The Egg of P'an Ku

Legend of the Five Rings card from Coils of Madness

Card Type

Item

Force

+0

Chi

+0

Gold Cost

10

Keywords

Unique, Experienced

Card Text

Limited: Bow one of your target unbowed Personalities. Remove this Item from the game. Create a copy of a target Personality, ignoring costs and restrictions. Bow the second target. He will not straighten, attack, or defend until after your next turn begins. Remove the copy from the game after your next turn begins.

Focus Value

4

Legality

A Brother's Destiny (Ivory Edition), Age of Conquest (Emperor)

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: Here, there was a ruling that the "other ruling" was reversed, but the link in the OP's post links to a thread wherein the ruling lists itself as a reversal as well.
  Coming back to the thread I linked above, is the ruling confirming that the Egg of P'an Ku can copy Matsu Nimuro xp2's ability or is it a reversal stating that it cannot do so?
  A: The Egg of P'an Ku xp may copy Matsu Nimuro xp2's ability. Jon Palmer, "Clarification on Egg vs. Nimuro Ruling", 23 Jul 2014
• Q: From here: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=106980&p=1409031&hilit=egg#p1409031 (First question)
  The card text says "Create a copy of a target Personality". To copy a personality, i guess you check each stat and copy it to the created card, but the text never references "base" stats, and I can't find anything on the CR that say that you should use the base stats when you copy a personality.
  Every other game procedure that checks a personality stat, check the actual one, not the base unless it explicitly says it does. Why does Egg of P'an Ku work differently?
  A: The definition of the word "copy" you're citing is for the verb.
  Egg of P'an Ku Exp creates "a copy" of the card, being a noun, synonymous with the printed "copys" of the card that you put in your deck. Brook Cunningham, "What does the Egg of P'an Ku exactly copy? (cont)", 16 Jun 2014
• Q: If the The Egg of P'an Ku Experienced is attached to a bowed personality, and it is the only personality I control, can I use the Egg's limited ability.
  Paul Ashman
  A: No. All targeting is required, and the first sentence requires you to target (and bow) your unbowed Personality...
  ...which by your own admission, you don't have. So, you can't announce an action for which you can't meet all the required targets. Brook Cunningham, "The Egg of P'an Ku Experienced", 1 Jun 2014