Hirariko

Legend of the Five Rings card from Ambition's Debt

Card Type

Personality

Force

2

Chi

5

Honor Requirement

-

Gold Cost

10

Personal Honor

0

Clan

Ninja

Keywords

Duelist, Unique, Experienced, Ninja

Card Text

After Hirariko enters play, lose 4 Honor.
Negate positive Modifiers and effects of traits and actions from Items while their Personality is facing Hirariko in a duel.
Battle: Once per battle, target an enemy Personality whose Gold Cost is greater than his Chi plus Personal Honor. Hirariko duels him. Destroy the loser.

Legality

Hidden Emperor (Jade)

Erratum

Ability errata'd to Once Per Battle contemporarily.

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rulings

• Erratum: Ability can only be used once per battle. [Erratum] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 100
• Erratum: Her trait should read "Items provide no bonuses or special effects against Hirariko in a duel." [l5rinfo, 1/24/2000] Accumulated Rulings, February 8, 2000, p. 2
• Erratum: May only issue her challenge once per battle. [errata] Accumulated Rulings, February 8, 2000, p. 30
• Erratum: action is usable once per battle. Text Change & Errata List, February 15, 2000, p. 15
• Erratum: Hirariko Exp: her action is usable once per battle. The Imperial Herald, Issue 13, p. 35

Rules Q&A

• Q: It seem Hirariko (basic)'s Oracle text is just a copy of the printed text... what are "special effects"?
  Also, why is Hirariko xp's battle ability "once per battle"? Wasn't the original card from the "any number of times per turn" days?
  Hirariko basic:
  Ninja After Hirariko enters play: Lose 2 honor. Items provide no bonuses or special effects in a duel against Hirariko.
  Hirariko xp:
  Duelist • Experienced • Ninja • Unique After Hirariko enters play: Lose 4 Honor. Items give no bonuses and create no effects in a duel against Hirariko. Battle: Once per battle, target an enemy Personality whose Gold Cost is greater than his Chi plus Personal Honor: Hirariko duels him. Destroy the duel's loser.
  A: Those tricky ninja, sliding under my radar!
  "Special Effects" are those created by CGI or camera tricks to give the illusion that the Items aren't there...
  Ahem, but seriously:
  Fixed Hirarko basic.
  And Hirariko Exp received contemporary errata. Will note! Brook Cunningham, "Hirariko", 30 Sep 2013