Change of Loyalty

Legend of the Five Rings card from Shadowlands

Card Type

Strategy

Gold Cost

0

Card Text

Reaction: Before you bring a Unique Personality into play that is already in play controlled by another player: Destroy the other player's Personality.

Focus Value

2

Legality

Clan Wars (Imperial)

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rulings

• Feign Death will not save the original Personality, who will be unable to return to play because of Uniqueness conflicts. [DW, 24 April 1996] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 9
• Cannot be used to destroy an existing Egg of Pan Ku-Personality in order to play a new Egg of P'an Ku. Can only be used to bring a Unique Personality into play [Card text], but until it's in play, the Egg is an Action card. It can be used to destroy an existing Egg if you're playing the False Hoturi, regardless of whom the Egg is copying. [DW, 6/5/96] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 9
• If there are multiple conflicting Personalities with the same name and experience level (e.g., due to One Life, One Destiny), they are all destroyed. [DW, email, 13 February 1999] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 9
• Feign Death will not prevent the destruction of the original Personality. [DW, l5rinfo, 5/24/96] Accumulated Rulings, February 8, 2000, p. 20
• The original Personality will find another card with its title already in play when it attempts to return, and will be destroyed again by the Uniqueness rule. Cannot be used to destroy an existing Egg-Personality in order to play a new Egg of P'an Ku. [DW, l5rinfo, 6/5/96] Accumulated Rulings, February 8, 2000, p. 20
• Can only be used to bring a Unique Personality into play [card text], but until it's in Accumulated Rulings Accumulated Rulings, April 22, 1998, p. 10
• play, the Egg is an Action card. [Note that it can be used to destroy an existing Egg if you're playing the False Hoturi, regardless of whom the Egg is copying. -- jwa] Accumulated Rulings, April 22, 1998, p. 11