Chuda Agent

Legend of the Five Rings card from Reign of Blood

Card Type

Holding

Gold Cost

2

Keywords

Retainer

Card Text

w: Produce 2 Gold.
w: Permanently give your target Personality -2C to produce 3 Gold.

Legality

Rain of Blood (Diamond)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: Especially since Chuda Agent/Bayushi Kamnan XP cannot give themselves -2C if they have 1 chi. If the perp doesn't survive the cost, and that cancels the cost being paid, I can see that.
  A: Not so much cancels the cost. The cost isn't paid. The Chi stat didn't go down a full two points in the end. A stat-floor was imposed on it. The net result wasn't sufficient to pay the cost. Martin Lund, "Rules for 16 and 17 April 2004", 18 Apr 2004
• Q: The question came up today about Chuda Agent.
  The limit of setting it back to zero happens after the penalty gets applied, so can you: 1) Attempt to use chuda agent to produce gold. 2) start paying costs with a 1 chi personality. 3) The personality goes to -1 chi 4) The chi value gets limited to 0 chi 5) the gold production fizzles since the reduction wasn't 2 chi and didn't provide the full cost of the Chuda Agent (but the person still dies because costs can't be repaid)
  A: I would say that you can't deliberately try and fail to pay the cost with someone who doesn't have enough Chi. Jeff Alexander, "rules for 25 Feb. 2004", 26 Feb 2004
• Q: Hello everybody,
  Got a couple of questions:
  I have an Agasha Seruma in play, use Chuda Agent to drop her Chi to zero. She goes to the discard pile. I now use MGC to put her back onto my Shrine of Humilty. What happens if I bring her out?
  1) What triggers first? Her Reaction, the Chi death or the bowing of Shrine of Humility?
  A: She enters play bowed, then dies. She can't use her Reaction. Jeff Alexander, "rules for 25 Feb. 2004", 26 Feb 2004