Daidoji Megumi
Legend of the Five Rings card from A Perfect Cut
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Personality
- Force
- 2
- Chi
- 2
- Honor Requirement
- 8
- Gold Cost
- 5
- Personal Honor
- 2
- Clan
- Crane
- Keywords
- Duelist, Crane Clan, Novice, Samurai
- Card Text
- After Megumi enters a duel, give her +3C until the duel ends or either player focuses.
- Legality
- Four Winds (Gold)
- Deck
- Dynasty
Printings
A Perfect Cut
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- "She was born blind, but has never needed eyes to see. Her blade strikes true enough." - Kakita Noritoshi
- Artist
- Tony Moseley
- Card Number
- 78
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rulings
- Does not regain her Chi bonus if her Focus cards are discarded; she still focused. [JA, 22 October 2001] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 95
Rules Q&A
- Q: Strike of Flowing Water When you focus this card, double the Focus value of the next card you focus in this duel. Reaction: When one of your Personalities would focus, instead discard all cards focused by both Personalities'controllers for the duel and negate the discarded cards' effects.
Daidoji Megumi Upon entering a duel, Megumi gains +3C until the duel ends or either player focuses.
Now, say Megumi is dueling, oh, Hida Kuon. I challenge Kuon with Megumi, we're both at 2 Chi, except as we enter the duel Megumi jumps to five. Kuon focuses and Megumi's Chi drops back to two. I play Strike of Flowing Water to discard Kuon's focused card and negate its effects. Since the focuses have been negated, does that mean Megumi's Chi goes back up to 5?
A: No. Her bonus ended when Kuon focussed. Furthermore, Strike of Flowing Water only discards the cards that have been focussed. It does not undo the fact that a focus was done. Jeff Alexander, "post for 17 October 2001", 17 Oct 2001 - Q: If Daidoji Megumi is in a duel, and she is the challenger, and her opponent strikes, and she plays bend like a reed, what is her chi? 4, because the Bend was a focus that removed her trait bonus. 7, because the bend was only like a focus, and did not affect her trait bonus. What about if she is challenged and plays Strike With No Thought
A: Reactions to striking which add as a focus are not actually focused, so Megumi would not lose her extra Chi. Jeff Alexander, "replies to 15-16 September 2001", 17 Sep 2001 - Q: Does the trait Novice Duelist make Daidoji Megumi a duelist? I don't believe so, as you aren't supposed to split up traits, but this is an older card.
A: http://rules.l5r.com/Older_Cards#Card_features: "For cards printed prior to KHAN'S DEFIANCE:" (which this one is)
"Individual keywords may be split from larger ones." Zen Faulkes, "Daidoji Megumi and duelist", 23 Dec 2008