Ikoma Tsanuri

Legend of the Five Rings card from Pearl Edition, Jade Edition, Time of the Void

Card Type

Personality

Force

5

Chi

4

Honor Requirement

10

Gold Cost

14

Personal Honor

4

Clan

Lion

Keywords

Double Chi, Loyal, Tactician, Unique, Clan Champion, Experienced, Lion Clan, Samurai

Card Text

While Tsanuri is at the current battlefield, negates all current and new effects from Regions and Terrains there.
Favor Political Battle: Once per battle, if Tsanuri is in a defending army, move home a target enemy Personality; bow him as he moves.

Legality

Clan Wars (Imperial), Hidden Emperor (Jade)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rulings

• Erratum: Reads, "Ikoma Tsanuri 5F/4C 10HR 14G 4PH Lion Clan Champion. Samurai. Tactician. Double Chi. Experienced. Unique. Ikoma Tsanuri will only join a Lion player. Ignore all effects of Terrains and Regions while Ikoma Tsanuri is in this army. Battle: Once per battle in which Ikoma Tsanuri is in the defending army, target an opposing Personality, who is sent home bowed. This is considered a use of the Imperial Favor." [MRP, Pearl Edition] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 104
• Cannot be assigned to attack a Clan Heartland because her trait does not apply until she's in the battle. [DW, 17 October 1997] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 104
• If she is placed in Fu Leng's Horde, the Defender cannot play terrains even if he is her controller. [DW, l5rinfo, 12/9/96] Accumulated Rulings, February 8, 2000, p. 32
• Prevents terrains in the battle she's currently in, not the one she was originally assigned to. [FAQ 3.3] Accumulated Rulings, February 8, 2000, p. 32
• Will not destroy an existing terrain if she's moved into a battle with one. [ibid.] Accumulated Rulings, February 8, 2000, p. 32
• Erratum: Added: will only join Lion players. Text Change & Errata List, February 15, 2000, p. 16
• Q: Does Ikoma Tsanuri prevent terrains from being played in the battle she was originally assigned to or the one she's currently at? A: The one she's at. If she moves away or dies, her opponents can start playing terrains again. She won't destroy an existing terrain if she's moved into a battle, either. Legend of the Five Rings FAQ, Version 3.6.2, May 1998, p. 9

Rules Q&A

• Q: Ikoma Tsanuri (Experienced) Reads, "Ikoma Tsanuri 5F/4C 10HR 14G 4PH Lion Clan Champion. Samurai. Tactician. Double Chi. Experienced. Unique. Ikoma Tsanuri will only join a Lion player. Ignore all effects of Terrains and Regions while Ikoma Tsanuri is in this army. Battle: Once per battle in which Ikoma Tsanuri is in the defending army, target an opposing Personality, who is sent home bowed. This is considered a use of the Imperial Favor." [MRP, Pearl Edition] Cannot be assigned to attack a Clan Heartland because her trait does not apply until she's in the battle. [DW, 17 October 1997]
  Jon has Clan Heartland on province A and another province B.
  Mike attacks province B with kitsu motso and Ikoma Tsanuri XP and resolves province B
  Can Mike play sup Tac on Motso so he moves to province A (the one with clan heartland attached)? Can Mike play sup Tac on Tsanuri so she moves to province A?
  A: Yes. Tsanuri suppresses the effects of all Terrains and Regions while she is in the current battle, so she can move into the Clan Heartland Province from a different one when the different one is the current one. Jeff Alexander, "post for 8 April 2003", 9 Apr 2003
• Q: Is her ability political?
  A: Yes. Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 22 June 2001", 24 Jun 2001
• Q: [OBH] or whatever Edition she happens to be from. Ikoma Tsanuri. "Ignore all effects of terrains and regions." This means, then, that any terrains I play are also negated? I was hoping that terrains would be negated for my enemy but not for me. I was really hoping to play Deadly Ground.
  A: Yeah, sorry. Exp 1 and Exp 2 Tsanuri negate all Terrains and Regions, yours and your opponents'. If you want just the other players' Terrains affected by her, you want non-Exp Tsanuri. Brook Cunningham, "Sun and Moon #rules-questions", 10 Apr 2025