Eye of the Needle
Legend of the Five Rings card from The Fall of Otosan Uchi
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Holding
- Gold Cost
- 2
- Keywords
- Forest
- Card Text
- w: Produce 2 Gold.
w: When paying for a non-Shadowlands Nonhuman, produce 2 Gold which may only pay for that card and gain 1 Honor. - Legality
- Four Winds (Gold), Rain of Blood (Diamond)
- Deck
- Dynasty
Printings
The Fall of Otosan Uchi
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- "I cannot return, mother," Kiyo said. "I love him."
- Artist
- Heather Bruton
- Card Number
- 15
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rules Q&A
- Q: Paying for a Ratling Follower token off the Ratling Villages is producing a follower token (card) with either the Ratling trait, making it a Creature, or the Ratling alignment, which also makes it a Creature.
A: It has nothing to do with what traits the token has. When you use the Ratling Villages, or Utaku Meadows, or Farmlands, you are not paying the Gold cost of a Follower. Effects that change the Gold costs of Followers don't change what it costs to use these actions. Jeff Alexander, "rules for 8 March 2004", 9 Mar 2004 - Q: I had a player last night tell me that if I used Eye of the Needle to pay for a follower of Ratling Village that I couldn't gain the honor. Is this true?
It is true. You did not pay the Gold cost of a non-Shadowlands Creature card. You paid the Gold cost of an action on a Region. [DE p. 71]
Another kick in the teeth for the weakest faction. Oh well.
A: Faction standings don't determine rulings. (Besides, I'm not convinced Ratling is the weakest faction right now.) Jeff Alexander, "rules for 8 March 2004", 9 Mar 2004 - Q: I had a player last night tell me that if I used Eye of the Needle to pay for a follower of Ratling Village that I couldn't gain the honor. Is this true?
A: It is true. You did not pay the Gold cost of a non-Shadowlands Creature card. You paid the Gold cost of an action on a Region. [DE p. 71] Jeff Alexander, "rules for 5 March 2004", 6 Mar 2004 - Q: A game with my wife last night encountered a strange question: one of her dishonored human personalities attached Moto Steeds, for which she paid with Eye of the Needle. Was the Personality "involved" in the honor gain?
A: No. Jeff Alexander, "post for 13 March 2003", 14 Mar 2003