Isawa Chinatsu
Legend of the Five Rings card from The Truest Test, Samurai Edition Banzai
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Personality
- Force
- 2
- Chi
- 3
- Honor Requirement
- 4
- Gold Cost
- 7
- Personal Honor
- 2
- Clan
- Phoenix
- Keywords
- Earth, Phoenix Clan, Scholar, Shugenja
- Card Text
- Earth Reaction: When paying for a Spell, produce 2 Gold which may only pay for that card.
- Legality
- Age of Enlightenment (Lotus), Race for the Throne (Samurai)
- Deck
- Dynasty
Printings
The Truest Test
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- The decision to march upon the capital was issued from the Elemental Council. Many wept at the notion of war for peace, but none could deny their wisdom.
- Artist
- Miguel Coimbra
- Card Number
- 40
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Samurai Edition Banzai
- Rarity
- Starter
- Flavor Text
- The decision to march upon the capital was issued from the Elemental Council. Many wept at the notion of war for peace, but none could deny their wisdom.
- Artist
- Miguel Coimbra
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rules Q&A
- Q: Hey all, If my opponent destroys a spell at a battlefied and I have a unused Fortified Camp and a straightened Isawa Chinatsu who has not used her ability that turn, will her reaction pay to reattach the spell?
A. Yes
A: The answer is:
A. Yes, you could choose to use her Reaction to pay for the Spell.
The answer is not: Brook Cunningham, "Fortified Camp + Isawa Chinatsu", 20 Feb 2009 - Q: B. No, because the cost is actually being generated by the Fortified Camp's Reaction, much the way you cannot use the benefit of a Supply Outpost trait benefit when paying for a personality without gaining honor to attach a Warden for 2 honor.
A: ...because the issue with Supply Outpost's trait versus Wardens' Reaction is that both effects attach the card; you have to choose to do one or the other. Then, after it's attached, you can't have another effect try to attach it again because it's no longer in your hand (as each effect requires).
Conversely, Fortified Camp's effect attaches, and Chinatsu produces Gold. These effects don't conflict or invalidate one another; they actually go quite well together. Brook Cunningham, "Fortified Camp + Isawa Chinatsu", 20 Feb 2009 - Q: Firstly, can I use Isawa Chinatsu's reaction in conjunction with Supply Outpost to attach a five gold Spell to Chinastu when she is bought in the Dynasty Phase?
A: Yes. Alex Jones, "Isawa Chinatsu and Supply Outpost", 6 Oct 2008 - Q: Secondly, can I use Supply Outpost to attach Seeking the Way (This spell cannot have its gold cost reduced) if I pay the extra Gold?
A: It's not really "extra" gold, but yes, if you pay the gold cost of Seeking the Way you will successfully attach it. Alex Jones, "Isawa Chinatsu and Supply Outpost", 6 Oct 2008 - Q: Isawa Chinatsu has a Strength of the Forge attached. I want to play another Spell that has a gold cost of 4. (C)an I use both Chinatsu's and the Spell's Reaction to pay for it?
A: Yes. Zen Faulkes, "Simultaneous gold cost payment", 16 Aug 2007