The Fruitful Port of the Mantis
Legend of the Five Rings card from Ivory Edition, Promotional–Ivory, Twenty Festivals, The Currency of War, Promotional–Twenty Festivals
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Stronghold
- Starting Family Honor
- 2
- Clan
- Mantis
- Keywords
- Port
- Card Text
- Limited,
: Draw a card.
(When going second, you may, once per game, produce 2 Gold) - Legality
- A Brother's Destiny (Ivory Edition), A Brother's Destiny (Twenty Festivals)
- Deck
- Pre-Game
Printings
Ivory Edition
- Rarity
- Fixed
- Flavor Text
- From the Island of Broken Waves, the Mantis ferry their cargos to all corners of the Empire, expanding their wealth with every turn.
- Artist
- Alayna Lemmer, Chris Ostrowski
- Card Number
- 368
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Promotional–Ivory
- Rarity
- Promo
- Flavor Text
- "Insult us with snide comments if you wish, but first consider… where did this food I eat come from?" - Yoritomo Hiromi
- Artist
- Alayna Lemmer
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Twenty Festivals
- Rarity
- Fixed
- Flavor Text
- "My brother's temperament notwithstanding, the best way to ensure that we are not crossed is to ensure that no clan can afford to alienate our mercantile interests." - Yoritomo Harumi
- Artist
- Alayna Lemmer, Chris Ostrowski
- Card Number
- 368
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
The Currency of War
- Rarity
- Fixed
- Flavor Text
- "Let the Empire look down upon commerce all they wish. When the Mantis can fund an army to defeat any foe, they will reconsider their ludicrous ideas." - Yoritomo Hiromi
- Artist
- Alayna Lemmer
- Card Number
- 58
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Promotional–Twenty Festivals
- Rarity
- Promo
- Flavor Text
- "My brother's temperament notwithstanding, the best way to ensure that we are not crossed is to ensure that no clan can afford to alienate our mercantile interests." - Yoritomo Harumi
- Artist
- Alayna Lemmer, Chris Ostrowski
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rules Q&A
- Q: Shabura [Promo]
4F/2C
0HR/8GC/1PH
Bushi * Naga * Nonhuman
Open, Bow: Give Shabura a -2F/+3C Change token of she does not have one, or remove one if she does.
"My people are no longer numerous. Our temples abandoned, our cities in ruins. We no longer wield the powers we once held. But our tale is not yet concluded."
I understand the rules policy has been relaxed somewhat to permit the asking of questions about officially previewed cards. I therefore have a couple of quick questions about Shabura:
a) If I my stronghold is the Fruitful Port of the Mantis (a Mantis-Clan stronghold), and I recruit Shabura from my province (absent other cards, actions, interrupts, or shennanigans), what is the gold cost I must pay? 8 gc, or 10 gc? (I.E., does Shabura have a clan keyword, or is she unaligned? There is no spelled-out clan keyword, but looking at the mon she appears to have a printed clan keyword... .)
b) If the answer to the above is 10 gc because Shabura has a clan mon, and I am drafting, can I choose whatever clan Shabura belongs to (assumption in that case would be "Naga Clan", but you know what they say about assumptions...) as one of my clans? (For flavour reasons / tournament reporting reasons, even if I do not draft (or cannot draft) any cards with her clan keyword?)
Thanks!
A: a) If you're playing by Ivory Edition rules, you pay 8. Under those rules, only the 9 great Clans are Clan Alignments. Her funtastic border only counts as a Clan Alignment in Legacy/Big Deck play, by their separate rules. Brook Cunningham, "Gold Cost and draft clan choice?", 23 Jul 2014