Gaki

Legend of the Five Rings card from Winds of Change

Card Type

Personality

Force

3

Chi

1

Honor Requirement

-

Gold Cost

4

Personal Honor

0

Clan

Spirit, Unaligned

Keywords

Nonhuman, Shadowlands, Spirit

Card Text

After Gaki enters play, lose 4 Honor.
Before Gaki receives a bonus to its Force or Chi, if the bonus is not due to the stat being set to a value, switching, or copying, give the stat an equal penalty instead for the same duration.

Legality

Four Winds (Gold), Rain of Blood (Diamond)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: I thought to agree but No.. It is not like Gaki-do. The reason why Gaki-do is legal in an Ambush is because it satisfies relavance, and presence, and does not violate Ambush's rule about moving a personality into the battle.
  The rule of relavance is very specific, that allows Gaki-do to work. "it moves or creates a card or token in the battle."
  For Suboto's battle action to work NORMALLY with relavance it is either movement or it is creating a Suboto in battle.
  A: Well, it isn't movement, and it isn't creating either. I asked Jeff about it, and he says that anything that brings a unit into your army under your control should meet both Presence and Relevance.
  So her sent me this E-mail for working Errata on the Rulebook:
  Introducing a card, token, or unit into the current battle in any way -- including bringing something into play from a Province -- will satisfy the Rule of Relevance. You are not restricted only to actions that create cards/tokens out of nowhere or that move them into the battle from another battle or from home.
  If that thing is a unit, and you'll control it, this also satisfies the Rule of Presence (which the rulebook already covers). Martin Lund, "Rules for 1 January 2004", 6 Jan 2005
• Q: Hi List ,
  A: Hi Gary! Martin Lund, "Rules for 26 June 2004", 29 Jun 2004
• Q: The personalities created with Essece of Gaki-Do wich personal honnor have? and wich gold cost and honnor requirement?
  A: Zero (Diamond rules, pg. 63).
  Zen Faulkes! * Crab Clan Scholar * Unaligned Deputy Rules Guy Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 16 December 2003, Part 2", 16 Dec 2003
• Q: Does Essence of Gaki-do’s action satisfy the rule of presence by bringing personalities into the battle?
  A: Yes. Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 11 December 2003, Part 2", 12 Dec 2003
• Q: One of my personalities challenges a Gaki, whose player chooses to focus, but does not then announce Gaki's death by Chi loss. Am I allowed to confirm that the focus value was a zero, or must I merely take their word for it?
  A: Wait until the card is revealed. If Gaki should have died, just back up to that point. Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 21 August 2003", 21 Aug 2003
• Q: I duel Gaki. I force him to focus something other than a zero. Does he die before resolution[?]
  A: Yes (Gold Edition rulebook, pg. 61). Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 17 August 2003", 17 Aug 2003
• Q: (Does) Wrath of the People works on things like Master Saleh's Ghuls, Essence of Gaki-do, and Companion Spirit?
  A: "Work" is pretty vague. If you're referring to the force bonus, created cards could receive it. Zen Faulkes, "Wrath of the People", 4 Aug 2007
• Q: Essence of Gaki-do: Since this is an action that creates presence, will you need presence in the current battlefield to perform it?
  A: As noted under Rules Changes, creating a unit where you have no units is not legal. Zen Faulkes, "Essence of Gaki-do", 4 Aug 2007