Ikoma Otemi
Legend of the Five Rings card from Test of the Emerald and Jade Championships
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Personality
- Force
- 4
- Chi
- 4
- Honor Requirement
- 12
- Gold Cost
- 9
- Personal Honor
- 4
- Clan
- Lion
- Keywords
- Cavalry, Experienced 3, Loyal, Naval, Tactician, Unique, Lion Clan, Samurai
- Card Text
- Battle: Discard a card and target a card in the enemy army: Bow it. If you discarded a Bushido Virtue card to pay this action's base cost, gain 2 Honor.
- Legality
- Race for the Throne (Samurai)
- Deck
- Dynasty
Printings
Test of the Emerald and Jade Championships
- Rarity
- Fixed
- Flavor Text
- "I will make war again, regardless of what the healers say. This much I promise."
- Artist
- Drew Baker
- Card Number
- 14
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rules Q&A
- Q: Hi there,
I am a little confused with the following two rules as read in the SE rulebook: The Naval rule, found on page 49, and the Perform rule, found on page 50. The situation I am confused about is this one: I have a Naval personality that has a battle action. I am attacking and would like to perform his action as the first action at a battle, as per the Naval rule. However, this personality's action has a cost that requires bowing/destroying a follower, and as per the Perform rules on page 50 this means the follower is considered performing the action (I assume BOTH the personality and the follower are performing this kind of action). This particular follower does not have Naval. The Naval rules state it must be performed by a Naval personality or one of his Naval followers. In this case the action is performed by a Naval personality AND a non-Naval Follower. Can I take the action?
The cards involved are Akodo Shigetoshi exp. and Ikoma Otemi exp. 3. with any given non-Naval Follower attached.
Thanks so much for clearing this up for me!
(PS, I would just like to add that my money is on 'yes you can' and that I cry when I lose money Either way, an explanation would be most welcome)
A: In the Rules Glossary for "From" there is an exception (see here)
It states "Costs and effects of traits and abilities given to other cards, copied from other cards, or on created cards, come from the card they are currently on. "
The ability granted by Akodo Shigetoshi experienced is on Ikoma Otemi Experienced 3.
Ikoma Otemi Experienced 3 performs that granted action. The follower (in this case) does not.
He can therefore use it via the action granted by his Naval Keyword. Dan Jacobson, "Naval and Performing", 5 Jan 2009