. Battle: If you are a Spider Clan player, discard this card and target an enemy unit: Destroy all bowed cards in it. Bow it.
Father I wait. I will lead our people to victory.

EE Illus Conceptopolis

TM & 2011 AEG 3 J 428

Dojis Guidance

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Crane Clan players may take the rulebook Favor Political Battle action even if they control no units at the current battlefield. Open: If you are a Crane Clan player, discard this card: Put a non-Unique Strategy with a Political ability in your discard pile into your hand.
Makoto, the Smiling Blade, is graceful, calm and focused in court and battle.
EE Illus Conceptopolis TM & 2011 AEG 4 J 428

Hidas Guidance

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Before the first straightening each battle of a Personality whose enemy leader is a Crab Clan player: Negate that straightening. Battle: If you are a Crab Clan player, discard this card and target a Personality: Bow him. Bow his unit if he is attacking.
The Little Bear carries his great-grandfathers spirit.
EE Illus Conceptopolis TM & 2011 AEG 5 J 428

Shibas Guidance

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After a battle resolution ends in which a Phoenix Clan player destroyed one or more provinces or enemy cards: He draws a card. Battle/Open: If you are a Phoenix Clan player, discard this card: Put a non-Unique Spell or Kiho in your discard pile into your hand.
The Soul of Shiba has been Tsukimis constant companion for decades.
EE Illus Conceptopolis TM & 2011 AEG 6 J 428

Shinjos Guidance

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Unicorn Clan Personalities have +1F while they have an attachment. Limited: Discard this card: Search your discard pile, then Dynasty deck, for Moto Naleesh and put her into one of your provinces, face-up, discarding the card that was there.
They say I am Shinjo reborn. Why do I not feel different? Moto Naleesh
EE Illus Conceptopolis TM & 2011 AEG 7 J 428

Togashis Guidance

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Dragon Clan players maximum hand size is increased by two. Battle/Open: If you are a Dragon Clan player, discard this card: You may either put a Ring in your hand into play, or search your discard pile, then Fate deck, for a Ring and put it into your hand.
The Laughing Dragon balances the Togashi and Mirumoto.

EE Illus Conceptopolis

TM & 2011 AEG 8 J 428

Yoritomos Guidance

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After engaging, if the Attacker is a Mantis Clan player: Reduce the current battlefields provinces strength to 5. Limited: If you are a Mantis Clan player, discard this card and target your discarded Port Holding: Put it into play (bowed), paying all costs but paying 2 less Gold.
The Growing Storms reign shall shake the Empire.
EE Illus Conceptopolis TM & 2011 AEG 9 J 428

Abandoning the Fortunes

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Until the game ends, before each players turn ends, if his Dynasty deck has no cards, he chooses and destroys one Personality or Holding he controls for each of his provinces without a Dynasty card in it.
This land is fraught with peril, and not only the physical. Our souls must remain pure. Yung

EE Illus James Hall

TM & 2011 AEG 10 H 428

Alter History

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After the next time this game you destroy a province as the Attacker, the Defender loses 5 Honor. If this loss brings him below his starting Family Honor, then until the game ends, he may ignore Honor Requirements when bringing Personalities into play.
Ambitious men might succumb to temptation. Our duty is to record without bias. We alone can do so. Miya Shoin
EE Illus Patrick McEvoy TM & 2011 AEG 11 H 428

Benefices of the Emperor

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Each player in turn order starting with you may choose a card in his hand. Discard all chosen cards. If exactly one players card has the lowest Focus Value of all those cards, he gains a province to the left of his leftmost province. If exactly one players card has the highest Focus Value of all those cards, permanently increase his maximum hand size by three, and he draws three cards. Iweko Setai often represents his wife in court.
EE Illus Oliver Specht TM & 2011 AEG 12 H 428

Boastful Proclamation

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If any other player controls a Personality, then at the start of your next turn, if this province still exists, permanently give it +3 strength and gain 3 Honor. Until your next turn begins, after battle resolution destroys this province, give each Personality in the attacking army a +1F token and the Attacker may draw a card.
You will die waiting for us to surrender, dogs!
EE Illus Erich Schreiner TM & 2011 AEG 13 u 428

Cherry Blossom Festival

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FEstival UniqUE
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No players may take Reactions until your next Events Phase begins.
Rokugan is a land of festivals. It is necessary for the common people to have release from the tedium of their honorable labors. They serve the Empress loyally, and in return she offers them grand celebrations. Voice of the Emperor

EE Illus Glen Osterberger

TM & 2011 AEG 14 H 428

Cross-Clan Wedding

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Choose a Personality you control and another player. The player takes control of the Personality. If he now controls the Personality, he chooses another Personality he controls; take control of him.
A popular means of cementing treaties and alliances is through marriage between the clans. Those who participate consider it a duty, nothing more.
EE Illus Stu Barnes TM & 2011 AEG 15 H 428

Delayed Arrival

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Choose a Personality in play. He may not be assigned to attack you until your next turn begins.
I see the festivities began without me. Just as well, I suppose. You would need a short practice to have any chance against me.

EE Illus Jason Juta

TM & 2011 AEG 16 l 428

Disgrace

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Until your Events Phase two turns from now begins, other players may not target your Personalities with Limited actions.
Your actions have brought shame to your entire family. Others will shoulder a share of your burden until such time as your disgrace can be forgotten.

EE Illus Grzegorz Pedrycz

TM & 2011 AEG 17 H 428

Glory of the Shogun

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Until the game ends, equipping is a Battle/ Open action (for all players), and after the first time each turn each player attaches a card with a base Gold Cost of 5 or more from his hand, that player may draw a card.
In times when the Emperor cannot defend the Empire, the Shogun must do so in his place. Sun Tao

EE Illus Miguel Coimbra

TM & 2011 AEG 18 H 428

Imperial Gift

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Gain 2 Honor and search your Fate deck for an Item, show it, and put it into your hand.
I bear a gift for you, commander, to commemorate your service and glorious victory for the Empress.

EE Illus Mike Raabe

TM & 2011 AEG 19 H 428

Moon and Sun

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Each player may shuffle an Event in his discard pile into his deck.
Onnotangu and Amaterasu gave way to Hitomi and Yakamo, who gave way to the Obsidian Moon and the Jade Sun. The Heavens are complete and their blessings are showered upon the mortal realm. Matsu Kasei

EE Illus Chris Seaman

TM & 2011 AEG 20 H 428

Naoharus Gift

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WintEr UniqUE
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Show a card in your hand to another player. You offer it as a gift. He may put it in his hand; if he does, you gain Honor equal to its base Focus Value. If you showed a card and he did not put it in his hand, discard the card and draw two cards.
Naoharu is long since gone, but his lessons endure for a new generation to learn. Doji Shunya
EE Illus Randy Liu TM & 2011 AEG 21 H 428

Rebuilding the Empire

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Any player with three or fewer provinces may gain a province to the right of his rightmost province. Each player who gained a province from this has his Family Honor lowered to its starting value, and he may not declare an attack until your next turn begins. This Honor loss will not be negated or given to another player instead. The end of an era, the beginning of another.
EE Illus J. Edwin Stevens TM & 2011 AEG 22 H 428

Successful Bounty

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Until your Events Phase three turns from now begins, after each time a Personality opposing a Magistrate or Courtier becomes dishonorable from an action, the Personalitys controller loses 2 Honor.
Good day, Champion. I am pleased to surrender this fugitive to you for justice. I believe there is a stipend for his capture?
EE Illus Sam Kennedy TM & 2011 AEG 23 u 428

Suspicions

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Until the game ends, before each of your Events Phases ends, each player in turn order starting with you loses 1 Honor.
The greatest dramas always leave the matter of guilt or innocence slightly ambivalent. Is it any surprise the Scorpion feature prominently in so many? Bayushi Hurunayi

EE Illus Mark A.W. Jackson

TM & 2011 AEG 24 H 428

Wisdom Gained

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Starting with you, each player may search his discard pile and Fate deck for a Ring, show it, and put it in his hand.
In twenty years of relative peace and exploration, we have learned so much. We must be ever vigilant to ensure that wisdom is not forsaken for war. Shiba Tsukimi

EE Illus Raymond Gaustadses

TM & 2011 AEG 25 u 428

Akodos Grave

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Bow this card: Produce 2 Gold. Battle: Bow and destroy this card and target a Terrain: Destroy it.
I do not understand why you would not accept the Championship, Kano. All I have done is for the good of the Lion, Dairuko-sama. You will rule, and I will serve you with all my skill.
EE Illus Joachim Gmoser TM & 2011 AEG 26 l 428

Bamboo Harvesters

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This card will not straighten before your second turn. Bow this card: Produce 2 Gold.
It is not a glamorous holding, but it has made me a wealthy man. Rebuilding an Empire takes a lot of bamboo, after all. Yasuki Dokansuto

EE Illus Veronica V. Jones

TM & 2011 AEG 27 J 428

Border Keep

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Bow this card: Produce 2 Gold. Limited: If it is your first turn: Put one or more cards in your provinces at the bottom of your deck, refilling the provinces face-up. Limited: Once per game: Put one or more cards in your provinces at the bottom of your deck, refilling the provinces face-up.
EE Illus Jason Juta TM & 2011 AEG 28 J 428

Chugo Seido

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Bow this card: Produce 2 Gold. Reaction: When another players action would target one of your Personalities, destroy this card: Choose one of your Samurai at the same location. The action targets him instead, if legal.
Bushido is our shield. Shiba Sansesuke
EE Illus IFS TM & 2011 AEG 29 H 428

Copper Mine

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Bow this card: Produce 2 Gold, or 3 Gold if you are a Lion Clan player.
Concern for money is said to be beneath a samurais notice, but no general can ignore the importance of logistics. I want complete reports on the profits of our mines and where that koku goes. Akodo Dairuko

EE Illus Charles Urbach

TM & 2011 AEG 30 J 428

Deeds and Words

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Bow this card: Produce 2 Gold. Reaction: Before the resolution of an action during the Action Phase, destroy this card: Choose one of the Honor gains or losses from its effects. Reduce it to 0.
Trouble comes and trouble goes, and none of it really exists until it is properly recorded in the Imperial histories. Miya Nishio

EE Illus IFS

TM & 2011 AEG 31 H 428

Falling Rain Dojo

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Bow this card: Produce 2 Gold. Reaction: Before Focus Effects resolve, if your Duelist has a lower duel stat than the Personality facing him: Give your Duelist +1 to his duel stat until the duel ends.
Do not tolerate lies. Not in others, not in yourself. Fill yourself with truth, and your strength will overflow. Doji Hakuseki
EE Illus Gong Studios TM & 2011 AEG 32 u 428

Family Library

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Bow this card: Produce 2 Gold. Limited: Target a discarded (not dead) Personality in your discard pile and a face-up card in one of your provinces, and destroy this card: Discard the face-up card, refilling the province face-up with the Personality.
A man who is learned in the Tao can bring forth treasures old and new. Makito
EE Illus Malcolm McClinton TM & 2011 AEG 33 u 428

Fortifications

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Your provinces have +1 strength.

And so this land, which once spawned a monstrous threat to the Empire, has been become its treasury. May our descendants ponder this daily and consider how the Heavens rain their blessings upon our land. May they never falter in their devotion to the throne. Chronicle of the Blossoming World, Part IV

EE Illus Oliver Specht

TM & 2011 AEG 34 l 428

Geisha House

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Bow this card: Produce 2 Gold, or 3 Gold if you are a Scorpion Clan player.
They are such inviting places, where samurai can set aside their duties and complain about their lot in life. We must never destroy that pleasant illusion. Bayushi Nitoshi

EE Illus Charles Urbach

TM & 2011 AEG 35 J 428

Gold Mine

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Bow this card: Produce 2 Gold, or 3 Gold if you are a Dragon Clan player.
Nothing of worth grows on our mountains, and yet we are fed and clothed by their bounty. We live on the surface of a riddle, never questioning its meaning. Mirumoto Shikei

EE Illus Charles Urbach

TM & 2011 AEG 36 J 428

Governors Court

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Bow this card: Produce 2 Gold. Political Open: Even if this card is bowed, choose your performing Courtier and bow him or this card: Choose another player with an unbowed Personality in play. He may choose to target and bow one of his unbowed Personalities. If he did not choose this, gain 2 Honor.
A new governor brings possibilities and risks. Shosuro Makito
EE Illus Veronica V. Jones TM & 2011 AEG 37 H 428

Iron Mine

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Bow this card: Produce 2 Gold, or 3 Gold if you are a Crab Clan player.
Iron for weapons, iron for armor, iron for engineering works. They say honor is the strength of a samurai, but iron forms its sinews. Hida Kisada

EE Illus Charles Urbach

TM & 2011 AEG 38 J 428

Kobune Port

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Bow this card: Produce 2 Gold, or 3 Gold if you are a Mantis Clan player.
Our ships bring strange luxuries that add luster to our Empress court and enrich her tax coffers. That we turn a tidy profit on the deal is simply an added benefit. Yoritomo Hiromi

EE Illus Charles Urbach

TM & 2011 AEG 39 J 428

Large Farm

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Bow this card: Produce 2 Gold.

Many were shocked by the Empress command to the Spider, but Daigotsus followers obeyed without complaint. In time, her divinely-inspired wisdom was shown to be correct, as the Spider Clans efforts made the resources of the colonized lands available for rebuilding the Empire. Chronicle of the Blossoming World, Part I
EE Illus Mark A.W. Jackson TM & 2011 AEG 40 u 428

Luxurious Silk

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Bow this card: Produce 2 Gold. Reaction: Even if this card is bowed, when paying for an action: Produce 2 Gold.
A samurais appearance is as clear as a war-fans signal, for those who know how to read it. A vain man and a dutiful one will both choose their clothes with care, but the result is far different. Vice cannot be hidden, and virtue will find a way to be heard. Kakita Hideo

EE Illus Beth Trott

TM & 2011 AEG 41 H 428

Marketplace

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Bow this card: Produce 2 Gold, or 3 Gold if you are a Crane Clan player.
Of course trade makes the Crane wealthy, but you cant define my clan by just that. That would be like thinking that a cherry trees worth lay in its bark, and never seeing it blossom. Doji Makoto

EE Illus Charles Urbach

TM & 2011 AEG 42 J 428

Moneylender

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After this card enters play: Put a number of Wealth tokens on it equal to the amount of Gold you paid for it. Bow this card and remove one or more Wealth tokens from it: Produce Gold equal to the number of tokens removed. Limited: Bow this card and pay any amount of Gold: Put a number of Wealth tokens on this card equal to the amount of Gold you paid.
EE Illus Storn Cook TM & 2011 AEG 43 H 428

Prosperous Village

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Enters play paying 1 less Gold for each Personality you control. Bow this card: Produce 5 Gold.
Prosperity brings men and women of destiny, which in turn only enhances a villages prosperous nature. Yung

EE Illus Arkady Roytman

TM & 2011 AEG 44 l 428

Public Records

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Bow this card: Produce 2 Gold. Limited: Bow this card: Look at the top three cards of your Fate deck. Put them back in any order.
The world will never lack for stories. Even something as mundane as a barley harvest can generate a winters worth of tales, if the teller knows his craft. Matsu Kasei
EE Illus Gong Studios TM & 2011 AEG 45 l 428

Rugashi Bazaar

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This card will not be destroyed. Bow this card: Produce 3 Gold. Revenge Battle/Open: If you have lost Honor from another players action during the Action Phase since your last turn ended, choose one to four of your performing Personalities: Give each of them a Force bonus equal to his base Personal Honor.
I cringe at the sight of a Spider mon. Asako Rinshi
EE Illus Stu Barnes TM & 2011 AEG 46 u 428

Shinomen Marsh

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Bow this card: Produce 2 Gold, or 3 Gold if you are a Spider Clan player.
The Empress power is unquestioned, and by her decree we have this land. Lesser men would bemoan their lot; we prove our strength by prospering. Someday we shall show it in other ways. Daigotsu Kanpeki

EE Illus Charles Urbach

TM & 2011 AEG 47 J 428

Shrine to Hachiman

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Bow this card: Produce 2 Gold. Battle/Open: Target an attachment: Straighten it.
No samurai should go into battle without first purifying his heart with prayer. Only then can he possess the oneness of mind that victory requires. Asako Nobunori

EE Illus Oliver Specht

TM & 2011 AEG 48 H 428

Silk Works

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Bow this card: Produce 4 Gold.

Soon the Second City rose up in that ruined wilderness, a city that reflected the light of our glorious Child of Heaven onto another kingdom. Though the Spider were the first, soon many other clans sent representatives to the city to aid in its establishment and to help gather in the wealth that could be found in the surrounding lands. Chronicle of the Blossoming World, Part II

EE Illus Diana Vick

TM & 2011 AEG 49 l 428

Silver Mine

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Bow this card: Produce 2 Gold, or 3 Gold if you are a Phoenix Clan player.
Like our souls, it shines in the light, and like our souls, it must be polished to keep that brightness. Silver is valued less than gold, and I have always wondered if that was because it reminds us too much of our nature. Shiba Tsukimi

EE Illus Charles Urbach

TM & 2011 AEG 50 J 428

Small Farm

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Farm

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Bow this card: Produce 1 Gold.

Even the peasants of the Empire benefitted from the Colonies, as Mantis ships brought wood and fiber to be used for tools and homes. Every morning the pious farmers of Rokugan offered their thanks for their far-seeing Empress. Chronicle of the Blossoming World, Part III

EE Illus Joseph Phillips

TM & 2011 AEG 51 l 428

Stables

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Bow this card: Produce 2 Gold, or 3 Gold if you are a Unicorn Clan player.
Our horses are like kin to us. They bear our burdens and risk their lives in battle just as we do for our lords, though they generally are better-natured about it. Moto Naleesh

EE Illus Charles Urbach

TM & 2011 AEG 52 J 428

Temples of Gisei Toshi

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Bow this card: Produce 2 Gold. Limited: Bow this card: Name Follower, Item, or Spell. Look at the top four cards of your Fate deck. You may show one of those cards that is of the type you named, then put it in your hand.
We have treasures that we never speak of. Isawa Tamaki
EE Illus Christopher Appel TM & 2011 AEG 53 H 428

Traveling Peddler

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Bow this card: Produce 2 Gold. Limited: Bow this card and pay 3 Gold: Draw a card.
They are poor, only one step above a beggar. They travel everywhere, and no samurai ever gives them a second thought. They are perfect, really. Yasuki Jinn-Kuen

EE Illus Erich Schreiner

TM & 2011 AEG 54 H 428

Venerable Master

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Bow this card: Produce 2 Gold. Open: Bow and destroy this card, and pay 2 Gold: Create a 3F/3C/3PH Samurai Personality with your Clan alignment.
A generation of warriors has grown up never knowing war. How long can this last? How long should it last? Kuronada

EE Illus Ed Cox

TM & 2011 AEG 55 H 428

Well-Tended Farm

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Farm

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Bow this card: Produce 1 Gold. Limited: Bow this card: Gain 1 Honor.
Being concerned with money is considered crass, but no one listens to a poor man. When push comes to shove, wealth creates its own respectability. Yasuki Jekku

EE Illus Tony Moseley

TM & 2011 AEG 56 u 428

Hida Bushotsu

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I would give my life for my brothers-in-arms, and they for me. But they fear me, too, for when the red rage is upon me, I cannot still my blade. I crave war, and perhaps one day it can drive the demon from my soul.

EE Illus Sergio Camarena

TM & 2011 AEG 57 l 428

Hida Horu

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Horu does not contribute Force to his army during battle resolution while there are two or more units in his army.
They called my father a serpent, and yet he is legendary. They say worse of me and my Scorpion allies, so imagine the glory for which I will be remembered!

EE Illus John Donahue

TM & 2011 AEG 58 J 428

Hida Kisada

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crab clan clan champion samUrai KEnsai siEgE tactician loyal UniqUE littlE bEar
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Reaction: When another players Battle action would target Kisada: He outmaneuvers it. Choose another Personality you control at Kisadas location. The action targets the Personality instead, if legal. Battle: Target an enemy card with lower Force: Destroy it.
Grant me wisdom, great-grandfather. Show me the path.
EE Illus Drew Baker TM & 2011 AEG 59 J 428

Hida Komatsu

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crab clan bErsErKEr hEro UniqUE soUl oF hida riKyU ExpEriEncEd

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Battle: Target an enemy Follower or Personality with lower Force and no attachments: Bow it. Battle: Target an enemy attachment: Destroy it.
They tell me these things were Naga once. They just look like blood and bone to me. They just look like prey.
EE Illus Miguel Coimbra TM & 2011 AEG 60 H 428

Hida Takeuchi

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crab clan samUrai soUl oF hida KosEdo

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Reaction: After the resolution of an action that attached a Follower from your hand to Takeuchi: Draw a card.
The Shadowlands are too quiet. I need battle. I need blood. Send me to the Colonies, my lord.

EE Illus Michael Phillippi

TM & 2011 AEG 61 l 428

Hida Watari

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crab clan samUrai cavalry vEtEran UniqUE Wyrm ridEr soUl oF hida tobashi
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While Watari has exactly one Follower, that Follower has Cavalry. Fear Battle: Target an enemy unit: Bow all Followers with 3 or lower Force in it.
Every man dreams of exceeding his fathers deeds. For me that is likely impossible.
EE Illus Brent Chumley TM & 2011 AEG 62 H 428

Hiruma Nitani

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crab clan samUrai jadE hand scoUt soUl oF hirUma hidora

Battle: Bow Nitani unless you have Reconnaissance: Ranged 4 Attack, with +2 strength if the target is Shadowlands.
With the Spider, we clutch a serpent to our breast. Our vigil must never waver. Their sickness can never become ours.
EE Illus Fares Maese TM & 2011 AEG 63 u 428

Kaiu Esumi

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crab clan samUrai siEgE tactician

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Battle: Ranged 4 Attack. If this targeted a card, give the current battlefields province +2 or 2 strength.
Some men are great leaders because of their innate brilliance. Others, because of a terrible cruelty. Kaiu Kawachi

EE Illus Luis NCT

TM & 2011 AEG 64 u 428

Kaiu Hideaki

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crab clan samUrai siEgE soUl oF KaiU sEison

Reaction: After engaging at Hideakis battlefield: Increase its provinces strength by 3 until the battles resolution begins.
The Crab exist in a state of perpetual war, either defending or attacking an eternal foe. I envy the majesty of such a simple existence. Ikoma Shika
EE Illus Chris Seaman TM & 2011 AEG 65 H 428

Kaiu Kawachi

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crab clan samUrai siEgE tactician

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Other families wage war, but the Kaiu literally make war. Our every endeavor furthers the cause of the Crab military. We are the architects of destruction, the artisans of death.

EE Illus Lee Smith

TM & 2011 AEG 66 u 428

Kuni Shinoda

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crab clan Earth shUgEnja soUl oF KUni yasashii

Battle: If any enemy units are at the current battlefield and Shinoda is at another battlefield: You may target another Crab Clan Personality at Shinodas battlefield. Move Shinoda and the target, if any, to the current battlefield.
Catch me if you can, demon! The only prize you will find is death!
EE Illus Hctor Herrera TM & 2011 AEG 67 l 428

Toritaka Shishido

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crab clan samUrai scoUt soUl oF toritaKa oKabE

Ranged Attacks from actions performed by cards in Shishidos army have +1 strength.
The other families protect the Empire from the Shadowlands, but we Toritaka protect it from the Spirit Realms. It is a different task, but the similarities and dangers are many.
EE Illus Britt Martin TM & 2011 AEG 68 l 428

Yasuki Jekku

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Political Limited: Pay Gold equal to a target Personalitys base Personal Honor minus 1: Dishonor him. His controller loses 1 Honor, or 2 Honor if his base Personal Honor is 3 or greater.
Thank you, my dear. Do not worry. I will ensure the matter is quickly forgotten.
EE Illus Oliver Specht TM & 2011 AEG 69 u 428

Yasuki Tanimura

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Reaction: When paying for an action: Produce 3 Gold. Political Reaction: After another players Battle action targets Tanimura: The player may pay 4 Gold. If he did not pay the Gold, he loses 3 Honor.
The finest knives in Rokugan!
EE Illus Carlos Cardenas TM & 2011 AEG 70 u 428

Yasuki Tono

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crab clan coUrtiEr mErchant

We are not warriors, scouts, engineers or priests. In order to carry our share of the Crabs burden, we must ensure that all our kinsmen have the funds to do as they see necessary, no matter the cost.

EE Illus Britt Martin

TM & 2011 AEG 71 l 428

Asahina Keigo

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cranE clan air shUgEnja soUl oF asahina yoshino

Reaction: When paying a Gold cost, bow Keigo and discard a card: Produce Gold equal to its Focus Value.
I leave the worries over the Second City and its governor to the Doji. My duty is to keep our temples in good repair.
EE Illus beet TM & 2011 AEG 72 u 428

Asahina Kitiaru

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cranE clan coUrtiEr samUrai UniqUE soUl oF KonEtsU

Political Open: Target a Personality: Kitiaru copies one of his Political abilities that does not itself copy abilities.
The Asahina have a tradition of fulfilling a number of roles. Those without the gift of the kami often find themselves in court. Doji Makoto
EE Illus Chris Seaman TM & 2011 AEG 73 H 428

Asahina Michiru

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cranE clan air shUgEnja

Open: Target your Personality: Michiru creates a barrier of air. Before the next time (this turn) another players action destroys the Personality, negate that destruction and move him home.
I will cause no harm to our enemies, but I will not allow harm to come to you either.
EE Illus Jorge Matar TM & 2011 AEG 74 u 428

Asahina Yasutora

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cranE clan air shUgEnja

What do you see, when you look out over the lands? Makoto asked. My Champion, I am listening to the kami. The wind is full of their voices. It would be very useful to be able to track your enemys armies in such a fashion. It is more than that; it is a reminder that enemies themselves can change into friends with a shift of the wind.
EE Illus MuYoung Kim TM & 2011 AEG 75 l 428

Daidoji Kenshi

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It is not enough to know what the land looks like, Tametaka said, one must have an army to hold it. Kenshi laughed. So true, my cousin, she said. And I will always be there, to tell you where to place that army.

EE Illus Charles Urbach

TM & 2011 AEG 76 l 428

Daidoji Tametaka

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Battle: Target an enemy Personality or Follower: Give it 4F. You may target one of your Personalities and move him home.
For over twenty years, our clan has prepared for the day the long peace would end. Is that day coming soon? I am ready for it.
EE Illus Thomas Denmark TM & 2011 AEG 77 l 428

Doji Atsumichi

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cranE clan samUrai cavalry soUl oF doji tadanori

Battle: Target a Personality with lower Personal Honor: Bow or straighten him.
The Empire is full of samurai who have been trained for a war that may never come in their lifetime. It is fortunate we have the Colonies to draw their attention and give them the challenge they crave.
EE Illus Albert Tavira TM & 2011 AEG 78 u 428

Doji Genshin

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cranE clan samUrai dUElist magistratE

They think I will not be able to discover who is guilty. They think I will not be able to find them. They think I can be frightened or bought off. They think they can best me in a duel.

EE Illus Gemma Tegelaers

TM & 2011 AEG 79 l 428

Doji Makoto

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Political Open: Makoto uses his mastery of politics. Take the Imperial Favor. Iaijutsu Battle: Target an enemy Personality: Makoto duels him. Destroy the duels loser.
I am lord of the Crane. I will allow no one to harm my clan.
EE Illus Drew Baker TM & 2011 AEG 80 J 428

Doji Shunya

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Political Limited: Discard the Imperial Favor: Gain 2 Honor.

Our champion is brilliant and charming. How fortunate I know how to make use of these advantages.

EE Illus Llyn Hunter

TM & 2011 AEG 81 u 428

Doji Tatsuki

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cranE clan samUrai coUrtiEr soUl oF doji ayano

The students of Doji Ayano fill the courts like pests. Elegant, brilliant pests. I would damn her for it, but truthfully I find intelligent opponents far less tedious than stupid ones. Bayushi Nitoshi

EE Illus Edwin David

TM & 2011 AEG 82 J 428

Kakita Genshi

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cranE clan samUrai artisan dUElist mastEr oF cErEmoniEs soUl oF KaKita yosUga
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Iaijutsu Limited: Target another players Personality. His controller may dishonor him. If he did not choose to dishonor him, gain 1 Honor and choose one of the Personalitys abilities; it may not be used until your next turn begins.
No, I do not think so.
EE Illus Conceptopolis TM & 2011 AEG 83 u 428

Kakita Kazan

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cranE clan samUrai commandEr dUElist magistratE soUl oF KaKita idZUKi

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Battle: Target an enemy dishonorable Personality: Bow him. His controller loses 2 Honor. Gain 2 Honor.
You are a shame on your lord and your family. These are my words, and I will prove them with my sword if necessary.
EE Illus Peter Mohrbacher TM & 2011 AEG 84 H 428

Kakita Seishi

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cranE clan artisan soUl oF KaKita aritEKo

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Open: Bow Seishi and target a dishonorable Personality: Rehonor him.

Her songs are a wonder and a delight. She moves the hearts and uplifts the souls of all who hear her. Isawa Kimi

EE Illus Alayna Lemmer

TM & 2011 AEG 85 l 428

Kakita Tadanobu

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cranE clan samUrai dUElist UniqUE soUl oF KaKita soichi

Political Reaction: After the resolution of an action that created a duel that Tadanobu won, discard the Imperial Favor: Draw two cards.
In the moment of the duel, you think of the duel, and only the duel. After you win, you can think about how much your lord will benefit from your victory.
EE Illus Dan Scott TM & 2011 AEG 86 H 428

Kitsuki Daisuke

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dragon clan coUrtiEr dUElist magistratE

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Iaijutsu Battle: Target an enemy Personality: Daisuke duels him. Move the duels loser home; if he is dishonorable, this movement will not be negated.
By questioning my evidence, you question my methods. By questioning my methods, you question my school. By questioning my school, you question my honor. I demand an opportunity to respond to your slight.
EE Illus Richard Garcia TM & 2011 AEG 87 u 428

Kitsuki Kinaro

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dragon clan coUrtiEr dUElist magistratE soUl oF KitsUKi naKai

Most courtiers see the Kitsuki Method as an insult to tradition, a defiance of the idea that once a samurai has spoken, nothing else matters. The Kitsuki, for their part, do not care how others feel about their techniques.

EE Illus April Lee

TM & 2011 AEG 88 l 428

Kitsuki Yataku

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dragon clan samUrai jUsticar soUl oF KitsUKi yasU

Political Reaction: After an action targets a target Samurai, bow Yataku: The Samurais controller may not choose to refuse any challenge created by the action.
The protocol is obvious, as are the obligations of the challenged in this instance.
EE Illus Pamela Shanteau TM & 2011 AEG 89 H 428

Mirumoto Gobashi

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dragon clan samUrai KEnsai soUl oF mirUmoto ino

Every year, I have the honor of training a new crop of students. Every year, I have the duty to teach them to avoid the mistakes their predecessors have made. It is a joy and a burden, and I revel in both. The Journal of Kitsuki Fusami

EE Illus Jarreau Wimberly

TM & 2011 AEG 90 l 428

Mirumoto Ichizo

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dragon clan samUrai dUElist ExpEriEncEd loyal UniqUE

Iaijutsu Battle: Target an enemy Personality: Ichizo duels him. Destroy the duels loser.
The years may have robbed me of my speed, but my technique is as crisp as ever.

EE Illus Edwin David

TM & 2011 AEG 91 H 428

Mirumoto Katagi

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dragon clan samUrai KEnsai UniqUE

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Weapons attached to Katagi will not be transferred. Non-Unique Weapons attaching to Katagi from your hand enter play paying 4 less Gold.
These blades are my burden. No other is fit to bear them.

EE Illus Edwin David

TM & 2011 AEG 92 H 428

Mirumoto Reiyu

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dragon clan samUrai KEnsai poEt soUl oF mirUmoto tsUbasa Battle: Target an enemy Personality or Follower: Give it a Force penalty equal to Reiyus Force.

Like her mentor, Reiyu expresses herself with her blades when her words are no longer up to the task.

EE Illus Florian Stitz

TM & 2011 AEG 93 u 428

Mirumoto Shikei

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dragon clan clan champion naga monK samUrai dUElist KEnsai tattooEd loyal UniqUE
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10 12

Limited: Shikei meditates. Draw a card. Iaijutsu Battle: Target an enemy personality: Shikei duels him. Destroy the duels loser.
My bloodline? I am Dragon. I will not be defined by you.
EE Illus Conceptopolis TM & 2011 AEG 94 J 428

Tamori Kusugi

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dragon clan Earth shUgEnja soUl oF tamori sUgi

Battle: Even if Kusugi is not at the current battlefield, bow him: Raise or lower the current battlefields provinces strength by 4.
There, there, and there. Attack those three points, and your rivals castle will crumble.

EE Illus Britt Martin

TM & 2011 AEG 95 u 428

Tamori Muzu

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dragon clan Earth shUgEnja alchEmist

Your other Earth Personalities have +1F while defending. Battle: Target an enemy card: Bow it if it is attacking or has no attachments. Gain 1 Honor.
Two bottles will be sufficient. You do want some to survive, after all.
EE Illus Hctor Herrera TM & 2011 AEG 96 u 428

Tamori Tomaru

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dragon clan Earth shUgEnja alchEmist

As always, they insist that their paths are their own, and that no others are fit to judge their conduct. Their secrecy and eccentricity raise unsettling questions. Isawa Mitsuko

EE Illus Albert Tavira

TM & 2011 AEG 97 l 428

Togashi Korimi

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dragon clan Earth monK tattooEd soUl oF togashi oKi

Korimi has +2F while defending. After Korimi enters play: You may bow her; if you did, draw a card.
Her manner may be pleasing, and her presence welcome, but if she will not attire herself appropriately, I cannot permit her to attend services. Asahina Yasutora
EE Illus William OConnor TM & 2011 AEG 98 u 428

Togashi Torazu

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dragon clan FirE monK tattooEd soUl oF togashi shintaro

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Reaction: After Torazu enters play: Give him three +1F Fire tokens. Battle: Destroy a Fire token on Torazu: Ranged 3 Attack.
My enlightenment shall be found in battle, on the bodies of my victims.
EE Illus Britt Martin TM & 2011 AEG 99 J 428

Togashi Tsukagi

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dragon clan void monK tattooEd soUl oF togashi aKagi

He arrived atop the mountain, claiming descent from Togashi Akagi. He has his fathers gifts, and his fathers curse of rage. Let us hope we can bring him more peace than his father knew. Mirumoto Shikei

EE Illus John Donahue

TM & 2011 AEG 100 l 428

Tsai-tsu

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dragon clan nonhUman ryU cavalry tactician

Under Iweko I, the Empire prospered. The heavens showered their blessings upon Rokugan, in ways both obvious and subtle. The writings of Miya Shoin

EE Illus Conceptopolis

TM & 2011 AEG 101 l 428

Akodo Dairuko

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lion clan clan champion samUrai paragon tactician loyal UniqUE

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Reaction: Even if Dairuko is bowed, before the resolution of a battle at her battlefield: Dairuko rallies her troops. That battles resolution will not bow cards in your army. Battle: Melee 8 Attack.
A Lions duty is always foremost, but duty changes over time.
EE Illus Conceptopolis TM & 2011 AEG 102 J 428

Akodo Kano

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lion clan samUrai tactician UniqUE mastEr tactician soUl oF KitsU motso
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Limited: Give Kano a Master token. Battle: Bow Kano and destroy a Master token on him: Take two additional Battle actions.
Duty is not always as it seems. There are many ways to serve.

EE Illus Randy Elliot

TM & 2011 AEG 103 H 428

Akodo Kisho

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lion clan samUrai commandEr paragon soUl oF aKodo dosEi

Somewhere beyond the Empire, there is a threat such as we have never known. Pushing forward into the Colonies increases the risk of a premature conflict with the Yodotai, and we must not permit that to happen.

EE Illus Max Degen

TM & 2011 AEG 104 J 428

Akodo Makotai

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lion clan samUrai commandEr tactician soUl oF aKodo mirotai Tactical Limited: Create a 2F Follower and attach it to Makotai.

It is the destiny of the Lion to lead. This is not hubris, but simple truth. All could benefit from our leadership.

EE Illus Drew Baker

TM & 2011 AEG 105 H 428

Akodo Suoh

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lion clan samUrai tactician soUl oF aKodo shUnori

To understand war, you must understand your enemy. To understand your enemy, you must understand yourself. To understand yourself, you must understand the world.

EE Illus Molly Denmark

TM & 2011 AEG 106 l 428

Ikoma Natsu

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lion clan samUrai cavalry soUl oF iKoma otEmi Natsu will not be controlled by a Unicorn Clan player.

I have studied my namesake and learned much about our former enemy. If the Unicorn ever march on Rokugan again, I will be ready.

EE Illus Mark Evans

TM & 2011 AEG 107 u 428

Ikoma Shika

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lion clan samUrai scoUt

Shika took to the forest like a Kitsune. Well before her gempukku, some saw in her a wildness that could not hope to be tamed, only nurtured and utilized.

EE Illus Sergio Camarena

TM & 2011 AEG 108 l 428

Ikoma Shinju

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lion clan samUrai scoUt

Battle: Target a Terrain and an enemy card without attachments: Destroy both targets.
When possible, choose the terrain on which to fight. When not possible, destroy the terrain your opponent has chosen.

EE Illus Hctor Herrera

TM & 2011 AEG 109 u 428

Kitsu Sorano

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lion clan WatEr shUgEnja

Many samurai speak of their ancestors. We speak to them. They are more than our history. They are our land, our bodies, our soul. With them, we are everything. Without them, we are nothing.

EE Illus Matthew Starbuck

TM & 2011 AEG 110 l 428

Kitsu Suki

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lion clan WatEr shUgEnja

Limited: Each player who controls an Ancestor gains 1 Honor. For any player who controls no Ancestors, and with higher Honor than his starting Family Honor, you may cause him to lose 1 Honor.
They are in all things, thus all things need be honored.
EE Illus Veronica V. Jones TM & 2011 AEG 111 l 428

Kitsu Tamasine

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lion clan WatEr shUgEnja sodan sEnZo

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Reaction: After Tamasine enters play: Create a 2F/2C/3PH Lion Clan Samurai Ancestor Spirit Personality. Battle: Bow Tamasine and target your Ancestor, or one to four of your Ancestors if you have lost Honor from another players action during an Action Phase since your last turn began: Give each target +4F.
EE Illus Matt Zeilinger TM & 2011 AEG 112 u 428

Matsu Arata

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lion clan samUrai jUsticar paragon soUl oF matsU nishijo

Arata has +2F while attacking. Battle: Target an enemy Personality or Follower: Give it a Force penalty equal to Aratas Personal Honor. Gain 1 Honor.
Greatness should be the goal of every samurai. This is not for their gratification, but to honor those who came before them.
EE Illus Anthony Grabski TM & 2011 AEG 113 u 428

Matsu Hachiro

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lion clan samUrai soUl oF matsU gohEi

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Hachiro has +2F while attacking.

Completely devoid of ambition, his only desire was to wreak havoc in the name of the Lion. His only fear was lasting peace.

EE Illus William OConnor

TM & 2011 AEG 114 l 428

Matsu Hana

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Fear Battle: Target an enemy unit: Bow each card in it with equal or lower Force than Hana. Gain 1 Honor for each card this bowed.
Strength of mind, body and spirit. If you are missing even one, you will not stand.

EE Illus Steve Argyle

TM & 2011 AEG 115 H 428

Matsu Yuuto

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lion clan samUrai cavalry soUl oF matsU agEtoKi Ranged Attacks may not target cards in this unit.

He took a name that means gentle when he became an adult. I assume it was an attempt at irony. Kitsu Tamasine

EE Illus Wackwitz & Grabski

TM & 2011 AEG 116 u 428

Kitsune Denhei

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mantis clan Earth shUgEnja

Reaction: After Denhei enters play: Create a 2F/2C/3PH Mantis Clan Nonhuman Snake Spirit Personality with the ability, Open: Target a Personality: He is bitten. His base abilities may not be used.
The souls of those slain in the Colonies will not rest until they have slaughtered the guilty. I will provide them their solace.
EE Illus Oliver Specht TM & 2011 AEG 117 u 428

Kitsune Gina

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mantis clan Earth shUgEnja

Reaction: After Gina enters play: Create a 2F/2C/3PH Mantis Clan Nonhuman Fox Spirit Personality with the trait, Enemy attacking Personalities and Followers at this cards battlefield have 1F.
Tell me, brother Where have the smugglers hidden the cache?
EE Illus Veronica V. Jones TM & 2011 AEG 118 u 428

Kitsune Kohaki

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mantis clan nonhUman KitsUnE Earth shUgEnja spirit

Many Kitsune strayed far from their home in the Kitsune Forest. Those who traveled to the Colonies still maintain a powerful link to the Realm of Animals.

EE Illus Heather V. Kreiter

TM & 2011 AEG 119 l 428

Moshi Madoka

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mantis clan thUndEr shUgEnja scoUt

pqrqqs

The Dragon of Thunder blessed us years ago. Our clan maintains our devotion to the dragon still. We will not relinquish our commitment, no matter what dissension may strike it.

EE Illus Carlos Cardenas

TM & 2011 AEG 120 l 428

Moshi Yokohime

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mantis clan thUndEr shUgEnja naval soUl oF moshi yUriKo

pqrqqs

Battle: Target an enemy card without attachments: Bow it.

Hiromi-samas twin sister Harumi forsook all claim to the Championship to take up the duties of a priestess. She will not jeopardize her piety with the distractions of political intrigue, and for that she is worthy of our loyalty.
EE Illus Florian Stitz TM & 2011 AEG 121 u 428

Tsuruchi Isas

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mantis clan naval sKirmishEr soUl oF mUKami Battle: Bow Isas: Ranged 3 Attack. Move Isas home.

My arrow and its perfect flight is the only thing that never strays. I will never love or trust again. I serve my clan, and that is the only thing that defines me.

EE Illus William OConnor

TM & 2011 AEG 122 l 428

Tsuruchi Kosoko

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0

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mantis clan samUrai soUl oF tsUrUchi saya

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Battle: Ranged 5 Attack.

Brilliant, beautiful, and virtuous. She is all that is right and true within our clan. We can become greater if we but become more like her. Yoritomo Hiromi

EE Illus Mario Wibisono

TM & 2011 AEG 123 l 428

Tsuruchi Samuru

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Hunter Witt

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mantis clan samUrai magistratE yojimbo UniqUE soUl oF tsUrUchi mochisa ExpEriEncEd
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Battle: Ranged 6 Attack that you compare against Gold Cost.

He is the greatest hunter in the realm. He tracked a traitor across the Colonies and mainland Rokugan for seven months. He returned with his head. Yoritomo Hiromi
EE Illus John Donahue TM & 2011 AEG 124 H 428

Tsuruchi Tomaru

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mantis clan samUrai scoUt

Battle: Twice per turn: Ranged 3 Attack.

I never dreamed to find myself in a land such as this, with wonders such as these. If this is my duty, then truly I have been blessed.

EE Illus Troy Graham

TM & 2011 AEG 125 u 428

Unmei

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mantis clan nonhUman shapEshiFtEr spirit UniqUE

Unmei has Earth, Thunder, Courtier, Samurai, Shugenja, Cavalry, Duelist, Magistrate, Naval, Scout, and/or Tactician while you control another Mantis Clan Personality with the same keyword. While Unmei has Samurai or Shugenja, it has +3F and Battle: Bow Unmei: Ranged 5 Attack. Do you require the wisdom of ten lifetimes, child?
EE Illus Jim Pavelec TM & 2011 AEG 126 H 428

Yoritomo Doho

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mantis clan samUrai naval magistratE

Doho traveled far and wide, across the Colonies and mainland Rokugan. He found the first clue in a Crab port city. A small token, embossed with the Kolat insignia.

EE Illus Glen Osterberger

TM & 2011 AEG 127 l 428

Yoritomo Hama

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Battle: Target a card with lower Gold Cost in a unit: Bow or straighten the target.
Only the citizens of our Great Clan matter. I will lie to and cheat other samurai as I need to bring wealth to the Mantis.

EE Illus Anthony Grabski

TM & 2011 AEG 128 H 428

Yoritomo Hiromi

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Bowing, destruction, and movement from Battle actions Hiromi performs will not be negated or delayed. Battle: Target an enemy card without attachments, or an enemy unit, with a lower total Gold Cost than Hiromis unit: Hiromi strikes with the power of Thunder. Destroy the target. His brooding rage has given him the name Growing Storm.
EE Illus Conceptopolis TM & 2011 AEG 129 J 428

Yoritomo Nakoshi

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mantis clan samUrai naval scoUt soUl oF yoritomo sabUro

The other clans dwell in cages made of trees, of mountains, of grasses. They have no idea what it means to be free.

EE Illus Miguel Coimbra

TM & 2011 AEG 130 J 428

Yoritomo Naoto

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mantis clan samUrai naval soUl oF yoritomo isoshi

Battle: Target an enemy unit: Until this battle ends, abilities on cards now in that unit may not be used.
I ply the seas in the name of my lord. I serve him faithfully in all things. This does not require me to find delight in his every action.
EE Illus Tiago da Silva TM & 2011 AEG 131 u 428

Agasha Ryo

ola K
5

Ed t
5 2

ion it

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phoEnix clan void shUgEnja acolytE soUl oF agasha sErUma

Reaction: After Ryo enters play from a province: Refill it face-up.

The harmony and prosperity the Empire has enjoyed has simply proven that we were correct in our love of peace. Abundance and wisdom flower when weapons are put aside.
EE Illus April Lee TM & 2011 AEG 132 l 428

Asako Niou

ola K
4

Ed t
4 2

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phoEnix clan void monK hEnshin

pqrqqs

I fear that the matters in the Second City will create trouble here in the Empire, Tsukimi said. Niou laughed. We create our own troubles, Tsukimi-sama, and then make up stories about how they came to be. But you of all people should know how easy it is to see the truth of the world.

EE Illus Richard Garcia

TM & 2011 AEG 133 l 428

Asako Nobunori

ola K
0

Ed t
8 1

ion it

phoEnix clan FirE monK hEnshin

pqrqqs

Battle: Melee 4 Attack that you may compare against base Force if the target has no attachments.
Fire is a riddle of itself. It destroys so to maintain its life, and in its death it clears the way for new life. And now I will clear the way to your new life.

EE Illus Asier Martinez Lopez

TM & 2011 AEG 134 u 428

Asako Rinshi

ola K
6

Ed t
7 4

ion it

pqrqqs

phoEnix clan air shUgEnja inqUisitor magistratE

You will answer my questions. You will answer them quickly and you will answer them completely. These are Phoenix lands, and we do not tolerate the stench of corruption here.

EE Illus Alayna Lemmer

TM & 2011 AEG 135 l 428

Asako Tsunefusa

ola K
8

Ed t
7 3

ion it

pqrqqs

phoEnix clan Earth shUgEnja inqUisitor magistratE

Open: Target another players Personality: Give him Kolat, Ninja, or Shadowlands. Battle: Target an enemy Personality: Bow him. If he is Kolat, Ninja, or Shadowlands, choose a player, who gains or loses 2 Honor.
Whatever you may be, I will end you now.
EE Illus Evan Shipard TM & 2011 AEG 136 u 428

Asako Ume

ola K
4

Ed t
7 2

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phoEnix clan FirE shUgEnja soUl oF isaWa FUriKo

Ume has +1F while she has a Spell. Battle: Ranged 4 Attack.
She is beautiful, impulsive, brilliant. Do not make mistakes around her. In fact, try nothing around her at all. Bayushi Nitoshi

EE Illus Albert Tavira

TM & 2011 AEG 137 H 428

Asako Yorisada

ola K
6

Ed t
7 3

ion it

phoEnix clan Earth monK hEnshin

pqrqqs

Battle: Target a Personality whose Force is different from his base Force: Bow or straighten him.
You cannot stand if you are out of harmony with your earth. Here, I will show you.

EE Illus MuYoung Kim

TM & 2011 AEG 138 u 428

Isawa Kimi

ola K
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Ed t
10 3

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phoEnix clan ElEmEntal mastEr void shUgEnja EnlightEnEd ExpEriEncEd 2 loyal UniqUE
pqrqqs

Your other Personalities at Kimis location that share any element keywords with her or with any of her Spells have +1F. Reaction: Even if Kimi is bowed, after the resolution of an action that put any cards into another players hand: That player chooses and discards a card from his hand.
EE Illus Drew Baker TM & 2011 AEG 139 H 428

Isawa Norimichi

ola K
6

Ed t
9 3

ion it

phoEnix clan ElEmEntal mastEr Earth shUgEnja loyal UniqUE

pqrqqs

Reaction: After another players action targets your Earth Shugenja at Norimichis location: Negate the Shugenjas destruction from the actions effects. Battle: Until this battle ends, while there are any units in your army, your army has +5 total Force.
I abide.
EE Illus Diego Gisbert Llorens TM & 2011 AEG 140 H 428

Isawa Shunsuko

ola K
4

Ed t
6 2

ion it

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phoEnix clan WatEr shUgEnja cavalry soUl oF isaWa yUtaKo

The sea, the sea! Someday I will travel to the new Colonies, and see the marvelous city I hear tales of. Until then I will listen to the oceans whispers of it.

EE Illus John Donahue

TM & 2011 AEG 141 l 428

Isawa Tamaki

ola K
5

Ed t
7 2

ion it

pqrqqs

phoEnix clan void shUgEnja ishiKEn soUl oF isaWa hachiKo Limited: Look at the top card of your Fate deck. You may put it at the bottom of the deck.

They may certainly try to attack our borders, but we have resources they cannot dream of. The void holds all things.
EE Illus Conceptopolis TM & 2011 AEG 142 J 428

Isawa Tomohiro

ola K
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phoEnix clan air void shUgEnja alchEmist ishiKEn soUl oF isaWa KUmai
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I do not understand my cousin. What could be so interesting about a city made up of the same five elements to be found here at home? What could be more fascinating than the dance of the elements, and how they are all like and unlike the void?

EE Illus IFS

TM & 2011 AEG 143 u 428

Shiba Kataken

ola K
5

Ed t
9 3

ion it

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phoEnix clan samUrai dUElist yojimbo soUl oF shiba goto

Iaijutsu Battle: Target an enemy card without attachments: Bow it.

Stay here, my lord, and I will clear the way for you.

EE Illus Florian Stitz

TM & 2011 AEG 144 l 428

Shiba Sansesuke

ola K
2

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4 1

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phoEnix clan samUrai yojimbo soUl oF shiba danjUro

Reaction: When an action would target your Shugenja at Sansesukes location, bow Sansesuke: The action targets him instead, if legal.
The Shiba stand ready to die in the defense of the clan. That has been our glory since the days of our first ancestors.
EE Illus Ed Cox TM & 2011 AEG 145 u 428

Shiba Tsukimi

ola K

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5

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phoEnix clan clan champion daimyo samUrai dUElist ExpEriEncEd 4 loyal UniqUE blind phoEnix shibas soUl
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20 12

Reaction: Twice per battle, after the resolution of another players Battle action: Tsukimi displays incredible reflexes. Move her home or to the current battlefield. Battle: Melee 6 Attack, with +2 strength if you control a Shugenja.
EE Illus Conceptopolis TM & 2011 AEG 146 J 428

Bayushi Hurunayi

ola K
0

Ed t
4 1

ion it

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scorpion clan coUrtiEr ninja soUl oF bayUshi mUraisan

Ninja? Do not be foolish. I have found no evidence that they exist, let alone were involved in this theft. Kitsuki Kinaro

Open: Remove Ninja from Hurunayi.

EE Illus Anthony Grabski

TM & 2011 AEG 147 l 428

Bayushi Irezu

ola K

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2 1

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scorpion clan bittEr liEs martyr soUl oF bayUshi KWanchai

pqrqqs

Reaction: Before your Scorpion Clan Personality enters a duel, bow Irezu: He enters the duel instead. Battle: If Irezu is at home, target your Scorpion Clan Personality: Move him home. Move Irezu to the current battlefield.
Ahahahaha! Hello!
EE Illus Jorge Matar TM & 2011 AEG 148 u 428

Bayushi Kahoku

4
2009 Winners Choice Jon Butler

ola K

Ed t
8 1

ion it

pqrqqs

scorpion clan samUrai Final stUdEnt magistratE

Kahoku has +2F while another player controls a dishonorable Personality. Battle: Ranged 3 Attack, with +2 strength if the target is dishonorable.
The secret of the Final Lesson is passed down from one generation to the next, with one man carrying it each time.
EE Illus Conceptopolis TM & 2011 AEG 149 H 428

Bayushi Manami

ola K

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5 1

ion it

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scorpion clan samUrai paragon yojimbo loyal

All samurai are taught the importance of honor, and those of the Scorpion are no exception. Their bushi, like all, are taught to understand what bushido is, and why it matters. Otherwise, their members would not understand the magnitude of the sacrifices they make in order to serve the clan.

EE Illus Stu Barnes

TM & 2011 AEG 150 l 428

Bayushi Mitsuo

ola K

Ed t
7 1

ion it

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scorpion clan ninja samUrai soUl oF bayUshi mUhito

Reaction: After the resolution of a Battle action that moved Mitsuo: Take an additional Battle action.
What became of my uncle Muhito, Crane? I know you know something, and I will find out what it is, no matter the cost.
EE Illus Michael Phillippi TM & 2011 AEG 151 J 428

Bayushi Nitoshi

ola K

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scorpion clan clan champion coUrtiEr ninja samUrai sociopath loyal UniqUE shojUs soUl
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Political Limited: Target a Personality and destroy a different one of your Personalities: Nitoshi kills his own and blames another. Dishonor the target. His controller loses 3 Honor. Political Battle: Target a dishonorable Personality or a card without attachments in a unit: Destroy it. Soon, old crimes shall be avenged.
EE Illus Drew Baker TM & 2011 AEG 152 J 428

Bayushi Rentatsu

ola K

Ed t
7 1

ion it

scorpion clan coUrtiEr UniqUE soUl oF bayUshi goshiU ExpEriEncEd 3

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Limited: Bow Rentatsu: While Rentatsu remains bowed, you may negate his straightening and after each of your turns begins, choose a player; he loses 2 Honor.
Friends, the eloquence of the testimony makes his shame obvious.
EE Illus Diego Gisbert Llorens TM & 2011 AEG 153 H 428

Bayushi Waru

ola K

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8 2

ion it

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scorpion clan samUrai paragon yojimbo loyal

Battle/Limited: If you control a Courtier or this is a Combat Segment, target a Personality: Bow him.
No! I will not hear more of your lies! You insulted my master, and for that you will suffer unspeakably!

EE Illus Gemma Tegelaers

TM & 2011 AEG 154 u 428

Bayushi Yasashiku

ola K

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8 2

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scorpion clan samUrai cavalry tactician soUl oF bayUshi himarU

He trained with the Unicorn, gained their trust and became their brother. He loves them as his family, but will betray them in an instant if it is required of him. It is glorious, to be a Scorpion. Shosuro Kameyoi

EE Illus Gong Studios

TM & 2011 AEG 155 l 428

Shosuro Kameyoi

ola K

Ed t
7 1

ion it

scorpion clan coUrtiEr sEdUctrEss loyal

pqrqqs

Political Limited: Target a Personality: If he is dishonorable, his controller loses 1 Honor, or 2 Honor if his base Personal Honor is 3 or higher. Dishonor him.
The Scorpion thrive on weakness and vice. They enjoy nothing more than bringing ruin upon the righteous. Akodo Kano
EE Illus Wen Juinn TM & 2011 AEG 156 u 428

Shosuro Konishi

ola K

Ed t
9 0

ion it

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scorpion clan ninja

Battle: Ranged 5 Attack.

Before being taught the subtle arts, some Scorpion shinobi are taught acrobatics, exotic weaponry, and other esoteric skills. The hope is that the foolish will die in the performance of their duties, so that only the sensible remain to learn the true secrets of the clan.

EE Illus Jason Engle

TM & 2011 AEG 157 l 428

Shosuro Koshiba

ola K

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5 1

ion it

scorpion clan samUrai magistratE

pqrqqs

Testimony from those high in station eclipses all other forms of proof. Guilt or innocence often hinge on the words of those in power.

EE Illus Sergio Camarena

TM & 2011 AEG 158 l 428

Shosuro Rokuta

ola K

Ed t
7 1

ion it

pqrqqs

scorpion clan coUrtiEr soUl oF shosUro taKUro

Reaction: After the resolution of a battle, or an action or trait from a card that another player owns, if the resolution or card destroyed Rokuta: Create a 0F/2C/1PH Scorpion Clan Courtier Apprentice Personality (in your home). Choose a player, who loses 3 Honor.
The Scorpion always stand ready to avenge their fallen.
EE Illus Anthony Francisco TM & 2011 AEG 159 u 428

Shosuro Tanzaki

ola K

Ed t
7 2

ion it

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scorpion clan coUrtiEr

Political Open: Target another Personality: Give him +4F.

See this blade? It is now yours, at considerable cost to the clan. See to it that our efforts are not wasted.

EE Illus Shen Fei

TM & 2011 AEG 160 u 428

Soshi Yorimi

ola K

Ed t
7 1

ion it

scorpion clan air coUrtiEr shUgEnja UniqUE soUl oF shosUro daZai ExpEriEncEd
pqrqqs

Twice per turn, you may ignore the cost of bowing Yorimi, if it is the cost of a Political action or an action on a Spell.
Do you see any reason to doubt that I have lived in harmony with the elements?

EE Illus Gemma Tegelaers

TM & 2011 AEG 161 H 428

Daigotsu Aya

ola K

Ed t
9 0

ion it

spidEr clan shadoWlands samUrai paragon UniqUE darK pErFEction soUl oF daigotsU sEtsUKo ExpEriEncEd
pqrqqs

After Aya enters play: Lose 2 Honor and you may put a Dark Virtue from your discard pile into your hand. Open: Give Aya Cavalry, Duelist, or Tactician.
My father was an Imperial Guard. One day I shall stand within the Imperial Palace as he did.
EE Illus Troy Graham TM & 2011 AEG 162 H 428

Daigotsu Gyoken

ola K

Ed t
6 0

ion it

spidEr clan shadoWlands samUrai

pqrqqs

After Gyoken enters play: Lose 1 Honor.

I was born corrupted, but among the Spider there is no limit to how high I can rise. Ultimately we are answerable to the Empress, but in the short term it is only power that matters.

EE Illus Thomas Denmark

TM & 2011 AEG 163 J 428

Daigotsu Ishibashi

ola K

Ed t
7 0

ion it

spidEr clan samUrai gUnso paragon darK rEsolvE soUl oF daigotsU shiraKi
pqrqqs

Fear Battle: Show a Dark Virtue card in your hand: Ranged Attack with strength equal to the cards Focus Value plus one.
They think us without discipline? Who among them could carve a world from this primal wasteland as we have?
EE Illus Drew Baker TM & 2011 AEG 164 u 428

Daigotsu Kanpeki

ola K

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15 0

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spidEr clan clan champion monK samUrai KEnsai paragon ExpEriEncEd loyal UniqUE
pqrqqs

Reaction: After the resolution of a Battle action from a Strategy, if Kanpeki performed it: Take an additional Battle action. Battle: Target an enemy Personality with lower Force: Kanpeki snaps him like a twig. Destroy him.
Bow before me, or fall before me.
EE Illus Steve Argyle TM & 2011 AEG 165 J 428

Daigotsu Kendo

ola K

Ed t
5 0

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spidEr clan shadoWlands samUrai commandEr conqUEror

pqrqqs

Ours is a sacred task, endorsed both by the dark god and the Child of Heaven. Who else can claim as much? Let us carve our name in the very earth of this kingdom, that our memory might endure forever!

EE Illus Asier Martinez Lopez

TM & 2011 AEG 166 l 428

Daigotsu Matsuda

ola K

Ed t
7 0

ion it

spidEr clan shadoWlands samUrai paragon obsidian claW soUl oF daigotsU KUrai
pqrqqs

After Matsuda enters play: Lose 1 Honor.

Do not all samurai inherit their fathers weapon? Most receive a blade, but I consider this no different.

EE Illus Ed Cox

TM & 2011 AEG 167 l 428

Daigotsu Misaki

ola K

Ed t
10 0

ion it

spidEr clan shadoWlands samUrai commandEr conqUEror

pqrqqs

Followers attaching to Misaki enter play paying 2 less Gold. Battle: Bow Misakis performing Follower: Melee Attack with strength equal to the Followers Force.
Cultists, creatures, and demons! All fall before me like wheat before the scythe!
EE Illus Hctor Herrera TM & 2011 AEG 168 u 428

Daigotsu Negishi

ola K

Ed t
7 0

ion it

spidEr clan shadoWlands samUrai soUl oF daigotsU arima

pqrqqs

After Negishi enters play: Lose 1 Honor. Battle/Open: Target your Personality: Straighten him.
These jungles hold horrors such as make the Shadowlands sound like a paradise.

EE Illus Leonardo Borazio

TM & 2011 AEG 169 l 428

Goju Kobashi

ola K

Ed t
7 0

ion it

pqrqqs

spidEr clan shadoWlands ninja consUmEr

After Kobashi enters play: Lose 1 Honor. Battle: Target an enemy attachment: Kobashi consumes it. Destroy it. You may target one of your Ninja, create a 1F Shadowlands Ninja Follower, and attach it to him.
Such a place, so teeming with life. My hunger shall never go unfulfilled!
EE Illus Erich Schreiner TM & 2011 AEG 170 u 428

Goju Oyoto

ola K

Ed t
4 0

ion it

pqrqqs

spidEr clan shadoWlands ninja shUgEnja soUl oF gojU UtsUEi

After Oyoto enters play: Lose 3 Honor.

In the Empire, or even the Second City, he would be killed on sight. Here in the jungle, he has his uses. The other clans do not presume to instruct us in our domain. Daigotsu Aya

EE Illus Luis NCT

TM & 2011 AEG 171 l 428

Ninube Onchi

ola K

Ed t
8 0

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spidEr clan shadoWlands ninja shUgEnja cavalry

After Onchi enters play: Lose 2 Honor. Open: Target a Personality: Remove one of his abilities (until the turn ends).
The master has commanded this ruin become a Shadows Lair. Let our work begin.

EE Illus Charles Urbach

TM & 2011 AEG 172 u 428

Nishimura

ola K

Ed t
7 0

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spidEr clan monK KEnsai ordEr oF thE spidEr soUl oF thE drEad Kar
pqrqqs

Battle: Target an enemy card without attachments: Bow it. You may discard a Kiho or Weapon from your hand; if you did, draw a card.
His master was an enigma, but he at least was an excellent sensei. Tetsuo
EE Illus Jason Engle TM & 2011 AEG 173 H 428

Ohaba

ola K

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8 0

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spidEr clan monK KEnsai ordEr oF thE spidEr soUl oF momiji

pqrqqs

They willingly revere the Fallen Kami without accepting his blessings. They claim membership in the Spider Clan but remain within the Empire. These monks are a living contradiction. Perhaps in that they find wisdom. Mirumoto Shikei

EE Illus IFS

TM & 2011 AEG 174 u 428

Sandayu

ola K

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5 0

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spidEr clan monK KEnsai ordEr oF thE spidEr soUl oF torao

pqrqqs

Battle/Open: Target a Personality with a Weapon: Straighten him.

Get back, buffoon! Your blood is unworthy to stain my steel!

EE Illus IFS

TM & 2011 AEG 175 l 428

Tetsuo

ola K

Ed t
9 0

spidEr clan monK KEnsai ordEr oF thE spidEr ExpEriEncEd UniqUE

pqrqqs

Battle: Target an attachment: Destroy it. Battle: Target an enemy Personality with fewer Weapons: Destroy him.
Stand tall, my brothers. While we remind the Empire of the Spider Clans power, our brothers wage war for the Empress. A time of great glory comes very soon.
EE Illus Jeff Hill TM & 2011 AEG 176 H 428

Kolby Witt

ion it

Chuda Niiro

ola K

Ed t
4 0

ion it

pqrqqs

shadoWlands shUgEnja

After Niiro enters play: Lose 2 Honor.

When the Spider joined the Empire there were those who were left behind. Unable to follow their new strictures, they became ronin, but where does their true loyalty lie?

EE Illus Manuel Calderon

TM & 2011 AEG 177 l 428

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Ekichu no Oni

ola K

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shadoWlands nonhUman oni UniqUE

pqrqqs

After Ekichu enters play: Lose 8 Honor. Battle: Target an enemy card: Bow it. Battle: Target an enemy card without attachments: Destroy it. Battle: Target an enemy Personality: Move him home.
Rise.
EE Illus Jonathan Hunt TM & 2011 AEG 178 H 428

Genmyo

ola K

Ed t
4 1

ion it

pqrqqs

ronin actor soUl oF KyogEn

Open: Target your Personality: Genmyo copies one of his keywords.

Who am I? I am anyone. I am everyone. I am Rokugan.

EE Illus IFS

TM & 2011 AEG 179 l 428

Nosloc no Oni

ola K

Ed t
6 0

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shadoWlands nonhUman oni cavalry

pqrqqs

After Nosloc enters play: Lose 4 Honor.

Now within as well as without, the threat of the Shadowlands was eternal.

EE Illus IFS

TM & 2011 AEG 180 H 428

Otomo Demiyah

ola K

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4 2

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impErial coUrtiEr

Political Reaction: After Demiyah enters play: Choose a player, who gains or loses 1 Honor.
The role of the Otomo is more important in times of peace than in times of war. In times of peace samurai need enemies and the Otomo provide them.

EE Illus Sergio Camarena

TM & 2011 AEG 181 u 428

Qalyar

3
2011 DieCon Charity Auction Chris Justice

ola K

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3 2

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nonhUman naga moUntainEEr scoUt

pqrqqs

Recon Reaction: After engaging at Qalyars battlefield: You have Reconnaissance there. Give its province +2 or 2 strength.
The final legacy of the Black Pearl was those Naga who refused sleep rather than abandon vigilance.

EE Illus Lu Vazquez

TM & 2011 AEG 182 l 428

Seppun Washi

ola K

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6 2

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impErial samUrai impErial banK oF roKUgan banKEr soUl oF sEppUn UjiFUsa

pqrqqs

Reaction: When paying a Gold cost, bow Washi: Produce 2 Gold.

Washi is worth One Koku. It is said by some that war is good for the economy. Such men are not merchants, clearly.
EE Illus Florian Stitz TM & 2011 AEG 183 l 428

Suiteiru no Oni

ola K

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8 0

ion it

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shadoWlands nonhUman oni

After Suiteiru enters play: Lose 4 Honor. Open: Destroy your target unbowed Personality: Create a number of 1F Shadowlands Nonhuman Oni Followers equal to his Chi. Attach them to one or more of your Personalities. Lose Honor equal to the number of Followers this created.
EE Illus Jason Engle TM & 2011 AEG 184 H 428

Ugulu no Oni

ola K

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4 0

ion it

pqrqqs

shadoWlands nonhUman oni

After Ugulu enters play: Lose 5 Honor. Before a Human Personality moves to Ugulus battlefield: Negate his movement.
The demons tested Rokugans defense day and night. They lacked organization, but their sheer power more than compensated for that fact.
EE Illus Steve Daniele TM & 2011 AEG 185 H 428

Yung

ola K
5

Ed t
6 1

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monK UniqUE soUl oF yodin

Reaction: After one of your Rings enters play, bow Yung: Search your Fate deck for a Ring, show it, and put it in your hand.
Harmony is found in balance. Through balance the universe is orderly. Without it there is only chaos and suffering.

EE Illus Carlos Cardenas

TM & 2011 AEG 186 H 428

Iuchi Shunshi

ola K
3

Ed t
11 3

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Unicorn clan shUgEnja UniqUE doomsEEKEr soUl oF iUchi KarasU ExpEriEncEd 2

pqrqqs

Open: Target a Personality without attachments: He may not be assigned, and will not move, to battlefields.
He is the latest to uphold an ancient tradition. He does not know if his unique abilities will be needed, and he will fight for the Unicorn until then.
EE Illus Carlos NCT TM & 2011 AEG 187 H 428

Moto Naleesh

ola K

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4

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Unicorn clan clan champion naga samUrai cavalry commandEr Kami paragon tactician loyal UniqUE
pqrqqs

Naleeshs unit straightens during each players Straighten Phase. Battle: Target an enemy unit: Naleesh overruns it. Bow it. Destroy all cards in it without attachments and without Cavalry.
The Living Goddess leads her Clan with grace and cunning.
EE Illus Conceptopolis TM & 2011 AEG 188 J 428

Moto Rani

ola K

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6 1

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Unicorn clan WatEr shUgEnja cavalry dEath priEst

Rani was a beautiful, bubbly child before she learned of her talents. Now? Frankly, she scares me. Moto Taha

EE Illus Jim Pavelec

TM & 2011 AEG 189 l 428

Moto Shigeru

ola K

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8 2

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Unicorn clan samUrai cavalry soUl oF moto gUrban

Shigeru has +1F while she has an Item. Reaction: After a Limited action targets your Personality: Negate the actions effects. Permanently reduce Shigerus Personal Honor by the number of other Personalities you control. If her Personal Honor is now 0, she commits seppuku.
EE Illus William OConnor TM & 2011 AEG 190 u 428

Moto Shunsuke

ola K

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8 0

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Unicorn clan shUgEnja cavalry dEath priEst soUl oF moto aKiKaZU

pqrqqs

Shunsuke has a Force bonus equal to the highest number of dead Personalities in any one discard pile. Limited: Target another players discarded Personality: He becomes honorably dead.
We bear the blessings of Meido and the blessings of Tengoku. The Living Goddess is proof.
EE Illus Jonathan Hunt TM & 2011 AEG 191 u 428

Moto Taha

ola K
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Unicorn clan samUrai cavalry tactician soUl oF moto mUnorU

The Unicorn will be the Right Hand of the Iweko dynasty. We must fight and prove our worth to the Imperial Dynasty.

EE Illus Conceptopolis

TM & 2011 AEG 192 l 428

Moto Tetsuo

ola K
2

Ed t
8 2

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Unicorn clan samUrai WhitE gUard soUl oF moto shanyU

pqrqqs

Battle: If you control any Cavalry units at the current battlefield: Move Tetsuo there. If he moved, Ranged 4 Attack.
The notion that the Lady Shinjo reborn should become a Mirumoto is a blasphemy. The Dragon should suffer for their audacity in even suggesting such a thing!
EE Illus Drew Baker TM & 2011 AEG 193 u 428

Shinjo Baeshuko

ola K
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Ed t
5 2

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Unicorn clan samUrai cavalry soUl oF shinjo hUang

She rides into the front lines with a sense of abandon that would suit a Hida berserker. Her recklessness hides a deep pain that she will not share with anyone. What could it be? Iuchi Shunshi

EE Illus Milivoj Ceran

TM & 2011 AEG 194 l 428

Shinjo Eun-Sahng

ola K
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10 3

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Unicorn clan samUrai tactician soUl oF shinjo chU-yEUng Battle: Ranged 4 Attack.

Our Lady has returned to us. We are blessed, and we will defend her with our lives and our souls.

EE Illus MuYoung Kim

TM & 2011 AEG 195 u 428

Shinjo Horibe

ola K
0

Ed t
8 2

ion it

Unicorn clan samUrai cavalry commandEr soUl oF shinjo hWarang

pqrqqs

Battle: If Horibe is opposed, target a Personality: Bow or straighten him.

Our duty is to secure the land route to the Colonies, and we will not falter. Be proud, brothers! We are the guardians of the Empire!

EE Illus Edwin David

TM & 2011 AEG 196 J 428

Shinjo Itao

ola K
0

Ed t
7 3

ion it

pqrqqs

Unicorn clan samUrai cavalry soUl oF shinjo goshi Reaction: After Itao enters play, target a Follower in your hand: Attach it to Itao, paying all costs.

Life on the sea, freedom? The idea is laughable. Freedom is the wind and the plains, feeling the ground race beneath your steeds hooves. The sea is nothing but churning and sickness.
EE Illus Malcolm McClinton TM & 2011 AEG 197 l 428

Shinjo Ki-Chang

ola K
0

Ed t
10 3

ion it

Unicorn clan samUrai cavalry commandEr tactician ExpEriEncEd UniqUE

pqrqqs

Reaction: After your target Personality enters play: Create a 1F Cavalry Follower and attach it to him.
He is old, but he will not leave my side. His wisdom has proven invaluable countless times. Moto Naleesh

EE Illus Leonardo Borazio

TM & 2011 AEG 198 H 428

Shinjo Taeken

ola K
3

Ed t
6 2

ion it

Unicorn clan samUrai cavalry commandEr soUl oF shinjo taE-hyUn

pqrqqs

My father stood proud before the Empire and claimed the mantle of the Topaz Champion in Tsuma. I can do no less for my clan!

EE Illus Jason Juta

TM & 2011 AEG 199 l 428

Utaku Ryoko

ola K
4

Ed t
8 3

ion it

Unicorn clan samUrai battlE maidEn cavalry paragon soUl oF UtaKU liU-xEUng
pqrqqs

Reaction: After engaging at Ryokos battlefield, target a Personality or Follower opposing her: Give it a Force penalty equal to Ryokos Personal Honor.
The Utaku Battle Maidens form the greatest heavy cavalry unit in the world. Their strength is unrivaled.
EE Illus Florian Stitz TM & 2011 AEG 200 u 428

Utaku Tsukiko

ola K
5

Ed t
7 4

ion it

Unicorn clan samUrai battlE maidEn cavalry paragon soUl oF UtaKU FUsaE
pqrqqs

Your beauty inspires me to wax on with endless plays and poems. Will you one day do me the honor of your blessing? Anonymous note

EE Illus Steve Argyle

TM & 2011 AEG 201 H 428

Blighted Region

ola K

Ed t
singUlar

ion it

pqrqqs

Battle: If you are the Defender, bow this card and choose your performing Personality: Move him to the current battlefield. If he moved and is now opposed, straighten him and gain 2 Honor.
The area around the new Shadowlands would yield no crops, and none would eat them if it did.

EE Illus Aaron Acevedo

TM & 2011 AEG 202 H 428

Kaiu Village

ola K

Ed t
UniqUE

ion it

pqrqqs

Reaction: After your performing Personality enters play from a province, pay 2 Gold: Create a +1F/+1C Weapon Item and attach it to him. Reaction: After your performing Personality enters play from a province, pay 2 Gold: Create a +1F Armor Item and attach it to him.
Rebuilding, one stone at a time.
EE Illus Malcolm McClinton TM & 2011 AEG 203 H 428

Plains of Otosan Uchi

ola K

Ed t

ion it

impErial UniqUE
pqrqqs

This province holds two Dynasty cards; do not reveal the second card in the Events Phase this card enters play. You decide each time which card slot is revealed, resolved, or refilled first. Before this province is destroyed: Lose 10 Honor.
Once the seat of power for an Empire, it became overgrown and neglected over the course of years.
EE Illus Pia Guerra TM & 2011 AEG 204 H 428

Refuge of the Three Sisters

ola K

Ed t
singUlar

ion it

pqrqqs

Limited: Destroy this card and remove your performing unbowed Personality from the game: Search your Fate deck for a card with a lower Focus Value than your Personalitys Chi. Show it and put it in your hand.
The sisters abide there still. Are they the original sisters, or newcomers? Does it matter? Togashi Osawa

EE Illus Lisa Hunt

TM & 2011 AEG 205 u 428

Ten Thousand Temples

ola K

Ed t

ion it

tEmplE singUlar
pqrqqs

Before you lose Honor, destroy this card: Negate the Honor loss. Limited: If your Family Honor is 9 or lower, bow this card: Gain 1 Honor.
Some called it the Temple of the Builders, as there was always a shrine under construction.

EE Illus Stephanie Pui-Mun Law

TM & 2011 AEG 206 u 428

Apprentice Shinobi

ola K
0

Ed t
2
ninja

ion it

pqrqqs

After the resolution of a Ninja action: Give this card +1F.

Do nothing but observe, and survive to report. Your skills are insufficient for anything more, and your death serves no purpose. Shosuro Aroru

2
EE Illus John Moriarty TM & 2011 AEG 207 u 428

Asahina House Guard

ola K
2

Ed t
4

ion it

pqrqqs

air UniqUE

Will only attach to a Crane Clan Personality. Battle/Open: Target your bowed Personality: Straighten him. Gain 1 Honor.
The family is widely known for their pacifism. Many have set their beliefs aside since the Destroyer War, intent on protecting their loved ones with all of their talents.

4
EE Illus Patrick McEvoy TM & 2011 AEG 208 J 428

Asako House Guard

ola K
2

Ed t
4

ion it

pqrqqs

void UniqUE

Will only attach to a Phoenix Clan Personality. Battle/Open: Target a Personality: Set his Force equal to his Chi or Personal Honor. Gain 1 Honor.
The Asako were once thought of as unimportant. Never again.

4
EE Illus Patrick McEvoy TM & 2011 AEG 209 J 428

Bandit Gang

ola K
0

Ed t
0
bandit

ion it

pqrqqs

After this card enters play: Lose 2 Honor. After a battle resolution ends, if this card is at the current battlefield: You may pay 2 Gold. If you do not, destroy this card.
Louts and buffoons, the lot of them. Wipe them out. Doji Hakuseki

1
EE Illus Britt Martin TM & 2011 AEG 210 l 428

Goju House Guard

ola K
0

Ed t
4

ion it

pqrqqs

shadoWlands ninja UniqUE

Will only attach to a Spider Clan Personality. Battle: Put this card on the top or bottom of your Fate deck and target an enemy Personality: Put all cards without attachments in his unit on the bottom of their owners appropriate deck.
Your lair will remain unknown, master.

4
EE Illus Patrick McEvoy TM & 2011 AEG 211 J 428

Hiruma Sniper

ola K
0

Ed t
4
scoUt

ion it

pqrqqs

Battle: If you have Reconnaissance: Ranged 4 Attack.

Take the shot if you have it, gunso. If you can do it with one arrow, please do. I despise inefficiency. Hida Kisada

1
EE Illus Brandon Leach TM & 2011 AEG 212 u 428

Ikiryo

ola K
0

Ed t
3

ion it

pqrqqs

shadoWlands nonhUman spirit

Battle: Destroy this card: Ranged Attack, which may target a Personality with attached Followers, with strength equal to the Chi of the Personality to whom this card was last attached. Lose Honor equal to that Personalitys Chi and dishonor him.
I have failed, scion and I shall make sure you will not follow my mistakes.

EE Illus Paul (Prof.) Herbert

TM & 2011 AEG 213 l 428

Ikoma House Guard

ola K
2

Ed t
4

ion it

pqrqqs

scoUt UniqUE

Will only attach to a Lion Clan Personality. Battle: Melee Attack with strength equal to this Personalitys Personal Honor plus two. If this Melee Attack destroyed a card, gain 1 Honor.
Since the first days, the Ikoma have stood guard.

4
EE Illus Patrick McEvoy TM & 2011 AEG 214 J 428

Kaiu House Guard

ola K
0

Ed t
4

ion it

pqrqqs

siEgE UniqUE

Will only attach to a Crab Clan Personality. Battle: Target an enemy card without attachments whose unit has lower total Force than this unit: Destroy the target. Gain 1 Honor.
You dont believe the efficacy of our machines? Let me show you.

4
EE Illus Patrick McEvoy TM & 2011 AEG 215 J 428

Khol Regulars

ola K
1

Ed t
8
cavalry

ion it

pqrqqs

Battle: Ranged 4 Attack. Reaction: If this card is at the current battlefield, after a Ranged Attack is targeted: Give it +2 strength.
They are undyingly loyal to the Khan, but to the clan first. As it should be. Moto Naleesh

2
EE Illus Brandon Leach TM & 2011 AEG 216 u 428

Legion of Pain

ola K
0

Ed t
6

ion it

pqrqqs

shadoWlands lost

After this card enters play: Lose 2 Honor. Actions performed by Personalities with a Gold Cost of 7 or lower may not target this Personality.
We serve the Empress as our lord commands, but our appetites remain unsatisfied.

3
EE Illus Malcolm McClinton TM & 2011 AEG 217 H 428

Moto House Guard

ola K
1

Ed t
5

ion it

pqrqqs

cavalry UniqUE

Will only attach to a Unicorn Clan Personality. Battle: If any enemy units are at the current battlefield: Move this Personality there. If he is now there, Ranged 4 Attack.
Our Champion leads us, and the Khan marshals our armies. We protect both.

4
EE Illus Patrick McEvoy TM & 2011 AEG 218 J 428

Outriders

ola K
0

Ed t
3
cavalry

ion it

pqrqqs

The Colonies can only be reached by land under the protection of the Unicorn, or by sea on the ships of the Mantis. Both paths are treacherous, Empress, but both can be relied upon. The Imperial Herald

3
EE Illus Jason Juta TM & 2011 AEG 219 l 428

Shinjos Children

ola K
2

Ed t
5
cavalry

ion it

pqrqqs

Ride, brothers! Ride for battle and glory! Ride for freedom and the wind! Ride for the Lady Shinjo!

2
EE Illus Brandon Leach TM & 2011 AEG 220 l 428

Soshi House Guard

ola K
0

Ed t
4

ion it

pqrqqs

ninja UniqUE

Will only attach to a Scorpion Clan Personality. Political Battle/Open: Target a Personality: If it is a Combat Segment, bow him. If he is dishonorable, his controller loses 1 Honor.
They fight their enemies on the battlefield and court wherever they may be found.

4
EE Illus Patrick McEvoy TM & 2011 AEG 221 J 428

Stalking Tiger

ola K
0

Ed t
7

ion it

pqrqqs

nonhUman cat

Battle: Melee 6 Attack.

The Ivory Kingdoms have been witness to countless tragedies, but the predators have never left.

2
EE Illus Jason Juta TM & 2011 AEG 222 H 428

Tamori House Guard

ola K
1

Ed t
4

ion it

pqrqqs

Earth UniqUE

Will only attach to a Dragon Clan Personality. Battle: Target an enemy Personality or Follower: It is encased in stone. Give it 4F. It may not perform actions.
They delve deeper and deeper into the heart of the volcano to improve their connection to the elements.

4
EE Illus Patrick McEvoy TM & 2011 AEG 223 J 428

Tsuruchi House Guard

ola K
0

Ed t
4

ion it

pqrqqs

scoUt UniqUE

Will only attach to a Mantis Clan Personality. Battle: Ranged 5 Attack that you may compare against Gold Cost.
The forests of the Colonies may have their dangers, but we have learned to protect ourselves from the predators.

4
EE Illus Patrick McEvoy TM & 2011 AEG 224 J 428

Utaku Elite Guard

ola K
3

Ed t
3

ion it

pqrqqs

battlE maidEn cavalry

Battle Maidens in this army have +1F while attacking.

The Battle Maidens remain one of the strongest military units in the Empire, but they suffered a defeat five years ago. Few remember now, yet they push harder than ever before to prove their worth to themselves.

2
EE Illus John Moriarty TM & 2011 AEG 225 u 428

Veteran Advisor

ola K
1

Ed t
7

ion it

Battle: Draw a card.

We are only ronin warriors and they do not trust us. Ive stolen the tactics used in every battle the Lion Clan has fought for the last twenty years. These should prove useful if we ever need new employment, brother.

2
EE Illus Glen Osterberger TM & 2011 AEG 226 H 428

Veteran Skirmishers

ola K
0

Ed t
2

ion it

In the year 1173, at the end of the Destroyer War, the Empress bade the Spider to depart the Empire and bring order to the ruined Ivory Kingdoms, that the people of Rokugan might once again know peace and prosperity. The Miya Histories

3
EE Illus Malcolm McClinton TM & 2011 AEG 227 l 428

Village Guardian

ola K
0

Ed t
4

ion it

Reaction: After this card enters play from your hand: Draw one card for each player who has had a province destroyed this game.
Calm yourself, man! Get the others and form a bucket line. The fire must be put out quickly, and have the women check the adjacent buildings for any sign of embers. We dare not risk the harvest this close to tax season. Now move!

1
EE Illus Anthony Grabski TM & 2011 AEG 228 l 428

+3

Armor of the Heavens

+0

ola K

Ed t
4

ion it

armor impErial
pqrqqs

Political Reaction: After another player targets this Personality with an action: Choose a player, who gains or loses 2 Honor.
Some suits of armor are associated with prestigious positions, and long legacies of honorable duty. Serious consequences result from striking at their wearers.

4
EE Illus IFS TM & 2011 AEG 229 H 428

+3

Blade of Perfection

+1
2008 Name a Weapon: New York Paul Chang

ola K

Ed t
4
WEapon

ion it

pqrqqs

After this card bows: Straighten it. Reaction: After the resolution of another players action that destroyed this card or its Personality, choose your performing Personality: Attach this card to him, paying all costs.
A well forged blade will last through countless battles, never failing its bearer in times of need.

3
EE Illus Anna Christenson TM & 2011 AEG 230 l 428

+0

Chrysanthemum Blossom

+0

ola K

Ed t
1
impErial

ion it

pqrqqs

Reaction: After this Personality is assigned: Give him a +1F token. Gain 1 Honor.
The blossoms are signs of favor from the throne and the courts. Those bearing these treasures find that the Empire is eager to laud their accomplishments on the battlefield.

4
EE Illus Heather Kreiter TM & 2011 AEG 231 l 428

+1

Clan Standard

+0

ola K

Ed t
3
standard

ion it

pqrqqs

Your Personalities with your Clan alignment at this cards battlefield have +1F, or +2F if they have any Followers.
The presence of a standard on the battlefield, held aloft proudly, is a great inspiration to troops. Being chosen to carry one is a sacred duty, and a great honor.

4
EE Illus Corene Werhane TM & 2011 AEG 232 H 428

+3

Gift Armor

+0

ola K

Ed t
4
armor

ion it

pqrqqs

Negate all current and new Chi penalties on this Personality. Negate any destruction of this card, except for its Personality being destroyed.
An armor worthy of gifting will not fail until its wearer is already dead. Lady Doji

2
EE Illus Michel Koch TM & 2011 AEG 233 H 428

+2

Kensais Blade

+1

ola K

Ed t
3
WEapon

ion it

pqrqqs

This card has +1F while attached to a Kensai. Reaction: After engaging, choose your performing Personality at the current battlefield: Attach this card from your hand to him, paying all costs.
My rivals call katanas works of art. They are wrong. Katanas are tools of killing. Lord Mirumoto

3
EE Illus Grzegorz Pedrycz TM & 2011 AEG 234 l 428

+3

Maga-yari

+1

ola K

Ed t
5
WEapon

ion it

pqrqqs

This card will not be transferred. Attaches to a Paragon or Kensai paying 3 less Gold.
It is a weapon most popular among certain sects of Lion bushi, but it has gained some popularity among other clans as well. Kaiu Onizuka

3
EE Illus Lee Smith TM & 2011 AEG 235 l 428

+4

Modifications

+1

ola K

Ed t
7
WEapon

ion it

pqrqqs

Battle: Draw a card.

That is a very strange weapon. I have faced very strange opponents.

2
EE Illus Mike Capprotti TM & 2011 AEG 236 H 428

+3

Reserve Weapon

+0

ola K

Ed t
3
WEapon

ion it

pqrqqs

Before this Personality focuses: You may give him +3 to his duel stat until the duel ends instead of focusing.
There are times when resources are depleted, soldiers are tired, and options are poor. It is good to have prepared for those times.

3
EE Illus Lake Hurwitz TM & 2011 AEG 237 u 428

+2

Sasumata

+1

ola K

Ed t
3
WEapon

ion it

pqrqqs

Battle: Bow this card and target an enemy card without a Weapon or Armor: Bow it.
Commonly used by magistrates to apprehend suspects, they are ideally suited to disarm foes.

3
EE Illus Fares Masae TM & 2011 AEG 238 H 428

+2

Spiked Tetsubo

+1

ola K

Ed t
3
WEapon

ion it

pqrqqs

After this Personality enters a duel: The other Personality in the duel loses Duelist.
A cruel weapon? Of course. If my enemy survives the strike, he must be too crippled to flee from the killing blow.

3
EE Illus David Horne TM & 2011 AEG 239 l 428

+5

Tsuruchi Daikyu

+0

ola K

Ed t
7
WEapon

ion it

pqrqqs

Battle: Bow this card: Ranged 5 Attack.

I can hit the bird from one hundred paces! Only one hundred?

3
EE Illus Gong Studios TM & 2011 AEG 240 u 428

Ring of Air

ola K

Ed t

ion it

air UniqUE
After you resolve your third or later Spell or Kiho action in one turn from cards with different titles: You may put this card into play from your hand. Battle/Open: Bow this card or discard it from your hand, and choose your performing Personality: Straighten his unit.
Agility.

EE Illus Steve Argyle

TM & 2011 AEG 241 u 428

Ring of Earth

ola K

Ed t

ion it

Earth UniqUE
After the resolution of a battle that you won, if there were ever any enemy units at that battlefield and none of your Personalities were destroyed during the battle: You may put this card into play from your hand. Battle: Even if you control no units at the current battlefield, bow this card or discard it from your hand: Give a province +3 or 3 strength. Stability.

EE Illus Steve Argyle

TM & 2011 AEG 242 u 428

Ring of Fire

ola K

Ed t

ion it

FirE UniqUE
After the resolution of a battle at a province, if you destroyed one or more provinces or enemy cards in that resolution: You may put this card into play from your hand. Battle: Bow this card or discard it from your hand, destroy your performing Personality, and target an enemy Personality with equal or lower Chi: Destroy him. Vitality.

EE Illus Steve Argyle

TM & 2011 AEG 243 u 428

Ring of the Void

ola K

Ed t

ion it

void UniqUE After you resolve your fourth or later nonKiho action from Strategies in one phase: You may put this card into play from your hand. Open: Bow this card or discard it from your hand: If any player has more cards in his hand than you do, or if this card is in play, draw a card.
Harmony.

EE Illus Steve Argyle

TM & 2011 AEG 244 u 428

Ring of Water

ola K

Ed t

ion it

WatEr UniqUE
After you resolve your fourth or later Battle action in one battle from cards with different titles: You may put this card into play from your hand. Battle: Bow this card or discard it from your hand, and choose your performing Personality: Move him home or to a battlefield with one or more enemy units. If he moved, straighten his unit. Fluidity.

EE Illus Steve Argyle

TM & 2011 AEG 245 u 428

Capturing the Soul

ola K

Ed t
2
ritUal

ion it

pqrqqs

Limited: Bow this Shugenja and 0 or more of your other performing Shugenja, target a Personality, and remove this card from the game: If the total Chi of all your performing Shugenja is higher than three times the Chi of the Personality, remove him (and his attachments) from the game.

1
EE Illus Luis NCT TM & 2011 AEG 246 H 428

Chikushudos Trickery

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

Earth ForEst
pqrqqs

Open: Choose one or two of your performing unbowed Nonhuman Spirit Personalities, target another players unbowed Personality, bow this Shugenja, and destroy this card: Create a battlefield. Negate all movement to it. Assign the target to attack there; he will not be destroyed during the battles Combat Segment. Assign the performing Spirits to defend there. Fight a battle there.

2
EE Illus Heather Kreiter TM & 2011 AEG 247 H 428

Cleansing the Path

ola K

Ed t
0
FirE

ion it

pqrqqs

Battle: Destroy this card: Ranged 4 Attack, or Ranged 5 Attack if the performing Shugenja is Fire.
Despite more than two decades having passed, and despite the tireless efforts of hundreds of dedicated samurai, pockets of the plague-dead still emerge from the wilderness from time to time. They are dealt with quickly. Isawa Tamaki

3
EE Illus Joe Wilson TM & 2011 AEG 248 u 428

Conflagration

ola K

Ed t
2
FirE

ion it

pqrqqs

While this Shugenja is Fire, Ranged Attacks from actions he performs have +1 strength. Battle: Bow this card: Give this Shugenja +3F.
Witness the unparalleled purity of fire. All that is corrupt is consumed in its embrace. Let me share it with you.

2
EE Illus Asier Martinez Lopez TM & 2011 AEG 249 u 428

Consecration

ola K

Ed t
2
Earth

ion it

pqrqqs

Open: Bow this card: Choose one or two of your provinces. After the first time this turn a Personality assigns or moves to an attacking army at one of those provinces battlefields, gain 2 Honor.
This is sacred space. The Empire will not turn a blind eye to your deeds.

3
EE Illus Heather Kreiter TM & 2011 AEG 250 H 428

Contemplate the Void

ola K

Ed t
6
void

ion it

pqrqqs

Limited: Bow this Shugenja, destroy this card, and discard your hand (even if empty): Draw four cards.
Have you ever had a moment when everything made sense? Your heart and mind, perfectly attuned to yourself and your surroundings? That is what it is like to be in tune with the void. To understand. Isawa Kimi

4
EE Illus Sergio Camarena TM & 2011 AEG 251 l 428

Hanabi

ola K

Ed t
7
UniqUE

ion it

pqrqqs

Political Limited: Bow this Shugenja and destroy this card: Gain 4 Honor.
Above all else, shugenja are priests, holy men and women entrusted with sacred duties. The Empire turns to them for wisdom and guidance. Their presence is welcomed with open arms during weddings, festivals, and other events of importance, and their approval brings great honor upon their hosts.

2
EE Illus Veronica V. Jones TM & 2011 AEG 252 H 428

I Give You My Name

ola K

Ed t
3
maho

ion it

pqrqqs

Limited: Bow this Shugenja and destroy your target Human Personality: Search your Dynasty deck or discard pile for a non-Unique Oni with Gold Cost lower than or equal to the Humans Gold Cost plus the performers Chi. Put the Oni into play, ignoring Gold cost. Lose 2 Honor.

3
EE Illus Steve Snyder TM & 2011 AEG 253 H 428

Obscured Pathways

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

Earth ForEst
pqrqqs

While this Shugenja is Earth, this cards Battle ability may be used even if this unit is not at the current battlefield. Battle: Bow this Shugenja if he is home, bow this card and target an attacking Personality: Move him home.
The Kitsune smiled. All forests are one.

3
EE Illus Drew Swift TM & 2011 AEG 254 u 428

Scouring Flood

ola K

Ed t
2
WatEr

ion it

pqrqqs

This Personality has +2F. Battle: Bow this card and target a defending Personality: Move him home.
You are not welcome here, my friends. Let me escort you from the valley. Brace yourselves, if you please.

3
EE Illus Llyn Hunter TM & 2011 AEG 255 l 428

Seeking the Way

ola K

Ed t
2
air

ion it

pqrqqs

Battle: Bow this Shugenja, move him home, and target an attacking Personality: Move him home. Gain 2 Honor.
You will no longer defile this place with your presence.

4
EE Illus Dennis Calero TM & 2011 AEG 256 H 428

Summon Swamp Spirits

ola K

Ed t
2
maho

ion it

pqrqqs

Limited: Bow this Shugenja and target your Personality: Create a 1F Shadowlands Nonhuman Spirit Swamp Spirit Follower and attach it to him.
Mindless, foul, and numerous. Do not take the minions summoned by tsukai lightly. Isawa Mitsuko

3
EE Illus Carlos NCT TM & 2011 AEG 257 u 428

The Kamis Blessing

ola K

Ed t
3
Kami

ion it

pqrqqs

Battle/Open: Bow this card: Give this Shugenja a Force bonus equal to his Chi. Battle: Bow this card and target one or two Samurai: Give each of them a Force bonus equal to this Shugenjas Chi.
Know that the Heavens themselves support this endeavor. Voice of the Emperor

3
EE Illus Thomas Denmark TM & 2011 AEG 258 u 428

Thunders Favor

ola K

Ed t
3
thUndEr

ion it

pqrqqs

Battle: Bow this card: Ranged 4 Attack, or Ranged 6 Attack if this Shugenja is Thunder.
The magic of the elements can do many things: it can heal, it can teach, it can carry people and ideas over great distances. However, the magic of Thunder can do something I consider far more noteworthy: it can destroy. Moshi Madoka

2
EE Illus Jason Engle TM & 2011 AEG 259 u 428

Unnatural Flood

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

WatEr UniqUE
pqrqqs

Battle: Bow this Shugenja and target an enemy Personality: Move him home; if this Shugenja is Water, this movement will not be negated. If the target moved, bow him and negate his (future) movement.
When the enemy cannot be broken, find a way to prevent him from arriving at the conflict. Tangens Lies

4
EE Illus Stefano Baldo TM & 2011 AEG 260 H 428

Walking the Way

ola K

Ed t
4

ion it

Limited: Bow this Shugenja and destroy this card: Search your Fate deck for a card. Put it in your hand.
I have never understood the Dragon desire to speak in riddles and conundrums. Working with the elements is complex enough without forcing your students to decipher what you are trying to say. Kitsu Tamasine

3
EE Illus Veronica V. Jones TM & 2011 AEG 261 u 428

Warded Paths

ola K

Ed t
0
Earth

ion it

pqrqqs

While this Shugenja is defending, he has +3F. While this Shugenja is Earth and you are the Defender, you decide the order in which battles resolve.
The Tamori have learned many secrets from the mountains. One that they use particularly often is how to deny their foes access to key areas.

2
EE Illus Erich Schreiner TM & 2011 AEG 262 u 428

A Forefathers Vengeance

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

Limited: Gain 3 Honor, or 1 Honor for each Ancestor you have in play, whichever is lower. Battle: Destroy your performing unbowed Ancestor and target an enemy card without attachments: Destroy it.
Tengoku may have receded, but Yomi will never abandon its descendants.

2
EE Illus Asier Martinez Lopez TM & 2011 AEG 263 u 428

A Paragons Strength

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

Battle: Choose your performing unbowed Paragon: Ranged Attack with strength equal to his Force. Lose 4 Honor. Battle: Choose your performing unbowed Paragon and target an enemy Personality with equal or lower Personal Honor: Move him home. Gain 2 Honor.
Such a weak technique could never strike me down. Try again when you are serious, boy.

2
EE Illus Edwin David TM & 2011 AEG 264 H 428

A Pure Stroke

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

Battle/Open: Target a Weapon: Raise its Force and Chi modifiers to twice its base Force and Chi modifiers (this does not affect negative base modifiers).
Kakita Han spent five years creating three perfect blades. One he kept by his side. One he gave to his betrothed. The last was stolen from his home. He will not set aside his vengeance until it is returned to him.

2
EE Illus Asier Martinez Lopez TM & 2011 AEG 265 l 428

A Stain Cleansed

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Battle: Choose your performing unbowed Magistrate, target an enemy card without attachments or an enemy unit, and pay Gold equal to the card or units total Gold Cost minus 2: Destroy it.
Asahina Keitaros disgrace is rarely discussed. A hidden alliance of Dragon and Crane samurai scour the land to destroy all of the fallen daimyos Tainted creations.

1
EE Illus Oliver Specht TM & 2011 AEG 266 H 428

A Time for Mortal Men

ola K

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ion it

Battle/Open: Destroy your performing Ancestor and target your Personality: Give him +3F.
The Heavens approve of the new Iweko line, yet they do not interfere.

3
EE Illus Wen Juinn TM & 2011 AEG 267 l 428

Ambush

ola K

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ion it

Limited: Choose your performing unbowed Personality and target another players Personality: Create a battlefield (not at any province). Assign your Personality to attack there. Assign the target to defend there, even if he is bowed. Other Personalities will not move there. Fight a battle there (after this actions resolution). After the battle ends, lose 5 Honor.
The bandits will never miss this golden opportunity. They expect easy prey, and I expect to wake my sleeping blade.

EE Illus beet

TM & 2011 AEG 268 H 428

Ancestral Protection

ola K

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Reaction: After an action targets your Personality, destroy your performing Ancestor: Negate the actions effects.
Grandfather! Thank you for answering my prayers. I am glad I have the strengths of Akodo Jin by my side.

4
EE Illus Matthew Starbuck TM & 2011 AEG 269 H 428

Aramoros Promise

ola K

Ed t
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ninja

ion it

pqrqqs

Limited: Choose your performing Saboteur or Ninja Personality: Discard a Dynasty card in a province. Lose 2 Honor.
We swore to fight in the shadows to protect the Empire. We continue to do so, even when the Throne accepts the darkness into our midst.

2
EE Illus Jorge Matar TM & 2011 AEG 270 u 428

At Any Cost

ola K

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ion it

darK virtUE Will

pqrqqs

Battle: If you control any units at the current battlefield, choose your performing dead Samurai: Bring him into play at the current battlefield, paying all costs.
I refuse to die! I will not die! I will stoop to any evil to cling on to this life!

1
EE Illus Chris Pritchard TM & 2011 AEG 271 H 428

Awed Witness

ola K

Ed t
0
iaijUtsU

ion it

pqrqqs

Battle: Choose your performing unbowed Personality and target an enemy Personality: Your Personality duels the target. Bow the duels loser. The duels winners controller may create a 2F/2C/2PH Samurai Personality with that players Clan alignment on his side of the current battlefield.
His skill amazing!

EE Illus Storn Cook

TM & 2011 AEG 272 H 428

Back to the Front

ola K

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Battle: Choose your performing Personality: Move him to a battlefield he assigned to this turn. If he moved, straighten his unit.
The overland route from the Empire to the Colonies covers a vast expanse of wasteland, one often frequented by bandits and other villains. The Unicorn never falter in their duty, however. The Miya Histories

3
EE Illus Raymond Gaustadnes TM & 2011 AEG 273 l 428

Bad Kharma

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Reaction: After another player with Family Honor of 1 or lower announces an action on a Strategy: He ignores the actions costs. Negate its effects.
Do not lose hope, brother. Our folly will never be uncovered.

3
EE Illus Wen Juinn TM & 2011 AEG 274 H 428

Banish All Doubt

ola K

Ed t
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tactical

ion it

pqrqqs

Limited: Choose your performing unbowed Tactician: Look at the top four cards of your Fate deck. Put one of them in your hand and put the other three on the bottom of your deck in any order.
The Lion Clan Champions recent ascension and her brothers refusal of the position has shaken her Clan. Gossips whisper that they may never recover under her rule.

3
EE Illus Edwin David TM & 2011 AEG 275 H 428

Bend like a Reed

ola K

Ed t
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ion it

You may only play one copy of Bend like a Reed per duel. Reaction: Before Focus Effects resolve, if your performing Personality in the duel did not strike: Give him +2 to his duel stat until the duel ends.
Unconventional tactics can be frowned upon in a formal duel, but a desperate man will do whatever he must to survive.

3
EE Illus Dennis Calero TM & 2011 AEG 276 l 428

Besieged

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0

ion it

siEgE UniqUE
pqrqqs

Open: Destroy a performing Personality you own and control: Increase or decrease the strength of all players provinces by an amount equal to the Personalitys base Chi.
The Crab Clans work is never done.

4
EE Illus Paul (Prof.) Herbert TM & 2011 AEG 277 H 428

Blind Rage

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

Battle: Choose your performing unbowed Berserker: Give him +5F. Lose 2 Honor.
What do you say now? Does the workmanship still look shoddy?

1
EE Illus IFS TM & 2011 AEG 278 u 428

Block Supply Lines

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

Battle: Target an attacking Personality: Move him home. If he moved, bow his unit.
War is a difficult practice. So many men moving around, and with so much equipment. To feed an army requires a second army of peasants and merchants. Stop the second army, and the first will starve.

3
EE Illus David Dietrick TM & 2011 AEG 279 l 428

Breath of the Heavens

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

FirE tattoo
pqrqqs

Battle: Choose your performing unbowed Fire or Tattooed Personality: Ranged 3 Attack with +1 strength for each Fire token on your Personality. Give your Personality a +1F Fire token.
Do I like my sake chilled? Do not be ridiculous!

3
EE Illus Esabra Studio TM & 2011 AEG 280 u 428

Burn the Towers

ola K

Ed t
0
rEcon

ion it

pqrqqs

Reaction: After engaging, choose your performing unbowed Scout Personality at the current battlefield: You have Reconnaissance there. Give its province 3 strength.
The beauty of the plains is without equal, but the risk of fire during the summer months is one that can never be ignored.

1
EE Illus Raymond Gaustadnes TM & 2011 AEG 281 l 428

Caught in the Act

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

Reaction: After another players action targets one or more of your Personalities: Negate their bowing from the actions effects.
The feud between the former Emerald Champion and the former Kakita daimyo grew to epic proportions. Now, no one mentions it in polite company.

1
EE Illus Steve Argyle TM & 2011 AEG 282 H 428

Caught Unawares

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

Open: If you control no Personalities, target one or two Personalities: Bow them. Negate their straightening (this turn). If it is not your turn, draw a card. Battle: Target an enemy card with no unbowed attachments: Bow it.
Where did they come from? Quick! Move the heavy infantry to our flanks!

3
EE Illus Bob Stevlic TM & 2011 AEG 283 H 428

Confusion at Court

ola K

Ed t
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political

ion it

pqrqqs

Reaction: Before an action resolves, if discarding the Imperial Favor is one of its base costs: Negate the actions effects.
And I would be remiss if I did not congratulate Isawa Hirasu on his new, blushing bride! Love has brightened your cheeks, darling girl.

2
EE Illus Justin Norman TM & 2011 AEG 284 l 428

Control the Field

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

Battle: Choose your performing Personality with Scout, Tactician, or 3 or higher Chi, and target a Terrain: Destroy it. You may take an additional Battle action to play a Terrain.
The Battle Maidens will never forget the Battle of Living Flames. They were outmaneuvered and overwhelmed by a smaller force. The shame will never leave them, though it has long passed into memory for the rest of the Empire.

3
EE Illus Steven Belledin TM & 2011 AEG 285 l 428

Dangerous Indulgence

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

Battle: Choose your performing unbowed Tactician and target a Personality with equal or lower Chi: Bow or straighten him.
I love Ryoko Owari

2
EE Illus Stefano Baldo TM & 2011 AEG 286 H 428

Deadly Orders

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

Battle: Choose your performing Commander and target your Follower: Give it a Force bonus equal to twice its current Force. After this battles resolution, destroy the Follower.
This is an ogre, boys! You have three chances to kill it with your unit. Now attack it before it destroys any tactics you can make!

2
EE Illus IFS TM & 2011 AEG 287 l 428

Deception Revealed

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

Reaction: After the resolution of an action that bowed a Ring: Straighten it. Battle: Target a Personality or Follower: Give it 4F. Bow it if you control a Ring.
When will you ghosts realize you do not belong in this realm? I shall be forced to beat you until you concede defeat and disappear forever from Ningen-do.

4
EE Illus Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon TM & 2011 AEG 288 u 428

Duel of Serpents

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

Open: If another player has higher Family Honor than you, bow your performing Nonhuman or Spirit: Gain 3 Honor. Battle: Choose your performing unbowed Nonhuman or Spirit and target an enemy card without attachments: Bow it.
Those few Naga who remained awake waged a desperate war for survival against the castoffs of their own people.

2
EE Illus Jason Juta TM & 2011 AEG 289 u 428

Encircled Terrain

ola K

Ed t
0
tErrain

ion it

pqrqqs

Before this battle resolves: The Attacker and Defender, in the order of your choice, each choose one of their units at the current battlefield. Move all other units there home. Battle: If there are no Terrains at the current battlefield: Put this card into play there.
This is fate, Crane. Let us finish this.

1
EE Illus Sean Murray TM & 2011 AEG 290 l 428

Extended Maneuvers

ola K

Ed t
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tErrain

ion it

pqrqqs

Before this battle resolves: You may choose and straighten a Samurai Personality at the current battlefield, and you may choose and bow a non-Samurai Personality there. Battle: If there are no Terrains at the current battlefield: Put this card into play there.
Weeks in the field purchase years of life.

1
EE Illus Ted Galaday TM & 2011 AEG 291 l 428

Face of Ninube

ola K

Ed t
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ion it

Open: Shuffle your hand into your Fate deck: Draw a number of cards equal to the number you shuffled in.
Your possessions, your titles, even your livesthese things you will sacrifice readily. But what of your souls, your essences, your very identities? The Shadow Dragon

1
EE Illus April Lee TM & 2011 AEG 292 l 428

Fall Back!

ola K

Ed t
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ion it

Battle: Choose your performing Personality: Move him home. If he moved, straighten his unit, and you may straighten one of your other units (at any location).
This is not the ideal place to engage the enemy. Fall back one quarter mile to the base of the hill. There we can hold them indefinitely!

4
EE Illus Chris Pritchard TM & 2011 AEG 293 l 428

Falling Leaf Strike

ola K

Ed t
0
Kiho

ion it

pqrqqs

Battle: Choose your performing unbowed Monk and target an enemy Personality or Follower: Move your Monk to the current battlefield. Give the target 3F. Bow it if its Force is now 0.
Impossible? Only because you believe it to be so!

3
EE Illus Mark Poole TM & 2011 AEG 294 l 428

Feign Death

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

Reaction: After the resolution of an action or a battle that destroyed a performing Personality you own: Bring him into play (in your home), ignoring costs and Honor Requirement. Bow him. Dishonor him. Lose 2 Honor.
They will not stop until they find the body. Produce one for them. Bayushi Nitoshi

2
EE Illus Franz Vohwinkel TM & 2011 AEG 295 H 428

Fields of Mercy

ola K

Ed t
0
tErrain

ion it

pqrqqs

Before a card effect destroys a Personality in an army, if a card effect has destroyed another Personality in that army while this card was in play: Negate the Personalitys destruction. Battle: If there are no Terrains at the current battlefield: Put this card into play there. An enemys mercy is a terrible gift

1
EE Illus Janine Johnston TM & 2011 AEG 296 H 428

Final Confrontation

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

iaijUtsU political
pqrqqs

As a Focus Effect: After this duel ends, if your Personality won it, take the Imperial Favor. Battle: Choose your performing unbowed Duelist and target one or two Personalities whose total Chi is lower than or equal to your Duelists Chi: Bow them.
Disputes are still resolved by steel.

3
EE Illus Sam Kennedy TM & 2011 AEG 297 u 428

Flooded Pass

ola K

Ed t
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tErrain

ion it

pqrqqs

This province has +2 strength for each unit in the attacking army. Battle: Even if you control no units at the current battlefield, if there are no Terrains there: Put this card into play there.
Who knew inconvenience could be so beautiful? Shinjo Itao

1
EE Illus Nathaniel Arches TM & 2011 AEG 298 l 428

Focus

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0

ion it

The primary thing when you take a sword in your hands is your intention to cut the enemy, whatever the means. Whenever you parry, hit, strike or touch the enemys cutting sword, you must cut the enemy in the same movement. Miyamoto Musashi

5
EE Illus Justin Norman TM & 2011 AEG 299 H 428

Footsteps of Madness

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Reaction: Before the resolution of an action from a Stronghold, pay Gold equal to the Strongholds base Gold Production: Negate the actions effects.
Unlike some other clans, we keep a close watch on our holdings in the new lands, to prevent embarrassing incidents from occurring. Yasuki Jinn-Kuen

2
EE Illus Thomas Denmark TM & 2011 AEG 300 H 428

Fortitude

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

Battle: Choose your performing unbowed Berserker and target an enemy unit with lower total Force than your Berserkers base Force: Bow the target. Negate all current and new Force penalties on your Berserker from actions.
Come at me again, demon! Come at me a hundred times and be turned away one hundred and one!

2
EE Illus Leonardo Borazio TM & 2011 AEG 301 u 428

Gold and Steel

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

Battle/Open: Target one to three attachments with a Gold Cost of 0: Destroy them. Battle: Choose your performing unbowed Personality and target an enemy Personality with an equal or lower Gold Cost: Bow him. You may move him home.
Honorable samurai cannot be bought, but you would be surprised at how many can be rented for a short time. Yoritomo Hama

2
EE Illus David Horne TM & 2011 AEG 302 u 428

Guided by Honor

ola K

Ed t
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ion it

Battle: If any enemy units are at the current battlefield, choose your performing unbowed Paragon: Move him to the current battlefield. If he moved, you may target and bow an enemy Personality with equal or lower Personal Honor.
My cause is just, and my mien, righteous. You will not impede my path.

2
EE Illus David Horne TM & 2011 AEG 303 u 428

Hard Pressed

ola K

Ed t
0
tErrain

ion it

pqrqqs

Before this battles resolution: Move a unit home from the current battlefield. You may bow it. Battle: If there are no Terrains at the current battlefield: Put this card into play there.
A true vassal of the Scorpion must be prepared to face any foe at any time. Only through victory can your loyalty be assured. Shosuro Aroru

1
EE Illus Paul (Prof.) Herbert TM & 2011 AEG 304 u 428

Hes Mine!

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

Reaction: Before your target Personality enters a duel, bow him and choose your performing unbowed Samurai at the same location: Your Samurai enters the duel instead. Bow him after the duel ends.
Duels in Rokugan are ritualized. The challenge, the terms, and the ceremony are all subject to centuries of tradition. One tradition is the privilege of having another to stand in the place of the challenged, when circumstances are right.

3
EE Illus Joseph Phillips TM & 2011 AEG 305 l 428

Heart of Rokugan

ola K

Ed t
0
tErrain

ion it

pqrqqs

Before this battle resolves: Give each of your Human Personalities and Followers at the current battlefield +1F, and give each Nonhuman Personality and Follower there 1F. Battle: If there are no Terrains at the current battlefield: Put this card into play there.
Not today, demon! Not today or any other!

1
EE Illus Wen Juinn TM & 2011 AEG 306 l 428

Heavily Engaged

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

Battle: Even if you control no units at the current battlefield: Each player targets an unbowed Personality he controls there, if possible. Bow all targets.
Prolonged conflict fatigues even the most stalwart of bushi.

2
EE Illus Anthony Francisco TM & 2011 AEG 307 l 428

Hidden Defenses

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

Battle: If you control no Personalities (in play), target one or two Personalities at any location: Bow them. Negate their straightening. Reaction: After engaging, if any enemy units are at the current battlefield, choose your performing Personality: Move him there. Straighten him if he moved.
Sometimes an improvised trap can be as helpful as a fortification. Daidoji Kenshi

3
EE Illus Britt Martin TM & 2011 AEG 308 l 428

Hundred-Fold Cut

ola K

Ed t
0

Reaction: After another players action targets your performing Kensai, bow or destroy one of his Weapons: Negate his destruction from the actions effects. Battle: Bow your performing Kensai or one of his Weapons: Draw two cards.
Arrows. Swords. Men. Nothing stops a kensai whose blades are ready.

3
EE Illus Patrick Reinemann TM & 2011 AEG 309 u 428

2009 Kotei Winner Chris Stevenson

ion it

Immovable Object

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

Battle/Open: Choose your performing Berserker: Straighten him. Battle: Choose your performing unbowed Berserker and target an enemy Personality or Follower with lower Force: Bow it.
Wounds that would incapacitate or even cripple lesser warriors merely serve to anger berserkers.

1
EE Illus Stephanie Pui-Mun Law TM & 2011 AEG 310 H 428

In the Heart of Battle

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

bUshido virtUE dUty

pqrqqs

Battle/Open: Choose your performing Samurai: Straighten him and give him +3F. Destroy him before this turn ends.
For my family.

3
EE Illus Jarreau Wimberly TM & 2011 AEG 311 l 428

Incapacitated

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

Battle: Target a defending Personality: Move him home.

There are enemies too dangerous to kill, and allies too dangerous to be risked. Sometimes they are even the same. We have our ways of dealing with such matters. The Pragmatism of Tsuruchi

2
EE Illus Chris Pritchard TM & 2011 AEG 312 l 428

Inexplicable Challenge

ola K

Ed t
0
political

ion it

pqrqqs

Battle: Choose your performing Courtier at any location and target an enemy card without attachments: Bow it. Choose a player, who gains or loses 2 Honor.
I do not question your bravery, nor your skill at arms. I question your lords judgment for sending you here today.

2
EE Illus Anthony Grabski TM & 2011 AEG 313 H 428

Inspired Devotion

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

Battle/Open: Choose your performing Yojimbo: Give him +2F or a Force bonus equal to the highest Chi of any Courtier or Shugenja you control.
Isawa made a great sacrifice to save the Empire. Our service is given freely, to honor a noble man. Shiba Tsukimi

4
EE Illus Manuel Calderon TM & 2011 AEG 314 u 428

Introspection

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

Reaction: After one of your Rings enters play: Search your Fate deck for a card. Put it in your hand.
The notion of enlightenment is ephemeral, but the Empire seeks it anyway. Countless individuals search, and each comes away with a different lesson.

4
EE Illus Sergio Camarena TM & 2011 AEG 315 H 428

Knife in the Darkness

ola K

Ed t
0
ninja

ion it

pqrqqs

Battle: Choose your performing Ninja Personality and target an enemy Personality: Move both Personalities home; this movement will not be negated. Bow them.
If a village must be burned so that your victims death is not discovered, then so be it. Shosuro Aroru

3
EE Illus Malcolm McClinton TM & 2011 AEG 316 u 428

Martial Instruction

ola K

Ed t
0
Kiho

ion it

pqrqqs

Open: Bow your performing Monk and remove this card from the game: Search your Fate deck for a Kiho Battle Strategy, show it, and put it in your hand.
My lords father has disappeared, I have duties to perform, and yet you prattle at me about skill at arms. Very well, I have shown you the skill in my arms.

2
EE Illus Joachim Gmoser TM & 2011 AEG 317 H 428

Meeting the Keepers

ola K

Ed t
0
void

ion it

pqrqqs

Reaction: After the resolution of an action from one of your Rings: Search your Dynasty deck for an Event, show it, and put it on top of the deck after shuffling. Open: Bow your target Ring: Draw two cards.
I have met one. He was only a man, yet his eyes held an awareness that I could not fathom. Moto Ming-gwok

4
EE Illus William OConnor TM & 2011 AEG 318 H 428

Murderous Intent

ola K

Ed t
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Battle/Open: Choose your performing Paragon: Give him +1F for each of his keywords except Soul of keywords. Lose 4 Honor.
We are certain this ronin is the culprit, the magistrate said. Execute him at once, Bayushi Nitoshi said. The murderer of Otomo Teruken should not be allowed even a minute more of life than necessary.

1
EE Illus John Moriarty TM & 2011 AEG 319 l 428

My Enemys Mercy

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

bUshido virtUE compassion

pqrqqs

Battle: Choose your performing unbowed Samurai and target an enemy Personality with equal or lower Personal Honor: The enemy leader chooses to either bow him or move him home. Gain 2 Honor.
It is noble to heal a wounded man, whether he be friend or enemy. One must never forget we are all servants of the same Empress. Isawa Shunsuko

3
EE Illus Heather Kreiter TM & 2011 AEG 320 H 428

Mysterious Deaths

ola K

Ed t
6

ion it

Kolat UniqUE
pqrqqs

Limited: Each player targets a unit he controls with the lowest total Gold Cost of all units he controls, if possible. Destroy all targets. Remove this card from the game. Lose 4 Honor.
It is better to make things look like an accident, but sometimes one must cut corners. Kill him and leave no traces of your presence. Master Tiger

1
EE Illus Eric Lofgren TM & 2011 AEG 321 H 428

Nerve Strike

ola K

Ed t
0
Kiho

ion it

pqrqqs

Battle: Bow your performing Monk and target an enemy Personality with equal or lower Chi: Reduce his Force and the Force of each of his Followers to 0. Cards in that unit may not perform actions until this battle ends.
Urk!

3
EE Illus Esabra Studio TM & 2011 AEG 322 u 428

Ninja Tricks

ola K

Ed t
1
ninja

ion it

pqrqqs

Reaction: After an action on a Strategy is announced, bow your performing Ninja Personality at the current battlefield: Negate the actions effects. Lose 2 Honor.
Smoke bombs and wild chases in the dark are the stuff of kabuki plays. No one seriously expects to get things done that way. Shosuro Makiko

1
EE Illus Stu Barnes TM & 2011 AEG 323 u 428

No Hiding Place

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

Reaction: After you announce an action with a Ranged Attack: Give one Ranged Attack from the action 1 strength. That Ranged Attack may target a card in the Defenders home (if otherwise legal).
Of course I told him to take his offer and begone. I have no patience for such an affront, and I am perfectly safe in this house.

3
EE Illus Veronica V. Jones TM & 2011 AEG 324 l 428

Ogre Savagery

ola K

Ed t
0
FEar

ion it

pqrqqs

Battle: Choose your performing unbowed Nonhuman Shadowlands Personality and target an enemy Personality: Bow him.
Taint no longer plagues us, but the Shadowlands are no less a place of menace. They are still the source of horrific beings who want to destroy us all. Hida Kisada

0
EE Illus Eric Lofgren TM & 2011 AEG 325 l 428

One Koku

ola K

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Reaction: When paying a Gold cost: Produce one Gold.

This card is worth one koku. The Yasuki daimyo is as slippery as a live fish and metaphorically as smelly as an old one. He has a mind only for money and the power it brings. A dangerous opponent, and one I plan to keep an eye on. Doji Dainagon

1
EE Illus Albert Tavira TM & 2011 AEG 326 l 428

Opportunistic Advance

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

Battle: Choose your performing unbowed Commander and target another Personality in his army: Move the target to a battlefield.
While the new governor takes charge, the Second City will be unsettled, and lords will attempt to increase the influence in the Colonies. We must make sure that our gain overshadows theirs. Yoritomo Hiromi

2
EE Illus Carl Frank TM & 2011 AEG 327 u 428

Oyos Second Lesson

ola K

Ed t
0
Kiho

ion it

pqrqqs

Battle/Open: Choose your performing dead Henshin and target your Personality: Your Henshin is reborn. Overlay him onto your Personality. Draw a card. You may take an additional action.
The wisdom of the Henshin often outlasts their mortal bodies.

3
EE Illus Albert Tavira TM & 2011 AEG 328 u 428

Paid Off

ola K

Ed t
4

ion it

Open: Target a Personality: Bow or straighten him.

The murder of an Imperial governor is a very serious matter, the Seppun said. His murderer will be found. Now, you can cooperate with me or you can cooperate with my assistants. I will have answers either way.

4
EE Illus Chris Pritchard TM & 2011 AEG 329 l 428

Plans Within Plans

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

Open: At your next opportunity to take an Open action, you may instead take a Limited action.
It was a great honor for me to dine with you last night, Nitoshi-sama. The food was excellent and the conversation was brilliant. I am pleased to hear it, Makiko-san, Nitoshi said. I am sure I enjoyed it as well.

1
EE Illus Veronica V. Jones TM & 2011 AEG 330 H 428

Prepared for Death

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

Limited: Choose your performing Personality: Give him +2F.

For all the unholy things that come crawling out of the Shadowlands now, I remember when it was worse. I worry that our children do not believe us when we tell them this. They must not forget what our ancestors suffered so to learn. Hida Kisada

2
EE Illus Eric Lofgren TM & 2011 AEG 331 l 428

Preserving Honor

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

Battle: Target an enemy Personality at the current battlefield: His controller chooses either to bow him, or to choose another location and move him there. If the bowing or movement is negated, remove the Personality from the game.
Moto-san, Matsu-san, hear me! Shiba Sansesuke cried out. You cannot duel without first gaining your lords permission! Would you shame your families by dying in a common brawl?

1
EE Illus IFS TM & 2011 AEG 332 H 428

Relentless Conviction

ola K

Ed t
0
UniqUE

ion it

pqrqqs

Battle: Target a dishonorable Personality: Destroy him.

Face me, wretches! Face me, and I will show you the wisdom of the Empress who sent us here to dominate this cursed land! Daigotsu Ishibashi

3
EE Illus Erich Schreiner TM & 2011 AEG 333 H 428

Remember Your Ancestors

ola K

Ed t
0
political

ion it

pqrqqs

Battle: Bow your performing Courtier at any location and target an enemy attacking Personality: His controller may destroy him. If he did not choose this, discard a card at random from his hand, and choose a player, who gains or loses 3 Honor.
It would be so unfortunate for your familys name to be sullied. Shosuro Makiko

2
EE Illus Malcolm McClinton TM & 2011 AEG 334 l 428

Rend the Soul

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As a Focus Effect: Raise this cards Focus Value to 5. If your Personality wins this duel, he loses instead (the other Personality still also loses). Battle: Choose your performing opposed Personality: Give him +5F. If the army he is in during this battles resolution wins, this battle is tied instead. You will not destroy the province in this battles resolution.
The price! The price! It is paid!

0
EE Illus Manuel Calderon TM & 2011 AEG 335 H 428

Retribution

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Reaction: After the end of an Attack Phase in which you were the Defender: Declare an additional Attack Phase against that phases Attacker, in which neither player may invite allies and you may only assign one Personality. Give the Personality and each Follower in his unit +1F after he assigns.
Landing the first blow is inconsequential. Landing the final blow is crucial.

4
EE Illus Britt Martin TM & 2011 AEG 336 u 428

Rhetoric

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political

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pqrqqs

Reaction: Before a player gains or loses Honor from an actions effects, bow your performing Courtier: Choose another player. If the Courtiers Chi is higher than or equal to the Honor gain or loss, the chosen player instead of the original player takes the gain or loss.
I have heard the tale differently.

EE Illus Rebekah Norris

TM & 2011 AEG 337 l 428

Rumors Travel

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political

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pqrqqs

Limited: Until your next turn begins, before each time a player gains 1 or more Honor, reduce the gain by 1 if it is not during a battle or Attack Phase. Battle: If any enemy units are at the current battlefield, choose your performing Personality: Move him there. Straighten him if he moved. Did you hear what has happened?

3
EE Illus Richard Garcia TM & 2011 AEG 338 H 428

Sacrifice of Pawns

ola K

Ed t
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political

ion it

pqrqqs

Limited: Destroy your performing unbowed Courtier and target another players Personality: His controller may destroy the target. If he did not choose this, search your Dynasty deck for a Personality and bring him into play, paying all costs but paying two more Gold. (Discard him if you are unable to play him.)
Furikawari? Possibly.

EE Illus Malcolm McClinton

TM & 2011 AEG 339 H 428

Sanctioned Duel

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Limited: Choose your performing unbowed Personality and target another players Personality: Your Personality challenges the target. He may refuse; if he does, dishonor him and gain 2 Honor. Destroy the duels loser.
Today I will uphold my clans honor. Can the same be said for you? Kakita Mitohime

3
EE Illus Caio Cacau TM & 2011 AEG 340 H 428

Selfless Defense

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Battle: Choose your performing unbowed Yojimbo Personality and target an enemy Personality: Move him home. Bow him if you control a Courtier or Shugenja. Battle: Destroy your performing Yojimbo and target one or more of your Courtier or Shugenja Personalities: Move them home.
Duty is never sacrifice.

4
EE Illus Stephanie Pui-Mun Law TM & 2011 AEG 341 l 428

Shadows Walk

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ion it

FEar ninja
pqrqqs

Open: Bow one or more of your performing Shadowlands Ninja Personalities and target a card without attachments: If the card is an attachment, destroy it. If it is a Personality with Chi lower than or equal to the number of performers, permanently give him Ninja and Shadowlands and take control of him. Lose 3 Honor.

1
EE Illus Lake Hurwitz TM & 2011 AEG 342 u 428

Shameful Injury

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Battle: Even if you control no units at the current battlefield, target a Personality: Negate all current and new Force bonuses and penalties on him from actions.
Better to die than live and become a burden upon your lord. Tangens Lies

4
EE Illus Chris Seaman TM & 2011 AEG 343 l 428

Snake Tattoo

ola K

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0
tattoo

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pqrqqs

Reaction: After another players Battle action targets your Tattooed Personality: Move him to an adjacent battlefield. If he is no longer a legal target for that action, negate its effects.
The rivalry among the monks of the Dragon and Spider never fully resolved, but bloodshed was rare.

2
EE Illus Jason Juta TM & 2011 AEG 344 u 428

Sneak Attack

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Reaction: After engaging: The Attacker has the first opportunity to take a Battle action or pass in this battle.
Landing the final blow may be more important than the first, but done correctly, one blow may be both first and final.

3
EE Illus beet TM & 2011 AEG 345 H 428

Sniping

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Reaction: After a Ranged Attack is targeted: Give it a strength bonus equal to its current strength.
Protecting the forests did not always mean protecting them from external threats. Not all their denizens were benign. Not all spirits were pure.

3
EE Illus Arkady Roytman TM & 2011 AEG 346 u 428

Solid Defense

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Political Reaction: Before the resolution of another players action, discard the Imperial Favor unless you control a Personality with 5 or higher Force: Negate any Honor losses from the actions effects. Battle: Target a Personality without attachments: Move him home.
To protect ones home is its own reward.

3
EE Illus Ed Cox TM & 2011 AEG 347 H 428

Souls Sacrifice

ola K

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ion it

Battle: Choose your performing unbowed Samurai with 3 or higher Personal Honor and target an enemy Personality: Move him home. Permanently give your Samurai Shadowlands and Undead.
If I had more, I would give it. As it is, I have only this meager life

2
EE Illus Thomas Denmark TM & 2011 AEG 348 l 428

Spinning Heel Kick

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

air Kiho
pqrqqs

Battle: Choose your performing Monk: Straighten him. You may take an additional Battle action, which he must perform.
With the monks, it is difficult to tell where mastery of the body ends and mastery of the spirit begins.

4
EE Illus Patrick Reinemann TM & 2011 AEG 349 l 428

Stay Put

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Ed t
0

ion it

Battle: Choose your performing unbowed Kensai and target an enemy card without attached Weapons or Armor: Bow it. You may attach a Weapon to your Kensai from your hand, paying all costs but paying 4 less Gold if he is defending.
What do you value? Life? Honor? Glory?

3
EE Illus Ancor Gil Hernandez TM & 2011 AEG 350 l 428

Steel on Steel

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0
iaijUtsU

ion it

pqrqqs

Battle: Choose your performing unbowed Personality and target an enemy Personality: Your performer duels the target. Destroy the duels loser.
Throughout the years, there remained one simple way to resolve any difference, no matter how serious.

3
EE Illus Thomas Denmark TM & 2011 AEG 351 l 428

Strategic Strike

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ion it

Battle: Bow your performing Scout Personality: Ranged 6 Attack, which may target a Personality with attached Followers if you have Reconnaissance.
A well placed arrow can accomplish what an army cannot. Tsuruchi Isas

2
EE Illus Edwin David TM & 2011 AEG 352 H 428

Strength in Terror

ola K

Ed t
0
FEar

ion it

pqrqqs

Battle: Choose your performing Paragon and target an enemy Personality: Reduce his Force by an amount equal to your Paragons Force. You may target and destroy one of the Personalitys attachments. Lose 3 Honor.
It is a strategy not lost upon the samurai of Rokugan. Look at their mempo. Some among us do not require such adornments, however. Daigotsu Kanpeki

1
EE Illus Gonzalo Ordoez Arias TM & 2011 AEG 353 u 428

Strength of Purity

ola K

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0

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Battle: Choose your performing Personality with 3 or higher Personal Honor: Give him +3F.
Honor is a well from which a samurai can draw great strength. When you have your honor you never fight alone. The Journals of Utagawa

1
EE Illus IFS TM & 2011 AEG 354 l 428

Summoned to Justice

ola K

Ed t
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political

ion it

pqrqqs

Battle: Choose your performing unbowed Courtier at any location and target an attacking Personality: Move him home. If he moved, bow him. If he is dishonorable, his controller loses Honor equal to his base Personal Honor.
Even when armies stand idle, the cause of justice is never still.

4
EE Illus Veronica V. Jones TM & 2011 AEG 355 u 428

Superior Opponent

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

FEar iaijUtsU
pqrqqs

As a Focus Effect: You may destroy an attachment at the current battlefield if your Personality in this duel is there. Battle: Choose your performing unbowed Duelist and target an enemy unit: Bow each Follower and Personality in it with equal or lower Force than your Duelists Chi.

4
EE Illus Brent Chumley TM & 2011 AEG 356 l 428

Surprise Attack

ola K

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ion it

Battle: Choose one or more of your performing Nonhuman Personalities at the current battlefield and target one of the enemy leaders Personalities there or at home: Create a battlefield (not associated with any province). Move all the performers and targets there.
The return of the Naga was welcomed by few, and feared by many.

2
EE Illus Paul (Prof.) Herbert TM & 2011 AEG 357 l 428

Tell the Tale

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Limited: Gain 1 Honor.

Twenty five years ago today, the age that the Ikoma and Miya historians have chosen to call the Age of Conquest began. Matsu Kasei

1
EE Illus Heather Hudson TM & 2011 AEG 358 l 428

The Compassion of the Unicorn

ola K

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0

ion it

As a Focus Effect: You may choose (now) to delay the effects of losing this duel until after the next Dynasty Phase begins. Battle/Open: Choose your performing unbowed Unicorn Clan Personality and target another unit: Straighten it. Gain 1 Honor, or 2 Honor if you do not control the target.
A samurai remains such even when his saya is filled.

3
EE Illus Gong Studios TM & 2011 AEG 359 J 428

The Courage of the Mantis

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As a Focus Effect: You may choose (now) to delay the effects of losing this duel until after the next Dynasty Phase begins. Battle: If any enemy units are at the current battlefield, choose your performing unbowed Mantis Clan Personality: Move him there. You may take an additional Battle action.
No enemy is so great as to require retreat.

1
EE Illus Luis NCT TM & 2011 AEG 360 J 428

The Courtesy of the Crane

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political

ion it

pqrqqs

As a Focus Effect: After this duel ends, if you won it, give all your provinces +2 strength. Open: Choose your performing unbowed Crane Clan Personality: Choose another player. He may draw a card. Draw two cards.
The open hand holds no weapon.

4
EE Illus Gong Studios TM & 2011 AEG 361 J 428

The Duty of the Crab

ola K

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ion it

As a Focus Effect: You may choose (now) to delay the effects of losing this duel until after the next Dynasty Phase begins. Battle: If you control any units at the current battlefield, choose your performing Crab Clan Personality who is face-up in your provinces or discarded (not dead): Bring him into play there, paying all costs.
A soul of strength knows no fear.

2
EE Illus Carlos NCT TM & 2011 AEG 362 J 428

The Empress Address

ola K

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political

ion it

pqrqqs

Reaction: After the resolution of an action or a battle that destroyed any of your Personalities in a defending army, bow your performing Courtier or Empress and target your nonUnique Personality with your Clan alignment in your discard pile: Bring him into play (in your home), ignoring costs. Gain 2 Honor.
Her voice was too pure for the people to bear.

EE Illus Patrick McEvoy

TM & 2011 AEG 363 H 428

The Fires of War

ola K

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0
UniqUE

ion it

pqrqqs

Battle/Open: You may use each ability on your Stronghold a second time this turn.
In the long years since the Destroyer War, only one war between the clans marred the Empire: that of the Phoenix and Scorpion. The War of the Twins was unfortunate, and cost many lives. May we never see its like again. The Miya Histories

4
EE Illus Chris Pritchard TM & 2011 AEG 364 H 428

The Height of Courage

ola K

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0

ion it

Reaction: Before the resolution of another players action, choose your performing Personality: Negate his movement from the actions effects. Battle: Choose your performing Personality: Give him and each of his Followers +1F.
A samurai does not fear enemies or death. When his end comes, it comes in glory and valor. It comes as a legend.

2
EE Illus Troy Graham TM & 2011 AEG 365 l 428

The Honesty of the Phoenix

ola K

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As a Focus Effect: You may choose (now) to delay the effects of losing this duel until after the next Dynasty Phase begins. Battle/Open: Choose your performing unbowed Phoenix Clan Personality: Name a card. After the next resolution this turn of your action from another Strategy or Ring with that title, draw a card, and choose a player, who discards a card.
Suffer not a lie to grow in your spirit.

3
EE Illus Gong Studios TM & 2011 AEG 366 J 428

The Honor of the Lion

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ion it

As a Focus Effect: You may choose (now) to delay the effects of losing this duel until after the next Dynasty Phase begins. Battle/Open: Choose your performing unbowed honorable Lion Clan Personality: Permanently give him a bonus raising his PH to 4 and the ability, Battle: Target an enemy Personality with equal or lower Personal Honor: Bow him. Gain 2 Honor. Act only with honor and all is glory.

3
EE Illus Gong Studios TM & 2011 AEG 367 J 428

The Laws Strength

ola K

Ed t
0
political

ion it

pqrqqs

Battle: Choose your performing Courtier or Magistrate and target a Personality: Move him home. If this did not move him home, destroy him.
Manipulation, gossip, and deceit are powerful tools, but none can stand against the righteousness of the law. The Empress will be done. Kitsuki Daisuke

3
EE Illus Luis NCT TM & 2011 AEG 368 u 428

The Light of Justice

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

impErial political
pqrqqs

Battle: If any enemy units are at the current battlefield, choose your performing Magistrate Personality at home: Move him to the current battlefield. If he moved, straighten his unit. If any dishonorable Personalities are now opposing him, you may take an additional Battle action.
You will suffer for your crimes!

EE Illus Felipe Gaona

TM & 2011 AEG 369 u 428

The Loyalty of the Scorpion

ola K

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0

ion it

As a Focus Effect: You may choose (now) to delay the effects of losing this duel until after the next Dynasty Phase begins. Reaction: After an action targets your Scorpion Clan Personality, destroy your performing Scorpion Clan Personality: Negate either the bowing, movement, or destruction of the target from the actions effects.
Absolute devotion is absolute harmony.

2
EE Illus Gong Studios TM & 2011 AEG 370 J 428

The Power of a Word

ola K

Ed t
0
political

ion it

pqrqqs

Reaction: After another players Battle action targets your Courtier: The player may choose to lose 3 Honor. If he did not choose this, negate the actions effects. Battle: Target one to three enemy dishonorable Personalities: The shadow of their shame shall fall upon their shoulders. Move them home.

3
EE Illus Wen Juinn TM & 2011 AEG 371 u 428

The Power of One

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

Battle/Open: Choose your performing Commander: Straighten his unit. Battle: Choose your performing unbowed Commander and target one or two enemy units with a combined total Gold Cost equal to or lower than your Commanders units total Gold Cost: Bow the targets.
Never underestimate the danger posed by one truly brilliant officer. Akodo Dairuko

2
EE Illus Caio Cacau TM & 2011 AEG 372 u 428

The Serpents Deception

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

FEar Kiho
pqrqqs

Battle: Choose your performing Monk and target an enemy Personality whose unit has lower total Force than your Monks unit: Move the target home. Your Monk feigns his injuries. He contributes Force to his army even if bowed. Lose 3 Honor.
Perhaps my wound is fatal, and perhaps not. I will outlive you, however.

1
EE Illus John Moriarty TM & 2011 AEG 373 u 428

The Shadow Court

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

Battle: Choose your performing defending Courtier and target an enemy Personality: Bow him. After the next time this turn another players action or a battle resolution destroys your Courtier, draw a card, and choose a player, who gains or loses 2 Honor.
The Imperial Court is by far the most important court, but by no means the only important court. Doji Makoto

4
EE Illus Anna Christenson TM & 2011 AEG 374 u 428

The Sincerity of the Dragon

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

As a Focus Effect: After this duel ends, if you won it, give all your provinces +2 strength. Battle/Open: Choose your performing unbowed Dragon Clan Personality: Name a number. After the next resolution this turn of your action from another Strategy or Ring with a base Focus Value equal to the number, draw a card, and choose a player, who discards a card.
Speak only your soul and know only peace.

4
EE Illus Gong Studios TM & 2011 AEG 375 J 428

The Slow Death

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

As a Focus Effect: After this duel ends, give its winner +3F. Battle: Target an opposed unit: Straighten it.
It seemed a simple cut at the time, but it would not stop bleeding. In moments, he was weakened, and then he was dead. Unfortunate, but such things happen. Bayushi Mitsuo

4
EE Illus Joe Wilson TM & 2011 AEG 376 H 428

The Strength of the Spider

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

As a Focus Effect: You may choose (now) to delay the effects of losing this duel until after the next Dynasty Phase begins. Battle: Choose your performing unbowed Spider Clan Personality and target an enemy Personality or Follower: Destroy it if it is bowed. Reduce its Force by an amount equal to your Personalitys Force. Bow it if its Force is now 0.
Conquest crushes all fear and doubt.

1
EE Illus Lake Hurwitz TM & 2011 AEG 377 J 428

The Trap is Sprung!

ola K

Ed t
0

Battle: If you have Reconnaissance, choose your performing unbowed Scout Personality, and target an enemy card: Bow it. Bow its unit if you are a Crane Clan player.
War between the clans is strictly forbidden in the Empire. In the Colonies, it seems wise to permit a bit of leeway in the interests of stress reduction. The Imperial Governor

2
EE Illus Andy Hepworth TM & 2011 AEG 378 H 428

2009 Kotei Winner Brian Fox

ion it

Torchs Flame Flickers

ola K

Ed t
0
rEcon

ion it

pqrqqs

Reaction: After engaging, choose your performing Scout at the current battlefield: You have Reconnaissance there. Negate the next card effect that bows one or more of your Personalities who is there (at the time).
Do not underestimate the Hiruma. Other Crab may be brutes, but the Hiruma are exceedingly dangerous. Shosuro Aroru

1
EE Illus Slawomir Maniak TM & 2011 AEG 379 l 428

Treachery and Deceit

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

Battle: Target a Personality whose units total Force is 7 or higher: Move him home.
The task before us is no less than when our mothers undertook it, Kisada said. If we are to succeed, we must put deceit behind us. Nitoshi nodded. To you and you alone, my friend, I shall never lie.

4
EE Illus Thomas Denmark TM & 2011 AEG 380 u 428

Twist of Fate

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

Reaction: Before your Dynasty Phase ends: Take an additional Limited or Open action.
Every day contains one thousand chances for your destiny to be changed. Choose a path, choose an ally, choose an enemy each affects all we do and all we ever shall do. The Tao of Shinsei

2
EE Illus Thomas Denmark TM & 2011 AEG 381 H 428

Undetectable Enemy

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

Reaction: After another players action targets your Oni: Negate its effects.
Do not think that the Empire is no longer troubled by oni. Our danger is greater than ever, for some have learned stealth and patience. Do not become so obsessed by the Spider that you lose sight of those who hide from them and us. Kuni Renyu

1
EE Illus Paul (Prof.) Herbert TM & 2011 AEG 382 u 428

Unimpeachable Name

ola K

Ed t
0
political

ion it

pqrqqs

Reaction: Before the resolution of another players action: Reduce each Honor loss from its effects by 3 (minimum 0). You may target and rehonor a dishonorable Personality. Battle: Bow your performing Shugenja and target an enemy card: Bow it. Gain 2 Honor.
Do not speak ill of her. You only harm yourself.

1
EE Illus Ancor Gil Hernandez TM & 2011 AEG 383 u 428

Unseen Assailant

ola K

Ed t
0
ninja

ion it

pqrqqs

Battle: Bow your performing Ninja: Ranged 3 Attack. If the Ranged Attack targeted a Personality, you may compare it against his Chi.
Wrong my family and I will not take vengeance tomorrow. I will wait years, until you have forgotten me, and then your death will simply be a mystery. Shosuro Konishi

2
EE Illus Joachim Gmoser TM & 2011 AEG 384 u 428

Useful Connections

ola K

Ed t
0
political

ion it

pqrqqs

Open: Bow your performing Courtier and target one or more Personalities, up to an amount equal to your Courtiers Chi: Give Cavalry to them and to each of their Followers.
He is magnificent! You must attend court with me next season so that we can display him properly!

3
EE Illus Bob Stevlic TM & 2011 AEG 385 H 428

Veiled Menace

ola K

Ed t
0
political

ion it

pqrqqs

Open: Choose your performing unbowed Courtier and target a dishonorable Personality: His controller loses 2 Honor. After each time he is assigned (this turn), his controller loses 1 Honor.
I think you may wish to choose your words more carefully. We all know how dangerous a misspoken word in court can be.

2
EE Illus IFS TM & 2011 AEG 386 u 428

Vigilant Eyes

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

darK virtUE insight

pqrqqs

Open: Choose your performing unbowed Samurai and target a Personality: Give him a Force penalty equal to your Samurais Force.
Consumed with the aftermath of the Destroyer War for many years, the Scorpion slowly began to insert themselves more fully in the affairs of the Empire, much to the regret of the other Great Clans.

4
EE Illus Rhonda Libby TM & 2011 AEG 387 l 428

Wall of Honor

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

Battle: Move your performing opposed Personality home: Increase or decrease the strength of the current battlefields province by an amount equal to the number of units on the enemy side there. Gain 2 Honor.
Seal it up, Kisada commanded. For the love of the Heavens, Nitoshi, you must seal it up in stone and steel.

3
EE Illus Fares Maese TM & 2011 AEG 388 H 428

Well Prepared

ola K

Ed t
0

ion it

Battle: If you control a Terrain, target a card in a unit: Bow or straighten the target.
Two and a half decades of peace can make a man weak and complacent. I will not have such things. We will have active drills twice per week. There will be no further breaches of the Second City. Akodo Tsudoken

3
EE Illus Mike Raabe TM & 2011 AEG 389 l 428

White Shore Plain

ola K

Ed t
0
tErrain

ion it

pqrqqs

While at the current battlefield, each of your Tacticians has the ability, Tactical Reaction: Before this battles resolution: Give this Tactician a Force bonus equal to his Chi. Battle: If there are no Terrains at the current battlefield: Put this card into play there.
It is a place heavy with destiny.

3
EE Illus Pamela Shanteau TM & 2011 AEG 390 u 428

Words Have Strength

ola K

Ed t
0
political

ion it

pqrqqs

You may only play one copy of Words Have Strength in reaction to any one resolution. Reaction: After a battles resolution, or the resolution of another players Battle action, if the resolution or action destroyed any of your Courtiers or Magistrates: Choose a player, who loses 3 Honor.

2
EE Illus Albert Tavira TM & 2011 AEG 391 u 428

Carpenter Castle

ola K

Ed t
castlE

o9n iti
4 4

pqrqqs

Siege Battle: Bow your target Castle or Siege card: Ranged 5 Attack. If this targeted a card, gain 2 Honor.
If war were a thing you could touch and feel, this is where it would be made. Kaiu Iemasa

EE Illus Noah Bradley

TM & 2011 AEG 392 J 428

Halls of the Forgotten

ola K

Ed t

o8n iti
4 3

Reaction: After another players Battle action targets your Berserker: Delay its effects on him until after this battle ends.
It is much like a tomb, cold and quiet. It only comes alive in times of war, which its denizens not only embrace, but celebrate. Were they turned upon the Empire, it would tremble. Akodo Dairuko

EE Illus Noah Bradley

TM & 2011 AEG 393 J 428

Kyuden Hida

ola K

Ed t

o8n iti
4 3

ExpEriEncEd
pqrqqs

Recon Reaction: After engaging: You have Reconnaissance at the current battlefield. Create and attach a 0F Scout Follower to each of one to three of your Personalities in your current army. Remove those Followers from the game after the battle ends. Rebuilt, stronger than ever. Hida Kisada

EE Illus Noah Bradley

TM & 2011 AEG 394 J 428

Yasuki Palaces

ola K

Ed t

o7n iti
5 3

ExpEriEncEd
pqrqqs

This card produces 1 less Gold when paying for a Personality. Battle: Even if this card is bowed and even if you control no units at the current battlefield, target an attacking Personality and pay 3 Gold: Move him home. If he moved, his controller loses 1 Honor.

EE Illus Noah Bradley

TM & 2011 AEG 395 J 428

Hidden Falls Dojo

ola K

Ed t
dojo

o7n iti
4 5

pqrqqs

Recon Open: Target one or two provinces: You have Reconnaissance at their battlefields. After each Cavalry Maneuvers Segment there is an additional Infantry Maneuvers Segment in which only your Scout Personalities may be assigned and only to the targeted provinces battlefields.

EE Illus Noah Bradley

TM & 2011 AEG 396 J 428

Kyuden Otomo

ola K

Ed t

o6n iti
4 6

impErial ExpEriEncEd
pqrqqs

You may substitute discarding a Favor token from this card for discarding the Imperial Favor as a cost. After you take the Imperial Favor: You may discard it; if you did, add a Favor token to this card. Political Open: Bow your performing honorable Courtier: Add a Favor token to this card.
EE Illus Noah Bradley TM & 2011 AEG 397 J 428

Shinden Asahina

ola K

Ed t
tEmplE

o6n iti
4 6

pqrqqs

Open: Even if this card is bowed, bow your performing Shugenja and target another players unbowed Personality: His controller may choose to bow him and negate his straightening (this turn). If he did not choose this, gain 1 Honor.
Here, all is serenity and truth.

EE Illus Noah Bradley

TM & 2011 AEG 398 J 428

The Aerie

ola K

Ed t

o6n iti
4 6

Iaijutsu Battle: Even if this card is bowed, choose your performing unbowed Samurai and target another players Personality: Your Samurai duels the Personality. Bow and dishonor the duels loser. The winners controller gains 1 Honor.
It is said the masters of the Doji Magistrates can see to the Mantis Islands. Kakita Mitohime
EE Illus Noah Bradley TM & 2011 AEG 399 J 428

Dragons Breath Castle

ola K

Ed t

o7n iti
4 5

After another players Dynasty Phase begins, if he controls any Personalities and he assigned none of them to an attacking army this turn: Gain 2 Honor. Reaction: Even if this card is bowed, after engaging at a battlefield at one of your provinces: The Attacker targets and bows one of his Personalities there.
EE Illus Noah Bradley TM & 2011 AEG 400 J 428

Foothills Keep

ola K

Ed t

o7n iti
4 5

Equipping Weapons is a Battle/Open action for you. Battle/Open: Choose your performing Kensai and target a Weapon in your discard pile: Attach it to him, paying all costs.
It is a humble name for a school of exceptionally dangerous enemies. Matsu Hachiro

EE Illus Noah Bradley

TM & 2011 AEG 401 J 428

Pillars of Virtue

ola K

Ed t

o7n iti
4 5

Reaction: After the resolution of a Kiho Battle action you took: Take an additional Battle action.
The pillars themselves remain within the Empire. The pillars within our spirit remain with us no matter where we go. Togashi Osawa

EE Illus Noah Bradley

TM & 2011 AEG 402 J 428

Watchful Eye Dojo

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Iaijutsu Open: Even if this card is bowed, choose your performing unbowed Personality and target another players Personality: Your performer challenges the target. He may refuse; if he did, dishonor him and gain 1 Honor. Bow the duels loser.
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Eternal Victory Dojo

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Your deck may include four copies each of one or two non-Unique Strategies with Battle abilities. Reaction: After your Tactical action resolves: Draw a card after the next End Phase begins.
The Lion train for war even during decades of peace. I find them both great and terrible. Asahina Michiru
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Halls of Memory

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Your Ancestor Personalities have 1F while attacking. Your Shugenja may use their base Battle abilities even if they are not at the current battlefield. After your Ancestor Personality is destroyed during a Combat Segment: Gain 1 Honor.
Here the Kitsu remember their ancestors
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Shamate Keep

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Your dishonorable Paragons do not have a maximum Personal Honor of 0 from the rulebook. Battle: Choose your performing unbowed Personality and target a Personality with equal or lower Personal Honor: Move him home. Gain 2 Honor if you do not control him. The Destroyers are gone, but we would be foolish to assume we will never be threatened. Matsu Kenji
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The Golden Plains

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Recon Reaction: After engaging: You have Reconnaissance at the current battlefield. Create a Terrain Strategy with the ability, Battle: If this card is in play, destroy it and target a Terrain in your hand: Take an additional Battle action to play it. Put it into play there.
I have traveled farther than any Lion in history, but nothing is so beautiful as home. Ikoma Shika
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Kalanis Landing

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This card will not produce Gold when paying for an attachment. After each phase begins: Straighten this card. Reaction: After an action is announced, target a card (in play): Give it 2 Gold Cost.

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Koshin Keep

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Recon Reaction: After engaging: You have Reconnaissance at the current battlefield. Until this battle ends, your Ranged Attacks that do not destroy their target have the additional effects, reduce the targets Force by the Ranged Attacks strength and you may take an additional Ranged Attack Battle action that may only target the same card. Naming it for the Fortune of Roads was a bit of irony.
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Kyuden Kitsune

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Your forests are maddening. Negate the first movement each battle into attacking armies at your provinces battlefields from other players actions. Limited: Bow your target Forest: Gain 1 Honor. We are never alone. Mantra of the Kitsune
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Suitengus Torch

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Reaction: After you announce a Thunder Battle action: Its effects will not be negated or delayed. Battle: Choose your performing unbowed Personality and target an enemy Personality: Move him home.
The sea can be harnessed, but never controlled
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Library of Rebirth

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Reaction: Even if this card is bowed, when paying for a Spell during the Combat Segment: Produce 4 Gold. Battle: Choose your performing Shugenja: Straighten him. You may take an additional Battle action.
Within the Second City, the Phoenix delved into all manner of lore once overlooked.
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Shiro Shiba

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Battle: Choose your performing unbowed Samurai: Melee 4 Attack, with +2 strength if you control a Shugenja.
An unassuming home for an unassuming people. They are what all warriors should strive to become. Isawa Tamaki

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Temple of Purity

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Open: Even if this card is bowed, target another players Personality: Give him 4F, which will not be negated. If he is Kolat, Ninja, or Shadowlands, you control an Inquisitor, and it is not your turn, choose a player, who gains or loses 2 Honor.
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Waystation of the Path

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Reaction: After another players action targets your performing Henshin, target another of your Personalities: The Henshin is reborn. Transfer his attachments and tokens to the other Personality. The actions effects that would destroy your Henshin instead overlay him onto the Personality.

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Law of Darkness Dojo

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After another player loses Honor from your Battle action: He loses 1 Honor. Battle: Even if this card is bowed, target an enemy Personality: Give him 4F. Bow him if he is dishonorable.

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Midday Shadow Court

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When a Lobby action checks Family Honor, your Honor is treated as 20 points higher. Political Open: Even if this card is bowed, target another players Personality: After the next time this turn he is assigned, or an action that he performed ends, dishonor him and his controller loses 1 Honor.
If you meet a friendly Scorpion, run. Munemoris Memoirs
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Shiro Chugo

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Political Reaction: Before an actions resolution, choose your performing unbowed Courtier: Reduce any Honor gain or loss from the actions effects by 2. Battle: Choose your performing unbowed Personality: Melee 4 Attack, with +1 strength if he is Loyal.
All I ask for is your life. Bayushi Nitoshi
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The Otoro Estate

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You do not lose Honor from Ninja cards you own. Ninja Open: Look at all face-down cards in one players provinces. Ninja Battle: Choose your performing unbowed Ninja Personality: Ranged 4 Attack. You may move your Ninja home. Scorpion holdings are rarely obvious to others.
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Keep of the Dead

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You do not lose Honor from Spider Clan and Fate cards you own. You ignore Honor Requirements on your Followers. Battle: Choose your performing Commander: If any enemy units are at the current battlefield or he assigned there, move him there. Straighten his unit if he moved.
This land is dead, but we will resurrect it. Daigotsu Kanpeki
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Steel Soul Dojo

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You do not lose Honor from Spider Clan and Fate cards you own. After the resolution of the first Dark Virtue action you took each phase: Draw a card.
Serve your lord until you are strong enough to take his place. It is the way of the Spider. Daigotsu Kanpeki
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The Shadows Lair

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You do not lose Honor from Ninja and Fate cards you own. Ninja Battle: Once per battle, even if this card is bowed and even if you control no units at the current battlefield, target one or more unopposed units with combined total Force of 9 or lower, or one opposed unit: Move each target home; this will not be negated or delayed if you control a Ninja.
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The Spiders Web

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After your Personality enters play: You may attach a Weapon to him from your hand, paying all costs but, once per turn, paying 4 less Gold if he is a Kensai.
Those who bear the Spiders mon and who are without the touch of Jigoku may remain within the Empire as monks. Voice of the Emperor

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Palace of the Breaking Dawn

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Your Ronin cards enter play paying 1 less Gold and ignoring Honor Requirements. Battle: Even if this card is bowed, choose your performing opposed Ronin Personality: Give him +2F.
Not since the Clan War have wave men been held in such esteem. The Legion of Two Thousand are men of honor indeed. The Imperial Herald
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Journeys End Keep

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Battle: Choose your performing unbowed Personality and target a Personality with as many or fewer Followers attached: Move him home; this will not be negated or delayed.
Here the Unicorn welcome their brothers to the Colonies after weeks of traveling. The celebrations they hold are legendary.

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Plains of the Maiden

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After you destroy a province or army in battle resolution as the Attacker: Gain Honor equal to the number of your Battle Maidens at the current battlefield.
The other families can devote their time to the Colonies if they wish. They know Rokugan is well protected. Utaku Ryoko

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The Khans Estate

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Tactical Limited: Choose your performing Tactician: He may not be assigned to attack this turn. Draw a card.
The division of Unicorn Champion and Khan was done to decentralize the clans power, to ensure that the tragedy of Chagatai might never be repeated. Miya Histories

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The Temple of Death

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Limited: Target a discarded Personality: He becomes honorably dead. Battle/Open: If you own a dead Personality, choose your performing unbowed Shugenja and target a Personality: Straighten him. You may bow him if this is the Combat Segment.
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