Hand of Osano-Wo

Legend of the Five Rings card from Celestial Edition, The Heaven's Will

Card Type

Strategy

Gold Cost

0

Keywords

Kiho, Thunder

Card Text

Kiho Thunder Battle: Target your performing unbowed Monk and bow him unless he is Tattooed to destroy a target enemy attachment. If its Personality now has no Followers, you may make a Ranged 3 Attack targeting him.

Focus Value

2

Legality

Destroyer War (Celestial), Race for the Throne (Samurai)

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rulings

• Erratum: Reads, "Hand of Osano-Wo 0G 2FV Thunder • Kiho. Battle: Target your unbowed Monk, and bow him unless he is Tattooed: Destroy a target enemy attachment. If its Personality now has no Followers, you may make a Ranged 3 Attack targeting him." [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009] Comprehensive Rules, Celestial Edition, with specific card rulings, final version, February 2012, p. 135

Rules Q&A

• Q: Player B plays Hand of Osano-Wo targetting the Armor of the Heavens on Player A's personality.
  Question: Can player A use the reaction of Armor of the Heavens?
  I was not sure after consulting page 14 of the Celestial Rulebook - "... When a unit is targeted, this targets its Personality..."
  A: No, you cannot use the Reaction.
  Note, the rule you quote says "When a unit is targeted" not "When a card in the unit is targeted".
  Hand of Osano-Wo targets the attachment, then the Personality, never the unit as a whole. For an example of such an instance, see Dramatic Assassination. Brook Cunningham, "Armor of the Heavens vs Hand of Osano-Wo", 26 Jul 2009
• Q: Kinda new here. So please excuse any mistakes on my part(if any).
  Kuon is the only personality in my attacking army. My friend defends with a tattoed monk and uses Hand of Osano Wo. Does the Ranged 3 does not happen? Or because it is conditional, it will still push through?
  References:
  Hand of Osano-Wo
  Battle: Target your unbowed Monk, and bow him if he is not Tattooed: Destroy a target enemy attachment. If its Personality now has no Followers, you may make a Ranged 3 Attack targeting him.
  Hida Kuon Exp. 6
  If Kuon is the only Personality in his army, before the resolution of the enemy leader's first action that targeted Kuon this battle: Its effects do not happen. Battle: Even if Kuon is bowed, if any enemy units are at the current battlefield: Move your target Personality there. If he moved, straighten him.
  Thanks for the info.
  [Mod edit: Thread title. -ZF]
  A: Assuming Kuon has an attachment which you can target for the effect in the first sentence, you can take the action, and it will happen because Kuon hasn't been targeted by the action at the point when his trait resolves. The Ranged Attack, because it's optional, and thus not targeted until effects resolution, will occur - although it won't generally do much! Alex Jones, "Hida Kuon (Experienced 6): The compilation", 10 Jul 2009
• Q: I play a Hand of Osano Wo, against a personality with 2 followers. I destroy one of them. If I use The Arrow knows the Way, will I be able to make a Ranged Attack against the personality? Or wouldn't the ranged attack happen at all, because my target still has a follower attached?
  Hand of Osano Wo:
  Kiho Battle: Target your unbowed Monk and bow him if he is not Tattooed: Destroy a target enemy attachment. If its Personality now has no Followers, you may make a Ranged 3 Attack targeting him.
  The Arrow Knows the Way:
  Reaction: Before you target a Ranged Attack from an action performed by one of your Personalities with a Chi of 3 or higher: The Ranged Attack may target a Personality with attached Followers.
  A: As per the card text on Hand of Osano-Wo, the condition on being able to make the Ranged Attack in the first place is the condition that he has no followers. You cannot make a Ranged attack, therefore you cannot react with The Arrow Knows the Way. Dan Jacobson, "Hand of Osano Wo plus The Arrow Knows the Way", 10 Nov 2008