Face of Ninube
Legend of the Five Rings card from Emperor Edition, Hidden Emperor 3, Diamond Edition, Lotus Edition, Code of Bushido
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Strategy
- Gold Cost
- 0
- Card Text
- Open: Shuffle your hand into your Fate deck: Draw a number of cards equal to the number you shuffled in.
- Focus Value
- 1
- Legality
- Age of Conquest (Emperor), Age of Enlightenment (Lotus), Hidden Emperor (Jade), Rain of Blood (Diamond)
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
Emperor Edition
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- "Your possessions, your titles, even your lives-these things you will sacrifice readily. But what of your souls, your essences, your very identities?" - The Shadow Dragon
- Artist
- April Lee
- Card Number
- 292
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Hidden Emperor 3
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- Ninube's beauty is said to have outshone a jealous Sun, and the maiden's sorrowful fate is seldom told in the court of the Crane.
- Artist
- Audrey Corman
- Publisher
- Wizards of the Coast
Diamond Edition
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- "If you will not bend the knee to Iuchiban, False Hotsu," the Ninube whispered, "Then you shall be unmade."
- Artist
- April Lee
- Card Number
- 256
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Lotus Edition
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Flavor Text
- "Never forget who you are, Sezaru."
- Artist
- April Lee
- Card Number
- 247
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Code of Bushido
- Rarity
- Starter
- Flavor Text
- "If you will not bend the knee to Iuchiban, False Hoturi," the Ninube whispered, "then you shall be unmade."
- Artist
- April Lee
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rules Q&A
- Q: If you Face of Ninube while your hand contains cards reclaimed via T'ch T'ch Warrens, they enter your fate deck, correct[?]
A: Incorrect. The relevant cards leave the game (stronghold text). Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 6 October 2003", 7 Oct 2003 - Q: If you're playing brotherhood of Shinsei, will playing " the face of Ninube" fullfill the conditions to activate your strongholds reaction, and allow you to go for your ring of void? face=empty hand=reaction=void and whamo 1rst turn ring of void! with no cards lost
A: The Ring of the Void cannot be played in the middle of a discard-and-immediately-redraw effect. Jeff Alexander, "Rulings for 22 March 2001", 29 Mar 2001 - Q: Playing Strategies
Strategy cards are played from the hand to use an ability on the card.
To play an Strategy for one of its abilities, a player first checks whether the action can be legally taken (including appropriate point in time, being able to met required costs, required targeting, and other restrictions). If these conditions are met, the player then follows this sequence:
A. The player puts the Strategy card face-up in a resolution area created for that card.
B. The player announces which ability on the card is to be used, and the action sequence proceeds from there (seeAbilities and actions.)
C. After the action ends, the player discards the Strategy card, even if the action did not resolve. Then, the resolution area ceases to exist.
EXCEPTION: If the action's own costs or effects put the Strategy card into play, it is not discarded after the action ends.
A: As you can see in Step A, Face of Ninube actually leaves your hand before you even technically announce the action on it.
So yes, the card works exactly the same way as how you remember it working, but is worded slightly differently to be in line with the current rules set.
Finally, welcome back to the game, and if you have any further questions, don't hesitate to ask! Ben Higgins, "Face of Ninube", 18 Aug 2012 - Q: Overwhelming Chaos, Ring o/t Void, Face of Ninube oh reaction trigger
A: None of those are the... yep. Brook Cunningham, "Sun and Moon #rules-questions", 21 Feb 2026