Elemental Ward
Legend of the Five Rings card from Obsidian Edition, Imperial Edition, Emerald Edition
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Spell
- Gold Cost
- 0
- Keywords
- Elemental
- Card Text
- Reaction: Any number of times per turn, after an Elemental action or action with an element keyword targets you or any of your cards in play, bow this Shugenja: Negate the action's effects.
- Focus Value
- 1
- Legality
- Clan Wars (Imperial)
- Deck
- Fate
- Notes
- Some of the Imperial Edition versions of this card were printed with a lower text alignment
Printings
Obsidian Edition
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Flavor Text
- Does the falling rain cause itself pain? Does the fire burn its own fingers? Be one with the Elements and you will be one with all Creation.
- Artist
- Christina Wald
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Imperial Edition
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Flavor Text
- Does the falling rain cause itself pain? Does the fire burn its own fingers? Be one with the Elementas and you will be one with all of Creation.
- Artist
- Christina Wald
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Emerald Edition
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Flavor Text
- Does the falling rain cause itself pain? Does the fire burn its own fingers? Be one with the Elements and you will be one with all Creation.
- Artist
- Christina Wald
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Rulings
- Erratum: Reads, "Elemental Ward 0G 1FV Reaction: Bow this Shugenja to negate the effects of one Elemental action (spell or other cards) which is targetting you or any of your cards in play." [MRP, Obsidian Edition] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 62
- Can only counter an action which explicitly targets you or your cards, not one which merely affects them. [card text, and EE rulebook] [REVERSAL] Accumulated Rulings, February 8, 2000, p. 25
- Can counter the use of the Ring of Air against one of your spell effects. [DW, l5rinfo, 6/9/97] [This is an apparent contradiction... -- jwa] Accumulated Rulings, February 8, 2000, p. 25
- Clarified: negates an action, not an "effect". Text Change & Errata List, February 15, 2000, p. 8
- Accumulated Rulings Accumulated Rulings, April 22, 1998, p. 14