Akodo Ashiko

Legend of the Five Rings card from Before the Dawn

Card Type

Personality

Force

5

Chi

4

Honor Requirement

0

Gold Cost

8

Personal Honor

0

Clan

Lion

Keywords

Deathseeker, Hero, Lion Clan, Samurai

Card Text

Absent Battle, : If Ashiko is face-up in one of your Provinces, Recruit her, reducing her Gold Cost by 2 if there are more units on the enemy side of the current battle than on your side.

Legality

Age of Conquest (Emperor), Destroyer War (Celestial)

Deck

Dynasty

Notes

Note that during Celestial Edition, Ashiko's ability was not "Absent", but Emperor Edition Rules expanded the exceptions to Presence to include bringing a Personality into play.

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: Hi,
  I could not find a topic about this and i just wanted to clarity:
  Request Authorization
  Reaction: Before another player's Battle action resolves, target a Personality: Negate his movement to the current battlefield from the action's effects.
  Improper Papers
  Reaction: Before an action resolves, target a Personality: Negate his movement from the action's effects.
  Would these cards prevent me from bringing Akodo Ashiko into battle and/or a personality using Requesting Reinforments?
  Akodo Ashiko
  Battle: If Ashiko is face-up in one of your provinces: Bring her into play at the current battlefield, paying all costs, and reducing her Gold cost by 2 if there are more units on the enemy side than on your side.
  Requesting Reinforments
  Battle: Bow your performing Scout and target a face-up Scout Personality in your province: Bring the target into play at the current battlefield, paying all costs. If you have Reconnaissance, you may take an additional Battle action.
  Thank you!
  A: Movement = "To change a unit’s location between battlefields or between home and battlefield (in either direction) due to an effect that specifies that it “moves” the unit."
  Entering play from a province =/= movement, therefore it wouldn't be prohibited per your example. Brook Cunningham, "Movement and Bringing to Play", 25 Apr 2013
• Q: Just making 100% sure before the Vegas Kotei this weekend:
  Can Akodo Ashiko's ability be used to bring her into play at a battle where no player controls a unit?
  Akodo Ashiko game text: "Battle: If Ashiko is face-up in one of your provinces: Bring her into play at the current battlefield, paying all costs, and reducing her Gold cost by 2 if there are more units on the enemy side than on your side."
  Rule of Presence exception: "EXCEPTION: A player who controls no units at the current battlefield may take a Battle Action whose costs or effects say they are able to move, create, or bring into play one or more of his units there. This includes effects that depend on a random effect such as a card draw. The player must then make choices within the action, if possible, such that it does put one or more of his units there, fulfilling Presence."
  A: Yes, for the reason I've highlighted in your post. Alex Jones, "Akodo Ashiko and Empty Battles", 14 Mar 2012