Amaterasu's Blessing
Legend of the Five Rings card from Dawn of the Empire
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Strategy
- Gold Cost
- 0
- Keywords
- Kiho
- Card Text
- Kiho Battle/Open: Target your performing unbowed Monk or Shugenja to target a Personality. Until your next turn begins, Personalities you own have a minimum Force and minimum Chi equal to their Personal Honor. This effect is permanent on this action's targets.
- Focus Value
- 4
- Legality
- Age of Enlightenment (Lotus), Rain of Blood (Diamond)
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
Dawn of the Empire
- Rarity
- Fixed
- Flavor Text
- "The sun never shone brighter than on the day of Hantei's coronation." - Akodo
- Artist
- Carl Frank
- Card Number
- 101
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rules Q&A
- Q: If Kakita (or Mirumoto for that matter) is targeted by Amaterasu's Blessing, does this mean when you reajust his chi in a duel it can never go below 5?
A: Yes.
Stat minimums are imposed after all other bonuses and penalties are applied to the stat.
If Kakita dueled Koto, he'd give himself a -6 Chi Penalty, to a 1 Chi total, but than the Blessing would force the stat to have a value of 5.
Of course, Kakita would then Focus with up to 3 cards. If he focused a 1 a 2 and a 3, his Chi would now be 7 again.
7 - 6 + 1 + 2 + 3 = 7 5 so no minimum applied.
Remember, the minimum or maximum is always applied dead last, regardless of the order of the bonus or penalty effects. Martin Lund, "Kakita + Amaterasu's Blessing", 12 Mar 2005