Hatamoto
Legend of the Five Rings card from Promotional–Gold
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Holding
- Gold Cost
- 10
- Keywords
- Unique, Retainer
- Card Text
- w: When paying for a non-variable-cost card, discard the Imperial Favor to produce Gold equal to the card's printed Gold Cost.
- Legality
- Four Winds (Gold)
- Deck
- Dynasty
Printings
Promotional–Gold
- Rarity
- Promo
- Flavor Text
- "The true greatness of a general lies in the greatness of his advisors." - Sun Tao
- Notes
- Released as: Imperial League, Season of the Crane (Brozzo's promo list)
- Artist
- beet
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Promotional–Gold
- Rarity
- Promo
- Flavor Text
- "The true greatness of a general lies in the greatness of his advisors." - Sun Tao
- Notes
- Released as: Tournament prize or tournament participation; Imperial League, Season of the Crane (Brozzo's promo list)
- Artist
- beet
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rules Q&A
- Q: Hatamoto. Holding 10G Unique Retainer Bow the Hatamoto and discard the Imperial Favor to pay the full Gold cost of any one card. This may not pay for cards with variable Gold costs.
This isn't an action, and buying cards during the dynasty phase isn't an action either: can a Shadowlands player use this if s/he has somehow acquired the Favour, eg, becase Kolat Courtiers has resolved.
A: Yes. Jeff Alexander, "post for 4 September 2002", 5 Sep 2002 - Q: Since Hatamoto is a Gold producing card,
A: No, it is not. [Glossary, p. 72] Jeff Alexander, "post for 8 March 2002", 9 Mar 2002