Political Standoff
Legend of the Five Rings card from Ivory Edition, Onyx Edition, Shattered Empire
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Event
- Keywords
- Kharmic
- Card Text
- After a player gains Honor, or any of his opponents lose Honor from the rulebook or cards they do not own, give him an equal number of Influence tokens. A player who begins his turn with 50 or more Influence tokens wins the game. This Event will not be discarded from play, nor have its effects prevented.
Political Open: If no player controls a copy of Political Standoff, put this Event into play. - Legality
- A Brother's Destiny (Ivory Edition), A Brother's Destiny (Twenty Festivals), War of the Seals (Onyx Edition), Shattered Empire
- Erratum
- Tech errata to clarify the scope of its prevention trait, via Oracle.
Functional errata to require the player to select either an honor-based or dishonor-based track (Shattered Empire environment only): 30 Jun 2026 - Deck
- Dynasty
Printings
Ivory Edition
- Rarity
- Rare
- Notes
- "MRP'ed" with Onyx Edition environment to gain Legacy and Unique keywords.
Functional errata to require the player to select either an honor-based or dishonor-based track (Shattered Empire environment only): 30 Jun 2026 - Artist
- Shen Fei
- Card Number
- 5
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Onyx Edition
- Rarity
- Fixed
- Artist
- Shen Fei
- Card Number
- 5
- Publisher
- Onyx Lives
- Publisherurl
- https://sites.google.com/view/the-onyx-lives-project/home
Shattered Empire
- Rarity
- Fixed
- Artist
- Shen Fei
- Card Number
- 6
- Publisher
- Onyx Lives
- Publisherurl
- https://sites.google.com/view/the-onyx-lives-project/home
Rulings
- Erratum: Functional errata to require the player to select either an honor-based or dishonor-based track (Shattered Empire environment only). The Onyx Lives Project, 30 Jun 2026
Rules Q&A
- Q: If either I or my opponent bring more than one total copies of Political Standoff into play each player will then gain Influence tokens equal to the total honor gained/lost times the number of Political Standoffs in play, correct?
For instance there are two Standoffs in play, and I play Favors in my limited phase. Do I gain 2 Influence tokens or 4?
Relevant Text: Favors: "Political Limited: Bow your target unbowed Courtier. A target player gains or loses 2 Honor."
Political Standoff: "After a player gains Honor, or any of his opponents lose Honor from the rulebook or cards they do not own, give him an equal number of Influence tokens. A player who begins his turn with 50 or more Influence tokens wins the game. This Event will not be discarded from play, nor have its effects prevented."
A: Off the top of my head, it's not possible to put multiple Political Standoffs into play. The ability that puts them into play says (emphasis mine):
"Political Open: If no player controls a copy of Political Standoff, put this Event into play."
So, as long as one is out, no others' abilities are legal to take. Brook Cunningham, "Multiple Political Standoff", 5 May 2014 - Q: When using political standoff vs scorpion box. If I proclaim a guy with 4ph, the stronghold reduces the gain by 1. Would I get 4 tokens for political standoff?
A: No, just 3. You gain the tokens after you gain the Honor, equal to the amount you gained. Brook Cunningham, "Sun and Moon #rules-questions", 30 Sep 2023