Hachigoro

Legend of the Five Rings card from The Dead of Winter

Card Type

Personality

Force

3

Chi

3

Honor Requirement

-

Gold Cost

6

Personal Honor

0

Clan

Spider

Keywords

Samurai, Shadowlands, Spider Clan, Undead

Card Text

After Hachigoro enters play, lose 3 Honor.
Battle, : If Hachigoro is dead, he claws out of his grave; Recruit him into play at the current battlefield for 2 less Gold, or ignoring his costs if the enemy leader is a Lion Clan player.

Legality

Destroyer War (Celestial)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: Hachigoro, if i control no units at the battlefield can i still use his battle action cause it would bring him into play for the rule of presence?
  A: No. You can satisfy the exception to the Rule of Presence by moving a Personality to the current battlefield, but This Exception does not apply to effects that create a unit, or cause a unit to enter play at the current battlefield; such effects still require pre-existing Presence. Alex Jones, "Hachigoro", 30 Jan 2011
• Q: Can Reactions on personalities, from other locations be used at the current battle field?
  A: Yes. Only Battle actions are subject to the Rule of Location. Alex Jones, "Hachigoro", 30 Jan 2011
• Q: Thunder Dragon Bay; gives people +1F when you perform a thunder action. I don't see any cards with [Thunder Battle:] so im assuming that cards with the thunder keyword are considered Thunder actions. Do battle actions on personalities with the Thunder keyword count as a thunder action? Or do battle actions on cards performed by personalities with the Thunder keyword count?
  Also, if a personality at another battlefield, has a reaction can it be used?
  Hachigoro, if i control no units at the battlefield can i still use his battle action cause it would bring him into play for the rule of presence?
  A: Here are the keyword rules for abilities: http://rules.l5r.com/CE_Card_features#Abilities
  Just for giggles, I'm going to replace all if the examples, which use "Ninja" in the online wiki, with "Thunder".
  "Ability keywords: An ability has any boldface keywords that appear immediately before its designator. "Example: “Thunder Battle:” In this case, the ability is a Thunder ability.
  "A card has any keywords of its abilities. "Example: A card with the ability “Thunder Battle:” has the Thunder keyword.
  "An ability also has any keywords that are on its card. "Example: An ability on a Thunder card is a Thunder ability.
  "EXCEPTION: Keywords that a card only has from one of its abilities are not given to other abilities on the card. "Example: A Thunder ability on a card does not by itself give Thunder to any other abilities on that card.
  Each word in an ability’s own keywords is a separate keyword. Example: A “Bushido Virtue” ability is a Bushido ability and a Virtue ability." Zen Faulkes, "Thunder Actions?", 27 Jan 2011
• Q: question for Lotus. Can Hachigoro activate his reaction against naval defense to get first action? @Brook Cunningham ?
  A: Looks like no, he cannot. Unlike much later Rules, I do believe engaging in Lotus was synonymous with the start of the Battle Action Segment (there was no separate "Engage" action segment). Brook Cunningham, "Sun and Moon #rules-questions", 9 Jan 2026