Aroru Sensei

Legend of the Five Rings card from Twenty Festivals

Card Type

Sensei

Province Strength

+0

Gold Production

-1

Starting Family Honor

-1

Keywords

Scorpion Clan

Card Text

Iaijutsu actions you take are Ninja instead. Reduce your Honor losses from your Ninja cards by 2.
Interrupt, w: After another player refuses a challenge or loses a duel from an action that targeted his Personality and your Ninja, give a -1F/-1C Poison token to his Personality.

Legality

A Brother's Destiny (Twenty Festivals)

Deck

Pre-Game

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: Aroru Sensei Interrupt, w: After another player refuses a challenge or loses a duel from an action that targeted his Personality and your Ninja, give a -1F/-1C Poison token to his Personality.
  Shosuro Saigyo Ninja Battle: A target enemy Personality challenges Saigyo. Give the winner +2F.
  Why exactly does this not work? I can understand the refusal wouldn't go off but why wouldn't the loss? The battle action targets a another player's personality and my ninja so i don't understand exactly why it would not do anything?
  A: The action comes from Saigyo - it doesn't target him, only the "enemy Personality": The word “target” must appear for the procedure to be considered targeting. Alex Jones, "Re: Aroru sensei and saigyo", 30 May 2015
• Q: Can I interrupt Saigyo duel with Aroru Sensei?
  Aroru Sensei Interrupt, w: After another player refuses a challenge or loses a duel from an action that targeted his Personality and your Ninja, give a -1F/-1C Poison token to his Personality.
  Shosuro Saigyo Ninja Battle: A target enemy Personality challenges Saigyo. Give the winner +2F.
  It would be hilarious if Scorpion ninja sensei would not work with the only Scorpion ninja able to create a duel, but hey...
  A: You are correct, Aroru Sensei does not combine with Saigyo, as his ability does not target your ninja.
  You are incorrect, however, that Saigyo is the only Scorpion ninja able to create a duel. Jon Palmer, "Aroru Sensei + Shosuro Saigyo", 17 Apr 2015
• Q: Which of the two following scenarios is the correct outcome for the interaction between these two cards?
  Scenario A) I focus Spirited Dispute during the duel to negate the consequences of losing in exchange for losing the duel. My opponent then bows Aroru Sensei to give my personality a -1F/-1C token as a trigger to losing the duel as it is not itself, a consequence.
  Scenario B) I focus Spirited Dispute during the duel to negate the consequences of losing in exchange for losing the duel. My opponent may not bow Aroru Sensei as Aroru Sensei's trigger is a consequence of losing the duel.
  Thanks!
  A: Aroru Sensei's ability is an Interrupt, which means it must be played during the Interrupt, long before any cards are focused. So B is closer, but the opponent would've had to make the decision before you focused anything. Jon Palmer, "Spirited Dispute and Aroru Sensei", 11 Mar 2015