Doji Tatsuzo

Legend of the Five Rings card from Torn Asunder

Card Type

Personality

Force

1

Chi

3

Honor Requirement

5

Gold Cost

7

Personal Honor

4

Clan

Crane

Keywords

Courtier, Crane Clan

Card Text

Political Open: Target a Personality: While he is at the current battlefield (later this turn), you may take a Battle action even if you control no units there. After that action ends, end this action's effects on him.

Legality

Age of Conquest (Emperor)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: Hi If the personality tatsuzo's open action targets is at the battlefield, is it legal for me to play desperate mediation without presence as a 1 honor send home?
  Desperate Mediation Battle: In turn order, starting with you, each player targets and moves home one of his Personalities at the current battlefield. Then, gain Honor equal to the number of Personalities this moved.
  Doji Tatsuzo Political Open: Target a Personality: While he is at the current battlefield (later this turn), you may take a Battle action even if you control no units there. After that action ends, end this action's effect on him.
  A: Unfortunately, trying to take this action will not meet the Good Faith Rule's required targeting of your Personality. So you may not. Jon Palmer, "Tatsuzo and Desperate Mediation", 15 Apr 2013
• Q: Magistrate performs TLS on Monk. Monk reacts with ST.
  Would TLS destroy the Monk?
  +Would it make any difference if Doji Tatsuzo targeted the monk beforehand?
  Thanks
  A: Once Snake Tattoo has moved the Monk to the adjacent battlefield, he is no longer a legal target for The Law's Strength, so Snake Tattoo negates the effects of The Law's Strength. Both the movement and the (conditional) destruction from The Law's Strength are negated.
  Doji Tatsuzo's action allows you to ignore the Law of Presence, since it says, "even if you control no units [at the current battlefield]." It does not allow you to ignore the Law of Location. Alex Jones, "The Law's Strength vs Snake Tattoo", 4 Mar 2013