Clash of Blades
Legend of the Five Rings card from Twenty Festivals
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Strategy
- Gold Cost
- 0
- Card Text
- Iaijutsu Open: Your target unbowed Personality challenges a target Personality. Dishonor and permanently remove all abilities from the loser. The winner gains 1 Honor.
- Focus Value
- 4
- Legality
- A Brother's Destiny (Twenty Festivals), War of the Seals (Onyx Edition)
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
Twenty Festivals
- Rarity
- Rare
- Flavor Text
- "You better have the strength to finish what you start here!" Ayahi roared.
Akifumi's eyes narrowed. "No, I think you should live with this mistake." - Artist
- Immar Palomera
- Card Number
- 278
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rules Q&A
- Q: The effect of this duel only gets rid of printed abilities and not traits correct?
A: Clash of Blades removes abilities whether printed or granted.
Neither keywords nor traits are abilities.
Note that the Tactical Advantage ability "cannot be removed". Alex Jones, "Clash of Blades clarification", 5 Jun 2015 - Q: Question on removing abilities (Onyx): Kachiko cw enters play and uses her ability. She loses a ‘Clash of Blades’ on the following turn removing her ability while she’s still bowed. Does her ability persist until her controller chooses to straighten her?
A: Removing an ability will not stop effects it's already created. "May remain bowed" as an action's effect is ongoing with an implicit duration of until the card straightens. Brook Cunningham, "Sun and Moon #rules-questions", 19 Dec 2023