Endless Deluge

Legend of the Five Rings card from A Perfect Cut

Card Type

Spell

Gold Cost

6

Keywords

Elemental, Ritual

Card Text

Limited: Bow this Shugenja and zero or more of your other performing Shugenja, destroy this card, and target a Stronghold whose base Province Strength is lower than the performers' total Chi: Until your next turn begins, abilities on the target may not be used.

Focus Value

3

Legality

Four Winds (Gold)

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: First, the text...
  Type Spell Title Endless Deluge Rarity/Edition R A Perfect Cut Text Limited Elemental Ritual: Target a Stronghold. Bow this and any number of your other Shugenja with a total combined Chi greater than this Stronghold's Province Strength, and destroy this spell to prevent the Stronghold from using any of its actions until the start of your next turn. (Sensei abilities are considered to be printed on the Stronghold.) Gold 6 Focus 3 Artist Mark Evans
  Now, my question is... If a player plays this card against a Shadowlands player and then causes them an honor loss, do they lose the game because of dishonor? (I tend to think no, however my playgroup disagrees)
  A: The inability for his honor to change is not an action. It is not removed. Jeff Alexander, "post for 17 May 2002", 17 May 2002
• Q: Does this spell remove the ability of the Yogo Towers when it is played?
  No. That ability is not on the Stronghold.
  Beg to differ. If the Endless Deluge removes the writing on the Towers of the Yogo,
  A: It doesn't. It prevents abilities on the Stronghold from being used. But there are no abilities on the Yogo Towers... only a TRAIT which gives an ability to your Scorpion Clan Personalities.
  The Iron Citadel, on the other hand, does "remove the writing". It completely replaces your Stronghold with something brand new, and this new Stronghold has no abilities or traits whatsoever. A Yogo Towers player would lose his powerful bowing action if he cast this spell. Jeff Alexander, "post for 5 March 2002", 6 Mar 2002
• Q: The spell Endless Deluge cancels all actions on stronghold, traits are unaffected, correct?
  How many licks to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop?
  A: I've never made it without biting. Ask Mr. Owl. Jeff Alexander, "replies to 8 September", 11 Sep 2001