Ikoma Ryozo
Legend of the Five Rings card from Ambition's Debt
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Personality
- Force
- 4
- Chi
- 5
- Honor Requirement
- 0
- Gold Cost
- 10
- Personal Honor
- 3
- Clan
- Lion
- Keywords
- Experienced 2, Unique, Lion Clan, Samurai, Shadowlands
- Card Text
- After a Favor action targets a card at Ryozo's battlefield, move him home; bow him as he moves.
Battle: Give Ryozo +1F for each Oni in his army. - Legality
- Hidden Emperor (Jade)
- Deck
- Dynasty
Printings
Ambition's Debt
- Rarity
- Fixed
- Flavor Text
- Once, he sought to deny the Taint upon his soul. Now he embraces his fate, and with it, his fallen house.
- Artist
- Lissanne Lake
- Publisher
- Wizards of the Coast
Rulings
- If the Favor is used on another unit, effects triggered by an action sending home Ryozo's unit (e.g., Armor of Earth) cannot prevent Ryozo from being sent home, because his trait sends him home. [Reversal, DW, email, 29 May 1997] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 104
- Negating the effect of the Favor (e.g., Confusion at Court) will not stop Ryozo from leaving, because the Favor still targeted someone. [DW, 13 February 1998] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 104
Rules Q&A
- Q: If the Right Hand Wind ability is used to bring a Personality into the battle that Ryozo is in, will Ryozo go home?
A: Jeff Alexander may want to address the specific case (it's got Diamond stuff in it), but I refer you to the Rules Archive, General Rules, Battle: "Moving a card into a battle from elsewhere is not 'affecting a card in that battle.'" Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 21 September 2003", 21 Sep 2003 - Q: what if Ryozo is the one being moved? Obviously, if he's being sent from the battle being resolved to another one, he will go home; but what if he's sent from another battle to the current one?
A: Again, I reckon the ruling above deals with this. Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 21 September 2003", 21 Sep 2003