Fierce Blood of the Earth
Legend of the Five Rings card from The New Order, Three Dynasties
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Spell
- Gold Cost
- 0
- Card Text
- This Shugenja has Shadowlands.
Maho Battle, w: Bow or destroy your target Personality to give this Personality a Force bonus equal to the target's Force or Chi (you choose). Lose 2 Honor. - Focus Value
- 0
- Legality
- A Brother's Destiny (Ivory Edition), A Brother's Destiny (Twenty Festivals), Three Dynasties
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
The New Order
- Rarity
- Rare
- Flavor Text
- "The process is painful, I suppose. The screaming can be rather tiresome, but I must maintain my appearances." - Hida Ruri
- Artist
- Marcel Mercado
- Card Number
- 106
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Three Dynasties
- Rarity
- Fixed
- Flavor Text
- "The rest of your life would have been wasted. Better to give it to me."
- Artist
- Marcel Mercado
- Card Number
- 354
- Publisher
- Onyx Lives
- Publisherurl
- https://sites.google.com/view/the-onyx-lives-project/home
Rules Q&A
- Q: If I have an Air shugenja with both Ward of Air and Fierce blood of the Earth, can I attempt to destroy a personality to get Fierce Blood's force bonus, and then negate the destruction with War of Air?
The previous precedent ruling with Thoughtless Sacrifice would leave me to think no, but then again costs have changed to gold and bowing, if I'm not mistaken.
A: Fierce Blood of the Earth uses "to" wording, which means effect A (the bowing or destruction, which is not a cost) has to happen in order for effect B (the Force bonus) to happen. If the bowing/destruction is negated, you will not gain the Force bonus. Sorry! Jon Palmer, "Ward of Air and Fierce Blood of the Earth", 14 Jul 2015