Akodo Yobi

Legend of the Five Rings card from Diamond Edition, Broken Blades, Training Grounds

Card Type

Personality

Force

1

Chi

3

Honor Requirement

5

Gold Cost

8

Personal Honor

3

Clan

Lion

Keywords

Tactician, Lion Clan, Samurai

Card Text

Tactical Reaction: After a Terrain enters play from your hand: Draw a card.

Legality

Four Winds (Gold), Rain of Blood (Diamond)

Deck

Dynasty

Story

1999 Name a Personality: California - Ash Thomason

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: I just wanted to know if I have the Akodo House gaurd attached to Akodo Yobi, when I play a terrain can I react twice with him to draw two cards? Thank in advance, -Andy-
  A: You can only use a printed instance of a Reaction ONCE per trigger. Each copy of Yobi can use its Reaction ONCE on any given Terrain. This is true of all cards with printed Reactions. (Diamond Edition Rulebook, p75) Martin Lund, "Rules for 30 March 2004", 1 Apr 2004
• Q: Have I used Yobi's Tactical action for battle A or for Battle B?
  A: He's used it for the battle currently resolving. Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 14 December 2003", 14 Dec 2003
• Q: If I have somebody in the battle use Superior Strategist to get a terrain, can I use Yobi's ability to draw a card[?]
  A: No, because it is not played "from your hand" (Akodo Yobi card text). Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 17 October 2003, Part 3", 17 Oct 2003
• Q: If Akodo Yobi is in a battle where his player plays Deadly Ground can his reaction still be used to draw a card? And what if Yobi were outside of the battle?
  A: No and no. Yobi's Reaction is used "after" the Terrain is played. Deadly Ground is in full effect. Yobi's Reaction is an action, and it does not destroy Deadly Ground, therefore it is not allowed by Deadly Ground. It makes no difference whatsoever where Yobi is located. Jeff Alexander, "post for 13 May 2003", 14 May 2003
• Q: Does Akodo Yobi have to be in the battle the terrain was played in order to use his reaction?
  A: No. Jeff Alexander, "post for 4 April 2003", 5 Apr 2003
• Q: Let`s say we are in a battle were I have one Tactician (i.e. Akodo Ijiasu) opposed by a big Scorpion army.
  It is my turn and I play a terrain (any)
  Can I use Akodo Yobi reaction to draw a card if he is at home?
  A: Yes. Also if he's at a different battle. It counts as a use of Tactician for the battle underway. Jeff Alexander, "post for 18 February 2003", 19 Feb 2003
• Q: This must have been asked but I can't find a recent ruling.
  I assume Yobi's Reaction ("Draw a card after playing a Terrain from your hand. This is a use of the Tactician trait") applies to the battle the terrain is played in, even if he's at another battle or in the fief......following that, I assume he can use Tactician (including his Reaction) at other battles.
  Is this right?
  A: Yes. Jeff Alexander, "post for 31 October 2002", 1 Nov 2002
• Q: Just wanted to make sure I was reading this right but if I play a Deadly Ground while I have Akodo Yobi in play I can NOT take his reaction to draw a card?
  A: Correct. He cannot. Jeff Alexander, "post for 18 September 2002", 19 Sep 2002
• Q: Akodo Yobi Lion Clan * Samurai * Tactician. Reaction: Draw a card after playing a Terrain from your hand. This is a use of the Tactician trait.
  Just to check: May use the reaction if he is 'out of battle' (in home) ?
  A: Yes. Jeff Alexander, "post for 6 September 2002", 7 Sep 2002
• Q: 2) If I've got Akodo Yobi in a battle at province A and I'm resolving a battle at Province B and play Accessible Terrain there, can I use Yobi's ability to draw a card off of the Terrain?
  A: Yes. Jeff Alexander, "post for 3 September 2002", 4 Sep 2002
• Q: Akodo Yobi Reaction: Draw a card after playing a Terrain from your hand. This is a use of the Tactician trait.
  Lion Scout Reaction: Bow when one of your Lion Clan Personalities uses the Tactician trait. The Personality may use the trait one additional time this battle, but it must be a use he or she did not use previously this battle.
  White Shore Plain Delayed Terrain Battle: Each Tactician who has not used the Tactician trait for this battle gains a Force bonus equal to his or her Chi.
  If I play a WSP and take Yobi's reaction to draw a card and also react with the lion scout for the tactican thing, will Yobi (Satomi and Fujimaro's abilities also spring to mind) still gain the force bonus from the WSP?
  A: Lion Scout will not allow a Personality to take a Tactician action and still get a bonus from White Shore Plain. Lion Scout gives the Personality a second use of Tactician -- it does not erase the memory of his first use. Jeff Alexander, "post for 28 August 2002", 29 Aug 2002
• Q: Second, with a card like Akodo Yobi (Not the ideal card for my question, but the best I could find). Can you take Reactions on Personalities not at the current battle? Akodo Yobi goes a step further with it being a Tactician action. Again, can he use this at home / in a different battlefield?
  A: Reactions are not subject to the Rule of Location, so may be used from any location, as long as their triggers are met. Ben Higgins, "Rule of Location inquiry", 18 Mar 2012