Gunsen of Water
Legend of the Five Rings card from Diamond Edition, Forbidden Knowledge, Training Grounds
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Item
- Force
- +1
- Chi
- +2
- Gold Cost
- 9
- Keywords
- Unique, Weapon, Water
- Card Text
- While you control a Water Ring, Gunsen of Water has an additional +2F/+1C.
Repeatable Battle, w: Move this unit to a battlefield or home. This action has Absent and Remote if you move this unit to the current battlefield. - Focus Value
- 3
- Legality
- Clan Wars (Imperial), Rain of Blood (Diamond)
- Erratum
- Errata'd via the internet: Removal of cost reduction trait via contemporary erratum; erratum of ability to modernize via Oracle.
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
Diamond Edition
- Rarity
- Rare
- Artist
- Britt Martin
- Card Number
- 401
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Forbidden Knowledge
- Rarity
- Rare
- Artist
- Craig Maher
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Training Grounds
- Rarity
- Fixed
- Artist
- Britt Martin
- Card Number
- Lion 26
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rulings
- Erratum: There is no cost reduction for having the Ring of Water in play. [Erratum, JA, email, 5 January 2003] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 51
- Erratum: Gunsen of Water: Printed Gold cost no longer changes while you control the Ring of Water. Also, add "If this unit has not been in any battle during its resolution this Attack Phase," to the beginning of its ability. [errata] Legend of the Five Rings FAQ, April 26, 2004, p. 17
Rules Q&A
- Q: Since Armor of Earth and Gunsen of Water have the errata that eliminates the cost reduction when having the corresponding Ring in play, does Katana of Fire have that errata as well?
A: No, but Mempo of the Void does. These Errata were only issued for the Elemental Items that were in the Diamond Format, due to their impact on that environment. Since the Katana of Fire and Yari of Air were not in the format, they didn't earn themselves any Errata. Martin Lund, "Rules for 3 September 2004", 7 Sep 2004 - Q: If someone has the Ring of Water in play and they attach the Gunsen of Water to a personality, is that personality gaining *one* bonus of +3/+3?
A: Yes (card text). Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 25 November 2003, Part 2", 26 Nov 2003 - Q: Saw the updated oracle text. Looks simpler, but clearer. Thanks!
Yup, had to scratch my head on this one since the answer looked intuitively obvious. Then again, we end up getting some people asking being anal about stuff like this. Just one hiccup, the following lost the part about their GC being set to 0 Gunsen of Water #cardid=2923 Armor of Earth #cardid=438 Mempo of the Void #cardid=5023
A: Yeah, those three were reprinted in Diamond, and had to be errata'd fairly early on... https://oracleofthevoid.com/#game=l5r,#cardid=3495 Alex Jones, "Oracle of the Void #rules", 3 Oct 2022