Blade of Fury

Legend of the Five Rings card from Hidden City

Card Type

Item

Force

+1

Chi

+1

Gold Cost

1

Keywords

Weapon, Shamesword

Card Text

After this card attaches: Dishonor this Personality.
This Personality will not be rehonored.
This card will not be transferred.
After a Personality is destroyed while in a battle or duel while he had this card attached, even if this card is in a discard pile: The player who controlled him when he was destroyed draws a card and gains 2 Honor.

Focus Value

2

Legality

Rain of Blood (Diamond)

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: Nest question. If a dishonored Personality can't be returned to Honorable status (e.g. has a Blade of Fury attached,) can Deathseeker's Oath still be played on him to receive the benefits of +1F and +3 Yu or does the action simply have no effect?
  A: The Action need only target a Dishonored Samurai. If any of its effects are Negated for some reason, the rest resolve as normally. If the Samurai with Blade of Fury is Oathed, he'll still get the +1F, Yu +3, and Deathseeker trait. Martin Lund, "Rules for 24 June 2004", 28 Jun 2004
• Q: Let's say I have a Blade of Fury on a samurai. He loses to a For the Empire. The samurai has 2 personal honor. I also have a Shrine to Jurojin in play unbowed.
  A: On page 87 of the Diamond Edition Rulebook, it states that if a card is destroyed or removed from the game, everything attached to it at that time will suffer the same fate. That means the destruction with be simultaneous.
  Blade of Fury says, "This Personality may not be restored to Honor while Blade of Fury is attached. Blade of Fury may not be moved. After this, Personality is destroyed while in a battle or duel, his controller draws a card and gains 2 Honor."
  Shrine of Jurojin says, "Bow Shrine to Jurojin before a bowed or unbowed Personality dies dishonorably to restore that Personality to honor first. If the Personality is yours, gain 2 Honor."
  Jurojin happens BEFORE the destruction of any cards. Its re-honoring effect fails due to Blade of Fury. You gain 2 Honor, though. You'd normally restore your Personality to honor instead, but you can't do that due to the Blade so the whole mechanism fails. The honor gain happens normally.
  Then the Personality and his attached cards are destroyed. You lose 2 Honor from your Personality dying Dishonorably.
  After that, the effect from Blade of Fury triggers. You gain 2 Honor and draw a card. Your Personality wasn't involved in that gain (not targeted or anything) so the gain happens normally. Martin Lund, "Rules for 8 June 2004", 10 Jun 2004