Drain the Soul
Legend of the Five Rings card from Dark Allies
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Spell
- Gold Cost
- 3
- Keywords
- Maho
- Card Text
- Open: Any number of times per turn, bow this Shugenja and target a Personality with less Chi: Bow him. This Shugenja receives a permanent Chi penalty equal to the difference between the target's Chi and his own. Lose 2 Honor.
- Focus Value
- 1
- Legality
- Four Winds (Gold)
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
Dark Allies
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Flavor Text
- "A Witch Hunter?" Shahai cooed. "I suppose you could say you have found what you are hunting."
- Artist
- Carl Frank
- Card Number
- 150
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rules Q&A
- Q: A similar ruling was made regarding Drain the Soul and Badge of Purity.
A: With Drain the Soul, the Chi loss isn't a cost. (Yojiro's ability is atypical in that the loss is a cost.) Jeff Alexander, "post for 29 August 2002", 30 Aug 2002 - Q: If a shugenja has both the Badge of Purity and Drain the Soul attached, if the shugenja casts the spell and then bows the badge to negate the chi loss caused by the spell, is the ENTIRE effect of the spell negated, or only the chi loss?
A: Only the Chi loss. Jeff Alexander, "post for 27 August 2002", 28 Aug 2002