Hoshi Maseru
Legend of the Five Rings card from Hidden Emperor 3
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Personality
- Force
- 2
- Chi
- 2
- Honor Requirement
- 0
- Gold Cost
- 5
- Personal Honor
- 2
- Clan
- Brotherhood of Shinsei
- Keywords
- Monk, Tattooed
- Card Text
- Reaction: After Maseru bows as the cost of a Kiho Strategy's action: Straighten him.
- Legality
- Hidden Emperor (Jade)
- Deck
- Dynasty
Printings
Hidden Emperor 3
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- "Three times we have given him up for dead, and each time, he returned unscathed. Death stalks a pace behind him... but always a step to slow." - Takao
- Artist
- Lissanne Lake
- Publisher
- Wizards of the Coast
Rules Q&A
- Q: This got me thinking.... There was a ruling way back when... It was for Hoshi Maseru. The ruling was "bowing was the last thing you do when resolving an action." This was so that Maseru (who unbows after casting kiho) could target himself with Chasing Osano-Wo. If that ruling still holds then, technically, Higatsuku itsn't bowed until the duel is over. Bring back Shosuro Tech and Face Me!
A: The ruling is not that bowing doesn't happen until after everything else. The ruling -- now a rule, on page 46 -- is that, for any action, targets are chosen before costs are paid. Thus a Shugenja or Monk can target himself with a bow-to-cast Kiho. Sadly, Maseru will still be bowed while his own duel commences. Jeff Alexander, "post for 5 April 2002 pt. 2", 8 Apr 2002