Hida Kaoru

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

Card Type

Personality

Force

5

Chi

2

Honor Requirement

0

Gold Cost

7

Personal Honor

2

Clan

Crab

Keywords

Unique, Crab Clan, Experienced, Hero, Samurai

Card Text

Heroic Battle, : If Kaoru is dead and there are any enemy units at the current battlefield, Recruit Kaoru into play there.

Legality

Race for the Throne (Samurai)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: 2) My opponent uses Heavy Elite's (5F) action on my Hida Kaoru (4F) and I react to the targeting with Setting Sun Strike. After Announce, Targeting, Costs, when going to "Resolve Effects", does Heavy Elite's destroy resolve unsuccessfully because Kaoru no longer meets the destroy requirements even though she met the targeting requirements, as they are all in the same sentence?
  A: Playing Setting Sun Strike will NOT stop Heavy Elite's destruction effect. There are no requirements on the destruction. If there were, the effect would be worded something like, "If X is true, destroy the target". The requirements are only on the targeting. Brook Cunningham, "Heavy Elite vs. Setting Sun Strike", 13 Feb 2010
• Q: (I)f I use Seiden Sanzo on Hida Kaoru, then she dies at the beginning of my dynasty phase, then on my next turn, I Will her back into play, does she still have +3 force and the cavalry trait?
  A: Yes, for reasons given in previous post.
  Whoopsie: That's wrong, because I missed "next turn." Effects last their normal duration whether a card is in play or out. Here, that's end of turn. Zen Faulkes, "Duration of effect on a dead personality", 9 Sep 2009