Forests of Shinomen
Legend of the Five Rings card from Celestial Edition, Anvil of Despair, Gold Edition
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Region
- Keywords
- Forest
- Card Text
- Negate the effects of Ranged Attacks during a battle at this Province's battlefield.
When one of your Forests is paying for a non-Shadowlands Nonhuman card, it produces 1 additional Gold which may only pay for that card. - Legality
- Clan Wars (Imperial), Destroyer War (Celestial), Four Winds (Gold)
- Erratum
- This card was errata'd via the internet.
- Deck
- Dynasty
Printings
Celestial Edition
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Flavor Text
- The great fire of the Spider damaged it, but it is beyond man's ability to destroy.
- Artist
- Max Degen
- Card Number
- 188
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Anvil of Despair
- Rarity
- Common
- Artist
- Jason Behnke
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Gold Edition
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- "I bear no love for this forest. But the kami of the forest does not ask to be loved." - Bayushi Yojiro
- Artist
- Tom Biondolillo
- Card Number
- 142
- Publisher
- Wizards of the Coast
Rulings
- Erratum: Reads, "Forests of Shinomen Forest Negate the effects of Ranged Attacks during a battle at this province's battlefield. When one of you Forests is paying for a Nonhuman card: It produces one additional Gold." [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009] "One of you Forests" is a misprint and should be read "One of your Forests." Comprehensive Rules, Celestial Edition, with specific card rulings, final version, February 2012, p. 133
Rules Q&A
- Q: Given Situation: I use "The Sacred Temple of the Phoenix" to product seven gold for a Shugenja. I use a Holding with the "Forest" Keyword to pay for said shugenja. I control "Forests of Shinomen".
May I use the effect of Forests of Shinomen, with the most recent errata on Forests of Shinomen being in effect? ("When one of your Forests is paying for a non-Shadowlands Nonhuman card: It produces one additional Gold.")
A: Forests of Shinomen will increase the gold production of a Forest when paying for a Shugenja who is also being paid for by The Sacred Temples of the Phoenix.
According to the Rules Archive: When producing 7G, the shugenja does not gain the Shadowlands trait until he or she enters play. Alex Jones, "The Sacred Temple of the Phoenix and Forests of Shinomen", 24 Aug 2011 - Q: Will Forests of Shinomen affect the gold production of the stronghold Heart of the Shinomen Forest(?)
A: No, because, as previously stated, cards don't effect strongholds unless the effect says "Stronghold."
Additional: Discussion is ensuing in the Rules Junta's skull-shaped island. Zen Faulkes, "Stronghold gold production", 24 May 2011