Dragon's Guard City

Legend of the Five Rings card from Celestial Edition, Celestial Edition 15th Anniversary, Promotional–Celestial

Card Type

Stronghold

Province Strength

8

Gold Production

4

Starting Family Honor

2

Clan

Mantis

Card Text

Battle/Open, : Equip a target Follower in your hand or discard pile to your chosen performing Personality.

Legality

Destroyer War (Celestial)

Deck

Pre-Game

Printings

Rulings

• Erratum: Reads, "Dragon’s Guard City 8PS 4G 2FH Battle/Open: Target your Personality: Attach a target Follower in your hand or discard pile to him." [Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009] Comprehensive Rules, Celestial Edition, with specific card rulings, final version, February 2012, p. 130
• The ability on Dragon Guard’s City now reads, "Battle/Open: Choose your performing Personality: Attach a target Follower in your hand or discard pile to him." [CE 15 MRP, 22 March 2010] Comprehensive Rules, Celestial Edition, with specific card rulings, final version, February 2012, p. 130

Rules Q&A

• Q: Hi,
  I was wondering if an ability that normally has a cost (such as playing an attachment from your hand or bringing a personality into play from your provinces) is made available to you through another cards effects (such as Dragon's Guard City) do you need to pay the cost normally associated with the action or does the cards ability supercede this and you'd only be expected to pay costs defined by the ability?
  The example is Dragon's Guard City, does my opponent need to pay the gold cost of the follower to bring it into play form his hand? How about from the discard pile as playing from the discard pile is not a rulebook action and so has no standard associated cost?
  The Fortress of the Forgotten suggests that you'd normally be expected to pay the gold cost of bringing a personality into play even though this is a cards action and not a rulebook dynasty phase action and this is waived if the special conditions are met.
  A: When an action brings a card into play, the cost of that card is not part of the cost of the action; it's a separate cost that must always be paid unless the action specifies otherwise.
  See Costs and restrictions for more information on costs, and Card types for more information on bringing cards into play. Alex Jones, "Are we right? - Abilities that bring cards into play", 5 Nov 2010
• Q: If you use the Battle/Open on Dragon's Guard City to attach a follower, can you use artificers to draw and discard (provided it attached to a Samurai)? Along the same lines, could you produce 3g with a Permanent Encampment for that action? I believe the answer to the first is yes, and the 2nd is no, but not for sure. Thanks
  A: The answer is yes, to both.
  You are paying the cost of the follower, not the action (unlike Farmlands and Utaku Meadows). Dan Jacobson, "Dragon's Guard City/Imperial Artificers/Permanent Encampment", 6 Jul 2009