Hoji Ejiro

Legend of the Five Rings card from Gathering Storms

Card Type

Personality

Force

2

Chi

2

Honor Requirement

-

Gold Cost

3

Personal Honor

0

Clan

Mantis

Keywords

Infiltrator, Kobun, Merchant

Card Text

Before the cost of an action from a Strategy is paid, once per turn you may have it cost less; if you did, the player who controls, or is, its target(s) loses 1 Honor after targets are chosen.

Legality

Shattered Empire

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: A few questions about Aohama:
  Does Aohama reduce the cost of discipline?
  If Aohama is in play, and Hoji Ejiro are in play, if I rout, because routs cost is reduced Ejiro can't use his trait?
  A: 1. Yes. Discipline (like Invest) adds to the existing cost of the action or gives it one if it initially had none; it is not separate.
  2. Tricky answer, sorry, but yes, Ejiro's trait can still trigger off a 0-cost Rout. There is still a "before you pay" trigger for things with a cost, even if the cost has been reduced to 0, because you still have the option to overpay for a cost of "0". However, lacking a cost entirely means there is no option to pay (or overpay) and thus no trigger at all for Ejiro. Brook Cunningham, "Onyx Lives #rules-questions", 6 Feb 2026
• Q: [ShE] Silly rules question, with Hoji Ejiro... Can I reduce something that doesnt have a cost, just to do the honor loss?
  A: If there is no cost for the Strategy's action, the "Before [it] is paid" trigger does not happen, so no. Brook Cunningham, "Sun and Moon #rules-questions", 14 Jun 2025