Goblin Warmonger
Legend of the Five Rings card from Gold Edition, Pre-Imperial Edition, Imperial Edition, Emerald Edition, Battle of Beiden Pass, Obsidian Edition, Shadowlands, Anvil of Despair
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- Card Type
- Personality
- Force
- 2
- Chi
- 1
- Honor Requirement
- -
- Gold Cost
- 5
- Personal Honor
- 1
- Clan
- Unaligned
- Keywords
- Goblin, Nonhuman, Shadowlands
- Card Text
- When the Goblin Warmonger would be destroyed, if he has any Goblin Followers, instead destroy all cards in this unit except the Goblin Warmonger and bow the Goblin Warmonger.
- Legality
- Clan Wars (Imperial), Four Winds (Gold), Hidden Emperor (Jade)
- Deck
- Dynasty
Printings
Gold Edition
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- The goblins from the deep Shadowlands do not waste their teeth on words.
- Artist
- Michael Phillippi
- Card Number
- 157
- Publisher
- Wizards of the Coast
Pre-Imperial Edition
- Rarity
- Fixed
- Flavor Text
- He who lives and runs away live to fight - uh - later.
- Artist
- Matt Wilson
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Imperial Edition
- Rarity
- Common
- Artist
- Matt Wilson
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Emerald Edition
- Rarity
- Common
- Artist
- Matt Wilson
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Battle of Beiden Pass
- Rarity
- Fixed
- Artist
- Ron Spencer
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Obsidian Edition
- Rarity
- Common
- Artist
- Matt Wilson
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Shadowlands
- Rarity
- Starter
- Artist
- Matt Wilson
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Anvil of Despair
- Rarity
- Starter
- Artist
- Matt Wilson
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Rulings
- Q: I have a Goblin Warmonger (2F/1C) with a Goblin Mob attached. My opponent bows his Bayushi Kachiko and puts a -1C token on him. Does he die? A: Yes. Here's why. The rulebook says that a Personality with a zero Chi dies. The token drops him to 0C, so ordinarily he would die right away. The Warmonger, however, can't die while he has followers attached; they die instead and he becomes bowed. But now he's bowed, and doesn't have any followers attached, and still has that -1C token. He's doomed. The Imperial Herald, Vol. 1, Issue 1, p. 11
Rules Q&A
- Q: Can the destruction be negated and the personality saved then? When its a cost (Goblin Warmonger, Come One at a Time) and the person was saved, the cost wouldnt be payed.
A: If the destruction is not a cost, preventing the destruction will not cancel the action. Conversely, if it is, it will. As worded, the destruction is not a cost on Overwhelmed, so that's how I'm ruling. Jeff Alexander, "post for 10 September 2002", 11 Sep 2002 - Q: I have a Goblin Warmonger with Goblin Sneaks attached, and the Porcelain Mask of Fu Leng. The last token comes off, and instead of destroying the Warmonger, I destroy the Sneaks. What happens to the mask?
A: It stays destroyed, both by its own text and that of the Warmonger. Jeff Alexander, "post for 10 June 2002", 11 Jun 2002 - Q: To cleanse your palate of TTT for a moment, I present what was probably a very basic question in GE; pardon my poor memory:
If the Goblin Warmonger has Goblin Followers attached and something (battle resolution or Ruthless Advance, as two examples) destroys the entire unit at once, is the Warmonger now bowed or destroyed?
[Mod edit: Thread title. There is no need to specify format in thread titles. -ZF]
A: Active player chooses. Chris Fuchs, "Goblin Warmonger", 24 May 2007