Brilliant Victory

Legend of the Five Rings card from Samurai Edition, Pre-Imperial Edition, Imperial Edition, Emerald Edition, Obsidian Edition, Jade Edition, Pearl Edition, Promotional–Twenty Festivals, Shadowlands, Anvil of Despair, Crimson and Jade, Time of the Void, Hidden Emperor Starter, Scorpion Clan Coup Starter, Soul of the Empire, Promotional–Samurai

Card Type

Strategy

Gold Cost

0

Card Text

Battle: After this battle resolves, if you won it and destroyed one or more Provinces or units during its resolution, gain 3 Honor.

Focus Value

2

Legality

A Brother's Destiny (Twenty Festivals), Clan Wars (Imperial), Hidden Emperor (Jade), Race for the Throne (Samurai), War of the Seals (Onyx Edition)

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rulings

• Erratum: Reads, "Brilliant Victory 0G 2FV Reaction: Play this card immediately after destroying an opposing army or Province as the Attacker or Defender. Gain an extra +3 Honor. Only one copy of this card can be played per battle." [MRP, Soul of the Empire] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 9
• Is Political. [Reversal; JA, email, 31 October 2000] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 9
• Generates a separate honor gain rather than increasing the gain from winning the battle. Thus, it is not Political. [DW, email, 6/27/97] Accumulated Rulings, February 8, 2000, p. 19
• Clarified: can only be played if you were the Attacker or Defender. Text Change & Errata List, February 15, 2000, p. 2
• Erratum: Reads, "Brilliant Victory 0G 2FV Reaction: After you destroy one or more provinces or units by winning a battle: Gain 3 Honor." [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007] Comprehensive Rules, Samurai Edition, with specific card rulings, final version, May 2009, p. 126

Rules Q&A

• Q: If I destroy a province that I targetted with Daidoji Jitawa's recon action, and the card I draw is Brilliant Victory, am I then still able to play Brilliant Victory in response to destroying that province?
  Recon Limited: Target a province. After the next time this turn it is destroyed by battle resolution, gain 2 Honor and draw a card.
  Reaction: After you destroy one or more provinces or units by winning a battle: Gain 3 Honor.
  A: Yes.
  The delayed effect of Jitawa occurs first, and you draw a card. If that card is Brilliant Victory, you may then play it, should you so desire. Dan Jacobson, "Brilliant Victory and Daidoji Jitawa", 13 Jan 2009
• Q: There are a number of ways to rehonor a dishonorable Personality.
  * Before a player gains Honor from an action or trait that targeted, came from, or was performed by one or more of his or her dishonorable Personalities, the Personality is rehonored and the Honor is not gained.
  A: Brilliant Victory does not target, come from, and is not performed by any of your Personalities. Martin Lund, "Brilliant Victory and Rehonor", 18 Oct 2007
• Q: * Before a player gains Honor from attaching a card to one of his or her dishonorable Personalities, the Personality is rehonored and the Honor is not gained.
  A: Brilliant Victory is not an attachment. Martin Lund, "Brilliant Victory and Rehonor", 18 Oct 2007
• Q: * Before a player with one or more dishonorable Personalities in his or her army gains Honor from allying with that army (see Invite Allies) or from destroying opposing cards in battle resolution, all such dishonorable Personalities are rehonored and the Honor is not gained. In a tied battle, all dishonorable Personalities in an army are rehonored before being destroyed, and their army’s leader gains no Honor.
  A: Brilliant Victory is an Action Card that produces Card Effects. That is not the same thing as the honor gain from destroying opposing cards in battle resolution (which is a specific Rulebook Effect).
  Hope this helps! Martin Lund, "Brilliant Victory and Rehonor", 18 Oct 2007