Ikoma Kaoku
Legend of the Five Rings card from Pearl Edition, Shadowlands, Jade Edition
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Personality
- Force
- 1
- Chi
- 3
- Honor Requirement
- 5
- Gold Cost
- 5
- Personal Honor
- 2
- Clan
- Lion
- Keywords
- Historian, Lion Clan
- Card Text
- Reaction: Bow Ikoma Kaoku after a battle (as an attacker, defender, or ally) in which your side destroyed the opposing army or a Province. Each of your Personalities in this army permanently gains +1F/+1C. Ikoma Kaoku does not need to be in the battle to use this ability.
- Legality
- Clan Wars (Imperial), Hidden Emperor (Jade)
- Deck
- Dynasty
Printings
Pearl Edition
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Artist
- Sandra Everingham
- Publisher
- Wizards of the Coast
Shadowlands
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Flavor Text
- Those that fought and lived and those that fought and died, all will be remembered.
- Artist
- Sandra Everingham
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Jade Edition
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Artist
- Sandra Everingham
- Publisher
- Wizards of the Coast
Rulings
- Erratum: Reads, "Ikoma Kaoku 1F/3C 5HR 5G 2PH Lion Clan Historian. Reaction: Bow Ikoma Kaoku after a battle (as an attacker, defender, or ally) in which your side destroyed the opposing army or a Province. Each of your Personalities in this army permanently gain +1F/+1C. Ikoma Kaoku does not need to be in the battle to use this ability." [MRP, Pearl Edition] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 103
- Cannot use his ability if he is in the battle and becomes bowed by battle resolution. [JA] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 103
- Does not need to be in the battle to use his ability. [DW, l5rinfo, 3/11/97] Accumulated Rulings, February 8, 2000, p. 32
- Clarified: need not be in the battle to use his ability. Text Change & Errata List, February 15, 2000, p. 16
Rules Q&A
- Q: Lion Clan Historian * Soul of Ikoma Kaoku Reaction: After a battle resolves in which an army containing your units destroyed the opposing army or a Province, bow Sume to permanently give each of your Personalities in that army +1F/+1C. Sume does not need to be in the battle to use this ability.
In that text, it explicitly says that destroying a province will trigger his ability. Is my text wrong, or can he trigger off destroying a province?
A: He can. [card text] Jeff Alexander, "rules for 5 Feb. 2004", 6 Feb 2004