Dark Ring of Fire

Legend of the Five Rings card from Rise of Otosan Uchi

Card Type

Ring

Keywords

Experienced, Unique, Fire, Shadowlands

Card Text

You may not include this Ring with Ring of Fire in your deck. This Ring does not count towards an Enlightenment Victory.
Battle/Open: If two or more Personalities have been destroyed this phase by their controller's actions, put this Ring into play and lose 3 Honor.
Response, w: If the action bowed a Personality at a battlefield, destroy a target card without attachments in the Personality's unit.

Focus Value

4

Legality

War of the Seals (Onyx Edition), Shattered Empire

Erratum

Functional errata to remove the ability to discard the Ring for its printed action: 30 Jun 2026

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rulings

• Erratum: Functional errata to remove the ability to discard the Ring for its printed action. The Onyx Lives Project, 30 Jun 2026

Rules Q&A

• Q: [ShE] Could someone describe the exact timing involved in playing Actions, Interrupts, and Responses?
  I would like to take an action to issue a challenge during battle, use Takao Sensei to search for the Dark Ring of Fire, and then use the Dark Ring of Fire as a response to the challenge.
  The Onyx/ShE rulebook just says this step takes place between resolve the action's effects, and discard the action. But, Interrupts are played all at once before resolving, aren't they? So, are Responses treated the same way? Or, am I wrong about how Interrupts work?
  A: This is the action Sequence: Announce Pay costs Choose Targets Interrupts Resolve the action Responses.
  Oh, and yes, you were wrong about Interrupts. They work the same as Responses, as we just described above. Brook Cunningham, "Sun and Moon #rules-questions", 26 Sep 2025
• Q: Question about the Dark Ring of Fire, if I cause Chi death on my Personality, does that count as being destroyed by my action?
  A: Chi death is from the Rulebook. Brook Cunningham, "Onyx Lives #rules-questions", 17 Dec 2023