Eternal Darkness

Legend of the Five Rings card from Fire & Shadow

Card Type

Spell

Gold Cost

4

Keywords

Maho

Card Text

Battle/Open: Any number of times per turn, bow this Shugenja and target an Undead Personality: Any effect that would destroy him (this turn) moves him home instead and, if this moves him, bow him.

Focus Value

2

Legality

Hidden Emperor (Jade)

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rulings

• Should refer to "controller's fief," not "home." [JA, 26 June 2000] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 63

Rules Q&A

• Q: From this thread: http://www.alderac.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=103766
  I'm under the impression that Eternal Darkness only protects its target from effects, while the destruction from Black Wind is a cost. Have I overlooked something?
  A: Nope, you're right, I misread Eternal Darkness. Darned Legacy cards. Original amended. Jon Palmer, "Re: Eternal Darkness and Black Wind from the Soul", 24 Jun 2013
• Q: Hello.
  reading through old accumulated rulings i saw this:
  "The Unique trait on the Egg always refers to just the Egg itself. It does not create a Unique copy of the Personality it copies. In fact, an Egg-copy of a Unique Personality will not prevent another of that Personality from being played if the original dies. [netnews] "
  So, does this means that a copy of a unique personality by the egg, does not carry the unique trait as a personaliy and only as the egg action card? if so, cards that can't copy abilities from unique personalities such as bayushi suboru or Ninube tsukau, will be able to copy abilities from egg's copied 'unique' personalities?.
  On another subject.
  Black Wind From the Soul Limited: Bow and destroy this Shugenja, and zero or more of your other performing Shugenja, such that the performers' total Chi is 21 or greater and target a province: Destroy it.
  Eternal Darkness Battle/Open: Any number of times per turn, bow this Shugenja and target an Undead Personality: Any effect that would destroy him (this turn) moves him home instead and, if this moves him, bow him.
  How this 2 cards interact each other if an undead shugenja uses the black scroll and its under the effects of eternal darkness. Is the destruction cost paid? retains the black scroll attached?
  thanks.
  A: I assume you're referring to the original Egg of P'an Ku, and not the one in Coils of Madness?
  Please note that that is a very old ruling, and you'll want to use the updated Egg of P'an Ku text found on the Oracle. Since the Egg becomes a copy of the base Personality, if you copy a Unique Personality it will copy the Personality's name and Unique keyword, and therefore will prevent another Unique copy of the same card from entering play if the original dies. Cards that cannot copy abilities from a Unique card will not be able to copy it.
  However, if you use the Egg to copy a non-Unique Personality, it will not become Unique despite the Egg's Uniqueness, and can be targeted as a non-Unique.
  Eternal Darkness only prevents destruction effects, not destruction costs, so you can pay the cost of Black Wind from the Soul if used in that manner. Jon Palmer, "copying abilities from an egg of p'an ku unique personality", 23 Jun 2013