Ikoma Goro
Legend of the Five Rings card from Dark Allies
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Personality
- Force
- 1
- Chi
- 2
- Honor Requirement
- 0
- Gold Cost
- 5
- Personal Honor
- 2
- Clan
- Lion
- Keywords
- Courtier, Lion Clan, Samurai
- Card Text
- Political Battle/Open: If Goro is honorable, target a dishonorable Personality, and bow and dishonor Goro: Rehonor the target.
- Legality
- Four Winds (Gold)
- Deck
- Dynasty
Printings
Dark Allies
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- "The fault is mine, Lord Naseru," Goro said meekly. "Had I been more attentive, perhaps I could have prevented the Miya from revealing Kaneka's heritage and avoided the unfortunate complications in the south."
- Artist
- Carl Frank
- Card Number
- 104
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rules Q&A
- Q: This brings up a question I have, though. A combo I saw with this: Iuchi Yue (elemental wind open: move one item from one of your unbowed personalities to another once per turn.), Blade of Slaughter, and two of Ikoma Goro. Play the Blade of Slaughter on one Goro, dishonoring him. Bow and dishonor the other Goro to re-honor the first one, and the blade gets its bonus. Next turn, straighten the second one, then have Yue move the sword to him. He's dishonored at the moment, so the other Goro may bow and dishonor to restore him to honorable status. The thing I'm not sure works here is: would the sword gain the bonus multiple times? I think it would, but I'm not sure. By the wording on the card it might be the case that the Blade can only gain the bonus once per dishonored person it's attached to, or it might be once each time it is attached to a dishonored person, even if it was attached to this person before. Or, it might be that it is only the first time it happens while the sword is attached to someone, in which case my combo would be fruitless and I can ditch it for better cards.
A: The Blade gains a permanent +2/+2 the very first time the Personality it's on changes from dishonored to honorable following the attachment of the Blade. It is possible for the Blade to gain multiple +2/+2 bonuses if it is moved from Personality to Personality. The "this Personality may not be dishonored" effect ends each time the Blade leaves a Personality, though. [card text] Jeff Alexander, "post for 19 May 2003", 21 May 2003