I Do Not Die So Easily!

Legend of the Five Rings card from Death at Koten

Card Type

Strategy

Gold Cost

0

Card Text

Reaction: After another player's action targets your Personality during a battle: Negate his destruction from the action's effects. After the resolution of your next Battle action this battle, destroy him.

Focus Value

1

Legality

Destroyer War (Celestial), Race for the Throne (Samurai)

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: [T]hat was not Barswanian's question. ... Barswanian's question was "If a card that removed from the game is destroyed, would it go to the discard pile? And if so, would it be a dead personality or not?"
  A: Thanks for the rephrase. (Here we have an example of the perils of asking a question using a bunch of specific cards in a combo as an example, rather than asking the general question.)
  Will try to deal with this a very similar thread over here: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=95155. To repeat what I initially said there: Personality destroyed while out of play does go to the discard pile, and is considered discarded, but is not dead.
  But what I since realized is that this started with a situation where an out of play Personality was destroyed. I overextended from "out of play" to "out of game," which was a mistake.
  So, a correction: A card removed from the game can't be destroyed, and thus, can't be brought back. Zen Faulkes, "Cursed Relic & I Do Not Die So Easily!", 2 Dec 2011
• Q: If Cursed Relic targets a person with its Removal from Game ability, can I react to the targeting with I do not Die so easily, and then take a battle action on my next turn to return the personality to the game (albeit into the discard pile?)
  A: No, because I Do Not Die So Easily negates destruction. Cursed Relic does not destroy; it "removes from the game". The two terms are not identical. Destroyed cards are removed from the game (http://rules.l5r.com/CE_Glossary_D#Destroy), but there is no rule that all cards removed from the game are destroyed (http://rules.l5r.com/CE_Areas_of_the_ga ... ommunal.29). Zen Faulkes, "Cursed Relic & I Do Not Die So Easily!", 1 Dec 2011
• Q: 10F crab attacks a province and 0F crane defends. crane duels with first action and wins duel. crab player reacts with I Do Not Die So Easily! and passes for his next action. does the crab die?
  A: No. Passing is not a Battle action (not stated outright, but implied at http://rules.l5r.com/Battles#Combat_Segment: ..."the Defender gets the first opportunity to either take a Battle Action or Pass.") Zen Faulkes, "I Do Not Die So Easily!", 4 May 2009
• Q: if the crane player passes as well does the crab stay alive?
  A: Yes. Zen Faulkes, "I Do Not Die So Easily!", 4 May 2009