The Hooded Ronin, Descendant of Shinsei

Legend of the Five Rings card from Siege: Clan War, Promotional–Ivory

Card Type

Personality

Force

2

Chi

5

Honor Requirement

0

Gold Cost

8

Personal Honor

2

Clan

Unaligned

Keywords

Duelist, Unique, Ashigaru, ExperiencedCW, Monk, Ronin, Samurai

Card Text

Cannot gain Corruption tokens or Shadowlands. Can only be controlled by his owner. Need not bow for your Kiho actions.
Open, w, : Give Destined to a target face-up Personality in a Province and ignore their Honor Requirement. If they are a Seven Thunder, you may Recruit them. One or more target players may each straighten a Ring they control.

Legality

A Brother's Destiny (Twenty Festivals), War of the Seals (Onyx Edition)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: So this guy, as well as the Seven Thunder Personalities are legal for standard play. My question is this:
  If I have THR in play, and my opponent flips a Loyal Seven Thunder (Let's say Bayushi Kachiko, Seven Thunder, EXP CW), can I recruit her using THR's ability? According to the comprehensive rules: "A Personality with the Loyal keyword will not be controlled by a player who does not share a Clan Alignment with the Personality. This restricts entering play as well as changing control" But since cards override the rules, and THR specifically allows me to recruit the personality, and the recruit action brings people into play...I'm thinking maybe I could do it?
  A: No, sorry, you can't.
  Cards need to specifically override rules in order to actually do so.
  If the Hooded Ronin allowed such Recruiting as you describe, he would say, "you may Recruit them [ignoring restrictions]." Brook Cunningham, "The Hooded Ronin, Descendant of Shinsei EXP CW", 9 Aug 2015
• Q: Just a question about The Hooded Ronin, Descendant of Shinsei xpCW: Does he allow me to ignore the loyal keyword (which all the seven thunders have, except for Toturi)?
  A: No. Brook Cunningham, "Sun and Moon #rules-questions", 25 Jan 2024