My Lord's Favor
Legend of the Five Rings card from Seeds of Decay, Ivory Edition, Promotional–Ivory
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Strategy
- Gold Cost
- 0
- Keywords
- Favor, Political
- Card Text
- Political Open: Target your Personality. Take the Imperial Favor.
Favor Political Battle/Open: Discard the Imperial Favor to straighten your target Personality's unit. - Focus Value
- 4
- Legality
- A Brother's Destiny (Ivory Edition), A Brother's Destiny (Twenty Festivals), Age of Conquest (Emperor)
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
Seeds of Decay
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Flavor Text
- "Make sure he is given all that he requires in order to discharge his duty."
- Artist
- Llyn Hunter
- Card Number
- 134
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Ivory Edition
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- "For one's worth to be recognized by one's own lord is one of the most sublime pleasures a samurai can enjoy." - Akodo's Leadership
- Artist
- Llyn Hunter
- Card Number
- 328
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Promotional–Ivory
- Rarity
- Promo
- Flavor Text
- "For one's worth to be recognized by one's own lord is one of the most sublime pleasures a samurai can enjoy." - Akodo's Leadership
- Artist
- Llyn Hunter
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rules Q&A
- Q: 1) As discarding the Favor for an action like My Lord's Favor is no longer a cost, but an affect, do I keep my Favor when the shadowed estate called My Lord's Favor?
2) If I havn't got the Favor and the opponent called my Lord's Favor, may I announce the Favor action? In the advanced rulebook is written there will be the good faith rule in the tournament rulebook. Under EE rules good faith says: Aspects of the game state are taken into account in determining legality under the Good Faith Rule, such as effects that reduce costs, prevent costs from being paid, or relax requirements. So concerning the game state I know that I wont have to discard the favor during the action.
The Shadowed Estate of the Scorpion: Tireless Open: Name a Fate card, or name a Dynasty card in play. Negate the effects of the next action from a card with that title.
My Lord's Favor: Favor Political Battle/Open: Discard the Imperial Favor to straighten your target Personality's unit.
A: 1. Yes.
2. Yes, you may, as long as you have it in hand and have a Personality to target. You can't just announce My Lord's Favor without even having the card or the required target, whether you have the Favor or not. That said, because discarding the Favor is an effect, you can even announce and play My Lord's Favor without having the Favor even with the Scorpion Stronghold removed from consideration, just to dump it out of your hand, if you want. All its effects -- discarding the Favor and the subsequent straightening that is conditional upon -- will fail, but such is life? Brook Cunningham, "Favor actions + The Shadowed Estate of the Scorpion", 1 Feb 2014