Corrupt Jade Vein

Legend of the Five Rings card from Drums of War

Card Type

Holding

Gold Cost

2

Gold Production

2

Keywords

Jade

Card Text

After this Holding enters play, lose 2 Honor.
w: Produce Gold equal to 2 plus the number of Shadowlands Personalities you control without the printed Shadowlands keyword. If this pays for a Personality, permanently give him Shadowlands.

Legality

Age of Enlightenment (Lotus)

Deck

Dynasty

Notes

The effect of giving Shadowlands to the Personality occurs immediately after the Gold is produced and applied to a Recruiting cost, before the Personality enters play.

Printings

Rulings

• Give the Shadowlands trait to a Personality immediately after gold is produced. [ZF, web, 23 May 2006] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 79

Rules Q&A

• Q: Corrupt Jade Vein Bow this card: Produce Gold equal to 2 plus the number of Shadowlands Personalities you control without the base Shadowlands keyword. If this pays for a Personality, permanently give him Shadowlands.
  The Imperial Palace of Fu Leng You will not bring non-Shadowlands Personalities into play.
  CJV (and a few other similar cards) give a Personality Shadowlands without specifying that they do so after he enters play. Does the keyword get applied quickly enough to allow the personality to enter play for The Imperial Palace of Fu Leng?
  A: Unfortunately, no. If you follow the procedure for playing Personalities, you'll see that restrictions on entering play are checked prior to costs being paid. You'll need something like Black Finger River. Jon Palmer, "Imperial Palace of Fu Leng + Corrupt Jade Vein", 19 Mar 2013
• Q: Imperial Palace of Fu Leng reads: Your Stronghold produces 3 more Gold when paying for a Shadowlands card. You cannot gain or lose Honor. Your Personalities will not swear fealty. Your cards cannot perform or be targeted by Political actions. You may not bring non-Shadowlands Personalities into play.
  (emphasis mine) Apparently many people waive the bolded trait by using Tuf-Tuf Sake House or Corrupt Jade Vein. However, both these holdings give the Shadowlands keyword during (or more accurately, after) payment. According to the rules wiki, restrictions on Personalities entering play are checked before payment (step B for entering play restrictions, step C for payment).
  According to this, would it be legal for a player using Imperial Palace of Fu Leng to bring into play a Personality without the base Shadowlands keyword using Tuf-Tuf Sake House or Corrupt Jade Vein? My guess is "no", but the only result of my forum search was an unanswered question and I'd like to have it official. Thank you in advance.
  Other relevant card texts: Tuf-tuf Sake House Lose 3 Honor. Bow this card: Produce 3 Gold. Lose 1 Honor. Bow this card: Produce 4 Gold when paying for a non-Shadowlands Human. Dishonor him and permanently give him the Shadowlands trait. Lose 1 Honor. Open: Target a Shadowlands Human. He and all his Followers gain the Cavalry trait.
  Corrupt Jade Vein Lose 2 Honor. Bow this card: Produce Gold equal to 2 plus the number of Shadowlands Personalities you control without the printed Shadowlands trait. If this pays for a Personality, permanently give him the Shadowlands trait.
  A: You may not use Tuf-tuf Sake House or Corrupt Jade Vein to bring a non-Shadowlands Personality into play for The Imperial Palace of Fu Leng, for the reason stated: the Personality would only gain Shadowlands after the restriction had been checked. Alex Jones, "Legacy: Imperial Palace of Fu Leng", 16 Dec 2011
• Q: If it is possible, is the Corrupt Jade Vein producing gold equal to 2 + the number of personalities I control? => I can only control personalities member the shadowlands horde faction, does the corrupt jade vein count only personalities of the Shadowlands Horde Faction, only personalities with the shadowland trait, or both?
  A: I hope I've made it clear before, but I'll say again: There are no such thing as "Shadowlands Horde" Faction Personalities and no way for there to ever be any. Brook Cunningham, "At'tok'tuk Sensei and the Shadowlands horde Faction", 13 May 2008