Hiruma Tsukiko
Legend of the Five Rings card from Heaven & Earth
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Personality
- Force
- 2
- Chi
- 2
- Honor Requirement
- 2
- Gold Cost
- 7
- Personal Honor
- 3
- Clan
- Crab
- Keywords
- Crab Clan, Samurai, Scout
- Card Text
- Tsukiko has +2F and +2 Yu while in a defending army.
Tsukiko has +2F and +2 Yu while opposed by a Shadowlands card in battle. - Legality
- Four Winds (Gold), Rain of Blood (Diamond)
- Deck
- Dynasty
Printings
Heaven & Earth
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- "We Hiruma wield the only weapon that the Horde cannot overcome - hope."
- Artist
- Carl Frank
- Card Number
- 33
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rules Q&A
- Q: 4 - Hiruma Tsukiko is defending in a battle and she's killed during that battle (ranged attack, duel...). Can I use Kisada's Shrine to bring her back, knowing that "while killed" she's no longer defending in a battle and thus does not have the yu trait ?
A: Trick question.
She permanently gained Yu 0 before she got her first Yu +2 bonus. Martin Lund, "Rules for 8 June 2004", 10 Jun 2004 - Q: HIRUMA TSUKIKO/KISADA'S SHRINE
Tsukiko is destroyed while defending one of my Provinces. Can I bring her back with Kisada's Shrine, or does her Yu trait vanish before the Shrine can take effect?
A: One of the lesser known rules about Yu - any time you give a personality without Yu a Yu bonus, you first give them a permanent Yu 0, then modify it from there. So, when Tsukiko assigns as a Defender, she gets a permanent Yu 0, and then gives herself a two point bonus to her newfound Yu. That makes her an eligible target for Kisada's Shrine.
It's also worth noting, though, that even did that rule not exist, Tsukiko would still be a legal target for the Shrine. Cards remember changes that have happened to them, even when they're dead. Vaughn Derderian, "Rules for June 11th - Part One!", 11 Jun 2003