Fear the Thunder
Legend of the Five Rings card from The Coming Storm
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Spell
- Gold Cost
- 0
- Card Text
- Thunder Battle: Fear 1 (Bow a target enemy Follower, or Personality without Followers, with 1 or lower Force).
Thunder Interrupt, w: Give a Fear effect +2 strength. - Focus Value
- 1
- Legality
- A Brother's Destiny (Ivory Edition), A Brother's Destiny (Twenty Festivals)
- Deck
- Fate
- Story
- 2013 Kotei Winner - Artur Szymala
Printings
The Coming Storm
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- "What now?" Ryo demanded. "Will you kill me?"
"Yes, actually," Rukia replied. "I think so." - Artist
- Hannah Böving
- Card Number
- 104
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rules Q&A
- Q: It can interrupt itself, correct?
A: Indeed; nothing prevents the bottom ability from interrupting the top one. Brook Cunningham, "Fear the Thunder", 25 Aug 2014 - Q: Fear the Thunder: Thunder Battle: Fear 1 (Bow a target enemy Follower, or Personality without Followers, with 1 or lower Force). Thunder Interrupt, w: Give a Fear effect +2 strength. Shiba Kakei: Battle: Fear equal to 1 plus the number of actions resolved from your Kiho and Spells this battle.
This question surrounds when variables are checked.
I announce Shiba Kakei with no Spells announced yet this battle. I Interrupt with Fear the Thunder to increase it by 2. Does the Interrupt's resolution occur before or after the "How many spells you have cast" check?
Put another way, does this result in a Fear 3, or a Fear 4.
Thanks!
A: Since Interrupts resolve before the Battle action does, in this case, Kakei will produce a Fear 4. Jon Palmer, "Shiba Kakei + Fear the Thunder", 6 Jul 2014