Desperate Measures
Legend of the Five Rings card from Shadowlands
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Event
- Keywords
- Unique
- Card Text
- After you reveal cards in your Provinces at the start of your turn, if this Event is face-up in one of them, destroy this Province and choose another Province. Destroy it and lose 5 Honor.
- Legality
- Clan Wars (Imperial)
- Deck
- Dynasty
Printings
Shadowlands
- Rarity
- Rare
- Flavor Text
- Desperate men employ desperate measures. - The Tao of Shinsei
- Artist
- Brian Snoddy
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Rulings
- If it appears in your last Province, you lose immediately and no more effects are generated. [RD, 19 May 1997] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 70
- If an opponent plays Defenders of the Realm for his or her own Province, it does not save your Province, because that effect has already resolved. [JA, 18 March 2003] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 70
Rules Q&A
- Q: Considering a situation where player A have -16 family honor and player B have only one province, what would happen if player A plays a Blackmail and player B reveal it? Who loses first: A for dishonor or B for provinces?
A: Effects occur in order written. Province first, honor loss later. Zen Faulkes, "Blackmail and Desperate Measures", 25 Mar 2009 - Q: In a similar scenario, what would happen if player A (with more than one province) resolves Desperate Measures?
A: Same answer. Zen Faulkes, "Blackmail and Desperate Measures", 25 Mar 2009