Fatal Mistake
Legend of the Five Rings card from Time of the Void, Promotional–CWF
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Strategy
- Gold Cost
- 0
- Card Text
- As a Focus Effect: Destroy the duel's loser (in addition to other effects of losing); this effect also negates effects which specifically prevent a Personality from being destroyed as the result of a duel.
- Focus Value
- 2
- Legality
- Clan Wars (Imperial), Hidden Emperor (Jade)
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
Time of the Void
- Rarity
- Rare
- Flavor Text
- Just a slip of the wrist is all it takes to start a blood fued.
- Artist
- Paul (Prof.) Herbert
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Promotional–CWF
- Rarity
- Promo
- Flavor Text
- The Sun glistened on Hitomi's obsidian hand as she faced Toshimoko. "Yield, old one, and I will be merciful." Across the field, the Crane only smiled and raised his sword. - VI.X
- Artist
- Paul (Prof.) Herbert
- Publisher
- Wizards of the Coast
Rulings
- Kills Personalities who normally cannot be killed by a duel (e.g., Isawa Tsuke). [DW, email, 17 October 1997] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 16
Rules Q&A
- Q: So if this scenario:
I control Hoturi, and my opponent is some scorpion scum personality. I challenge him to a duel. He focuses. I focus a Focus, adding 10 thanks to a Double Chi. He focuses, I focus another Focus. I should now have twenty-five or so personal honor. Scorpion-scum says strike, and flips up Fatal Mistake and Karmic Strike.
Will I then get twenty-five honor if Kakita Shijin writes a poem about the hero Hoturi?
Yes.
I thought that Focus gains were only until the end of the duel, which would mean that his ersonal Honor returned to normal as he died, then was just 5 when he was checked by the Poet.
A: Death of the loser happens during duel resolution, which is still during the duel. He will still have his focusing bonuses when he dies. Jeff Alexander, "post for 31 July 2002", 1 Aug 2002 - Q: So if the person dies in the duel, either from having 0 chi like with Poisoned Weapon, or because either contestant used Fatal Mistake, my person will then die with a mile-high personal honor, right?
A: Right. Jeff Alexander, "post for 30 July 2002", 31 Jul 2002 - Q: So if this scenario:
I control Hoturi, and my opponent is some scorpion scum personality. I challenge him to a duel. He focuses. I focus a Focus, adding 10 thanks to a Double Chi. He focuses, I focus another Focus. I should now have twenty-five or so personal honor. Scorpion-scum says strike, and flips up Fatal Mistake and Karmic Strike.
Will I then get twenty-five honor if Kakita Shijin writes a poem about the hero Hoturi?
A: Yes. Jeff Alexander, "post for 30 July 2002", 31 Jul 2002