Hitomi

Legend of the Five Rings card from Pearl Edition, Jade Edition, Time of the Void

Card Type

Personality

Force

5

Chi

4

Honor Requirement

-

Gold Cost

12

Personal Honor

1

Clan

Dragon

Keywords

Experienced 2 Mirumoto Hitomi, Loyal, Unique, Clan Champion, Dragon Clan, Samurai, Seven Thunder, Shugenja, Thunder

Card Text

Hitomi Equips The Obsidian Hand ignoring Gold cost.
Repeatable Limited, w: If Hitomi has The Obsidian Hand, destroy a target Dragon. If it is a Shugenja, Hitomi permanently copies all of its abilities that do not themselves copy abilities.

Legality

Clan Wars (Imperial), Hidden Emperor (Jade)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rulings

• Erratum: Reads, "Hitomi 5F/4C -HR 12G 1PH Dragon Clan Champion. Samurai. Dragon Thunder. Shugenja. Unique. Experienced 2. Hitomi will only join a Dragon player. Hitomi can attach the Obsidian Hand without Gold cost. Limited: If she has the Obsidian Hand, bow Hitomi. Destroy any one Dragon in play (this does not refer to Dragon Clan Personalities). Hitomi permanently gains the innate abilities of that Dragon." [MRP, Pearl Edition] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 101
• Erratum: Renamed from Mirumoto Hitomi, and is the Experienced 2 Mirumoto Hitomi. [MRP, Pearl Edition] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 101
• Erratum: Renamed: was Mirumoto Hitomi. Text Change & Errata List, February 15, 2000, p. 15
• Erratum: Added: is now also a shugenja. Text Change & Errata List, February 15, 2000, p. 15
• Erratum: Added: is now Dragon Clan Champion. Text Change & Errata List, February 15, 2000, p. 15
• Erratum: Added: will only join Dragon players. Text Change & Errata List, February 15, 2000, p. 15
• Erratum: Changed: no longer gains the shugenja trait with her ability. She only gains the dragon's abilities. Text Change & Errata List, February 15, 2000, p. 15
• Q: Is Goju Hitomi considered the Most-Recent Printing of Hitomi Experienced 3 from Hidden Emperor? Goju Hitomi says "Experienced 3 Mirumoto Hitomi" and doesn't have the little KYD mark. A: Goju Hitomi is her own card and not an MRP. None of the cards in 1,000 Years are reprintings of existing cards. We tried to put the KYD mark only on cards that had exact title conflicts with existing or potential future cards in the main storyline, so it is not always present. Legend of the Five Rings FAQ, October 2003, p. 12

Rules Q&A

• Q: If an action is completely cancelled (which Flee the Darkness does), it's treated as though it never happened. Therefore, in this case, Hitomi could use her ability again.
  Then what's the point of cancelling it?
  A: You get one more chance to get rid of her before she does it again, I suppose. Not great, but better than nothing. Jeff Alexander, "Rulings for 14 January 2000", 16 Jan 2001
• Q: Hi,
  What happens when Hitomi with the Obsidian Hand is targeted by Shiho’s ability? Shiho neither transfers nor explicitly destroys the attachment but will the attachments trait negate the rulebook effect of it being destroyed as it is a created card? And if so where does it go?
  Thanks.
  A: Indeed, Ninube Shiho doesn't explicitly (or implicitly) destroy Mirumoto Hitomi, Seven Thunder Experienced 2CW's Obsidian Hand (also please use complete titles when asking Rules Forum questions).
  So, when Shiho's ability tries to make the Obisdian Hand created card that came from Hitomi's trait go to an out-of-play area, it ceases to exist (per the linked rules about created cards going out of play). Brook Cunningham, "Hitomi 2CW & Obsidian Hand vs Shiho", 9 Aug 2015