House of Loose Silk

Legend of the Five Rings card from A Line in the Sand

Card Type

Holding

Gold Cost

6

Keywords

Geisha House, Sake House

Card Text

w: Produce 5 Gold.
After a Personality is Recruited, you may bow and destroy this Holding to bow him, and you gain a Conspiracy token if his controller has no unbowed Personalities in play.

Legality

A Brother's Destiny (Ivory Edition), A Brother's Destiny (Twenty Festivals)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: In this ruling
  viewtopic.php?f=59&t=114038
  The question was if there were no Oboro in play or in the discard pile but the answer states that Oboro's invest may be used. An invested oboro only gets to shuffle in and conspiracy token other Oboros in play or discard pile, so the question or answer needs a small tweak.
  A: You're correct. Updated. Jon Palmer, "Clarification of specific question on House of Loose Silk and Oboro", 8 Jun 2015
• Q: House of Loose Silk
  Could I use 3 of them on them same personality entering play to gain 3 tokens?
  A: Absolutely. The bow effect will fail to bow him once he is already bowed, but in each case, as long as the "no unbowed Personalities in play" clause is met, you will gain a Conspiracy token. Jon Palmer, "House of Loose Silk", 7 Jun 2015
• Q: House of Loose Silk:
  Oboro:
  Suppose I have no personalities in play and in my discard pile, can I use Oboro's invest AND the holding's trait to get 2 conspiracy tokens?
  A: Oboro only reshuffles OTHER copies of Oboro. Therefore, you may House of Loose Silk her to bow her and gain the Conspiracy token, but her Invest in this scenario will not shuffle any copies any you will not gain Conspiracy tokens from it. Jon Palmer, "House of Loose Silk + Oboro", 7 Jun 2015
• Q: Does House of Loose Silk's Conspiracy generation trait require a Personality to be recruited to trigger and can it be triggered off your own Personality being recruited?
  A: Yes, and yes. Brook Cunningham, "House of Loose Silk", 21 Sep 2014