City of Lightning

Legend of the Five Rings card from Dark Allies

Card Type

Stronghold

Province Strength

6

Gold Production

4

Starting Family Honor

3

Clan

Mantis

Card Text

Battle/Open: Give Naval to your target Personality and all Followers in his unit.

Legality

Four Winds (Gold)

Deck

Pre-Game

Printings

Rulings

• Q: The City of Lightning is a "Mantis Clan" Stronghold. If I use it, are "Yoritomo's Alliance" Personalities considered part of my clan? I'd like to buy them for 2 Gold less or for Honor, if I can. A: You can. They are, in fact, aligned with you. "Mantis Clan" and "Yoritomo's Alliance" are completely equivalent. Any time you see one phrase, you can replace it with the other. (There are one or two old cards that work with only one of those two traits, but they're exceptions to the rule and are clearly worded as exceptions.) Legend of the Five Rings FAQ, April 26, 2004, p. 9

Rules Q&A

• Q: Sorry if this has been asked before, but how does Scout work with a naval invasion? (Assuming a legal naval invasion, so either City of Lightning or The Deathless was used)
  Do I)
  a.) Get to play the terrain, then take my first action for the naval invasion? b.) Get to play the terrain as my first action for the naval invasion? c.) Get hosed because the naval invasion rules supercede the Scout's ability?
  A: c. (And it's not an "ability" in game terms.) Jeff Alexander, "post for 26 May 2003", 29 May 2003
• Q: Can Open action of this stronghold be used if the stronghold is bowed?
  A: No. [rulebook p. 24] Jeff Alexander, "post for 17 June 2002", 18 Jun 2002