Strike First
Legend of the Five Rings card from A Line in the Sand
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Strategy
- Gold Cost
- 0
- Card Text
- Battle: Show two random cards in another player's hand. You may discard one of them; if you do, he draws a card. You may target your unbowed Scout to search your deck for Press the Advantage, show it, and put it in your hand. You may take an additional action to play Press the Advantage.
- Focus Value
- 1
- Legality
- A Brother's Destiny (Ivory Edition), A Brother's Destiny (Twenty Festivals)
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
A Line in the Sand
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- The Lion had already rallied to Seiken's banner. Yoritomo Hiromi had made it clear that an example should be made early. And quickly.
- Artist
- Sergio Camarena
- Card Number
- 148
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rules Q&A
- Q: I have a simple question about this card wording:
Is otherwise part referring only to "targeted by Strike First" condition or it also checks if I have searched deck for Show No Mercy?
For example, I use Strike First and discard, lets say Spearman, from my opponent hand. I search deck for Press the Advantage and take additional action to play it. I target mentioned Spearman and put it in my hand, buy I don't want to discard a card to search Show No Mercy (lets say I have good hand or I already used all 3 SNM earlier), Nnw the question is Spearman in my hand removed from the game, as I didn't do it?
A: The only contingent is if the card was discarded by Strike First. As long as it was, the "otherwise" won't happen; it will not be removed from the game if you don't search for a Show No Mercy. Brook Cunningham, "Press the Advantage", 16 Nov 2014