Brand of Fire and Thunder

Legend of the Five Rings card from Samurai Edition, Web of Lies, Promotional–Samurai

Card Type

Strategy

Gold Cost

0

Keywords

Fire, Kiho, Thunder

Card Text

Fire Kiho Thunder Limited: Bow your target performing Monk to draw a card.
Fire Kiho Thunder Reaction: When a Political action would target one of your Personalities, bow your target performing Monk; if this bowed him, you choose the target instead.
Fire Kiho Thunder Reaction: Before an Event resolves, bow your target performing Monk to negate the Event's effects. Its owner may draw a card.

Focus Value

2

Legality

Age of Enlightenment (Lotus), Race for the Throne (Samurai), Rain of Blood (Diamond)

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rulings

• Erratum: Reads,"Brand of Fire and Thunder 0G 2FV Kiho Fire Limited: Bow one of your target Monks: Draw a card. Kiho Fire Reaction: When a Political action would target one of your Personalities, bow one of your target Monks: You choose the target instead. Kiho Fire Reaction: Before an Event resolves, bow one of your target Monks: Negate the Event’s effects. Its owner may draw a card." [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007] Comprehensive Rules, Samurai Edition, with specific card rulings, final version, May 2009, p. 125

Rules Q&A

• Q: With regards to this Current Ruling.
  Based upon how this ruling reads, is the following scenario legal?
  My opponent announces a political action, say Shosuro Maru XP2, targeting one of my personalities. I, in turn, bow one of my monks to play Brand of Fire and Thunder, and redirect his action to Bayushi Tsimaru XP (since the original source of targeting still remains my opponent).
  A: Targets must still be legal.
  Shosuro Maru exp2's ability is Political. Assuming you are not Maru's controller, Bayushi Tsimaru exp is not a legal target for the action.
  You however, may choose to target Maru's controller's Bayushi Tsimaru exp with Brand of Fire and Thunder's Political Reaction. Dan Jacobson, "Tsimaru XP, Brand of Fire and Thunder, Maru XP2", 14 Apr 2009