Hida Sosuke

Legend of the Five Rings card from Test of Enlightenment

Card Type

Personality

Force

5

Chi

3

Honor Requirement

-

Gold Cost

8

Personal Honor

1

Clan

Crab

Keywords

Enlightened, Unique, Yu 5, Bushi, Crab Clan, Experienced, Hero

Card Text

Battle: Take an additional action to play a Strategy from your discard pile for one of its Heroic Battle abilities. If you control any Rings, the action may target a Personality ignoring its restrictions. After it resolves, remove the Strategy from the game.

Legality

Age of Enlightenment (Lotus)

Deck

Dynasty

Story

2006 Kotei Winner - Paul Heaver

Printings

Rulings

• Erratum: Reads, "Hida Sosuke 3F/3C -HR 7G 1PH Crab Clan Bushi. Yu 3. After Sosuke is destroyed while at a battlefield or in a duel, you may target and permanently give –2F/–2C to a Personality who opposed him when he was destroyed or who was in the duel." [MRP, Khan's Defiance, 22 January 2007] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 99

Rules Q&A

• Q: Hi,
  Hida Sosuke XP is attacking at the current battlefield. My first battle action is his base battle action. Assuming I control a Ring, I use Always Ready from my discard pile. - Hida Sosuke can perform that action even if he didn't perform Hida's Avalanche this turn: ok. - How about the "up to two" other personalities. As Always Ready "may target a Personality ignoring its restrictions", does it mean : => If I target a Personality, who has already been in an attacking army during Resolution during the same attack phase, he will move to Hida Sosuke's Attacking army?
  Card texts : Hida Sosuke XP Battle: Take an additional action to play a Strategy from your discard pile for one of its Heroic Battle. If you control any Rings, the action may target a Personality ignoring its restrictions. After it resolves, remove the Strategy from the game.
  Always Ready: Battle: Choose your performing Personality who has performed Hida's Avalanche's action this turn and target zero to two of your units at other locations: Move them to the current battlefield. Straighten them. Give the performer a Force bonus equal to his Yu. Actions may target him as if he has been targeted by Shell of Stone's ability this turn.
  Thanks in advance, Regards, Rémi.
  A: 1. Yes, you may use Always Ready even if Sosuke did not perform Hida's Avalanche this turn (that's kinda what he was designed for, really).
  2. You may target a Personality who has already been in battle resolution. However, the Second-Battle Rule is not a restriction. It will simply cause the unit's movement to fail - you're still free to target him! Jon Palmer, "Hida Sosuke XP vs Rulebook restrictions", 27 Mar 2012