Hidden Weapons
Legend of the Five Rings card from Promotional–Emperor
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Holding
- Gold Cost
- 0
- Card Text
- You may Equip Weapons from under this Holding as a Battle/Limited action.
Limited: Put a Weapon in your hand under this Holding (face-down). - Legality
- A Brother's Destiny (Ivory Edition), Age of Conquest (Emperor)
- Deck
- Dynasty
- Notes
- Legal October 1st, 2013, Released to participants of the 2013 Sins Forgiven Global Storyline Tournament
Printings
Promotional–Emperor
- Rarity
- Promo
- Flavor Text
- Honorable clans do not engage in deceit and misdirection. However, where they choose to store their weapons is no one's business but their own.
- Artist
- Jason Juta
- Card Number
- 158
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rules Q&A
- Q: According to the the Search action, a player must always reveal a card he searched for if it the search effect requires a specific card type, to verify that he has retrieved the appropriate card or type. The holding Hidden Weapon does not utilize the word "Search", but it requires a specific card type, so is the player required to show the card to his opponent? If not, how does the opponent know it is actually a weapon? During a tournament, can a judge be called to verify the cards under the holding?
Thanks,
Relevant text: Search: "If an effect searches for a specific card (such as "Ring of Water") or card-type (such as "a Ring"), the player must show it if he chooses to retrieve it, to verify that he has retrieved the appropriate card or type..."
Hidden Weapons: "Limited: Put a Weapon in your hand under this Holding (face-down)."
A: You are not required to show the card you put under Hidden Weapons.
That said, if you are caught placing non-Weapons under the card during the course of the game, you could be subject to the penalties of rules infractions as indicated by the Code of Bushido tournament document if you are called on it by a judge or your opponent. Ben Higgins, "Hidden Weapons and "Search"", 17 Apr 2014 - Q: Hidden Weapons You may Equip Weapons from under this Holding as a Battle/Limited action. Limited: Put a Weapon in your hand under this Holding (face-down).
Are you allowed to look at the cards under the holding? Is your opponent?
A: The rules for the Under another card area of the game allow the owner of those cards to look at them at anytime, but other players may not. Ben Higgins, "Hidden Weapons", 1 Jan 2014