Deathseeker Technique
Legend of the Five Rings card from Gold Edition, Soul of the Empire
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Strategy
- Gold Cost
- 0
- Keywords
- Fear
- Card Text
- Fear Battle: Target your performing unbowed Personality, and bow him unless he is Lion Clan, to make Fear with strength equal to the Personality's Force.
- Focus Value
- 2
- Legality
- Four Winds (Gold), Hidden Emperor (Jade)
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
Gold Edition
- Rarity
- Fixed
- Flavor Text
- Fierce, desperate, ferocious, they can redeem their honor only by dying in battle. They do not die easily.
- Artist
- Anthony Grabski
- Card Number
- 93
- Publisher
- Wizards of the Coast
Soul of the Empire
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Flavor Text
- Ketsui roared a challenge: "Let all those who dare insult the honor of my clan fight me!" A thousand died that day, but still Ketsui stood, a rock of courage in a land of darkness.
- Artist
- Anthony Grabski
- Publisher
- Wizards of the Coast
Rulings
- Erratum: Renamed from Death-Seeker Technique. [MRP, Gold Edition, 1 July 2001] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 12
Rules Q&A
- Q: *****
Is the Gold Edition card "Deathseeker Technique" the same or a different card than the similarly but not identically named Soul of the Empire card "Death-Seeker Technique"?
Same card. Hyphenated words count the same as a non-hyphenated version of the same word. Page 33, Gold rulebook.
A: Right answer, wrong reason. That rule says you can't use the parts of a hyphenated word as individual keywords.
This card was renamed as a stylistic fix. Jeff Alexander, "replies to 15-20 July", 26 Jul 2001 - Q: Is the Gold Edition card "Deathseeker Technique" the same or a different card than the similarly but not identically named Soul of the Empire card "Death-Seeker Technique"?
A: Same card. Hyphenated words count the same as a non-hyphenated version of the same word. Page 33, Gold rulebook. Vaughn Derderian, "Rules for", 19 Jul 2001