Yoritomo Iwashi

Legend of the Five Rings card from Seeds of Decay

Card Type

Personality

Force

4

Chi

3

Honor Requirement

-

Gold Cost

7

Personal Honor

1

Clan

Mantis

Keywords

Naval, Magistrate, Mantis Clan, Samurai

Card Text

Limited: If Iwashi has been in an attacking army when it won a battle since your last turn began, target a Personality: Bow him.

Legality

Age of Conquest (Emperor)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: What is the timing constraint on Yoritomo Iwashi's ability? Iwashi's ability states "Limited: If Iwashi has been in an attacking army when it won a battle since your last turn began, target a Personality: Bow him." I've essentially been reading that to mean that it can only be used on the same turn in which he won a battle, meaning only after an Ambush, the battle created by Aramasu's Legacy, or some other method of creating a battle during your own action phase, but now I've been made to question that. So I suppose the question is, are your "last" turn and "latest" turn the same turn, or can I win a battle with Iwashi's army on my turn, go through my opponent's turn, and then, on my next turn, activate his limited ability?
  This is the only ruling on Iwashi I could find, but it doesn't deal with this question. http://www.alderac.com/forum/search.php?keywords=iwashi&terms=all&author=&fid%5B%5D=59&sc=1&sf=all&sr=posts&sk=t&sd=d&st=0&ch=300&t=0&submit=Search
  A: Your last turn is your turn prior to this one. Iwashi can be used if he was in a winning attacking army during the prior turn's normal attack phase; if he couldn't, he would say "since this turn began". Jon Palmer, "Yoritomo Iwashi", 19 Feb 2013
• Q: Say I win a battle or a raid with Yoritomo Iwashi then bring on in on my dynasty phase. On my next turn can I use both of the Iwashi limited actions since an Iwashi was in a winning battle or just the one that was actually in a winning battle?
  Limited: If Iwashi has been in an attacking army when it won a battle since your last turn began, target a Personality: Bow him.
  A: Just the one that was in the battle.
  See Special Wording Rules, References: References to the card’s title, or to a shortened form of the title in the case of Personalities (such as “Kei” as short for “Mirumoto Kei”), refer to the card itself. Such references by title refer only to that copy of the card, not to any other copy that might exist, unless they use wording such as “a Mirumoto Kei” or “a copy of Mirumoto Kei.” Alex Jones, "Yoritomo Iwashi", 19 Oct 2012
• Q: Nice, thanks both [EE] Yoritomo Iwashi. Does "last turn" refer to current turn in which he is performing his limited action, or to the turn before the current one? And, does a "battle won" require destruction of enemy units / provinces during the battle resolution segment? Thank you in advance
  A: 1. The turn before the current.
  2. No. Winning in EE only requires that your army had the higher Force (note the Rules reminder text on "Aramasu's Legacy"). Brook Cunningham, "Sun and Moon #rules-questions", 6 Jun 2025