Isawa Kaede

Legend of the Five Rings card from The Dark Journey Home

Card Type: Personality
Force: 3
Chi: 5
Honor Requirement: 5
Gold Cost: 14
Personal Honor: 3
Clan: Phoenix
Keywords: Double Chi, Unique, Experienced, Oracle, Phoenix Clan, Shugenja, Void
Card Text: You may ignore the cost of bowing Shugenja in Kaede's army for Kiho actions they perform.
You may ignore the cost of bowing Kaede for Kiho actions she performs.
Limited: Any number of times per turn, bow Kaede, target a Ninja Personality, and discard the top card of your Fate deck: If its Focus Value is lower than the Ninja's Chi, permanently remove Ninja from him. Otherwise, destroy him.
Legality: Hidden Emperor (Jade)
Deck: Dynasty

Printings

Q: 3. Traits overwrite when you overlay, so does that mean if i have Isawa Kaede Exp. In play and i overlay Exp 2, that now I no longer get the abilty of my shugenja not having to bow to cast kihos in the same army as her, and only get that Ninja cards cost 2 gold to straighten?
That is correct.
It was my understanding that abilities are still inherited, however. Aren't those Kaede's abilities rather than her traits (which I assume are supposed to be "shugenja", "master of the void" etc.).
A: "Ability" means "action": something preceeded with one of the four action type keywords. "Shugenja in the same army as Kaede do not need to bow to perform kiho. Kaede need not bow to perform kiho." is not an ability, it is a trait, so it is not kept when overlaying Kaede Exp2 over Kaede Exp. Jeff Alexander, "post for 19-22 April 2002", 23 Apr 2002
Q: 3. Traits overwrite when you overlay, so does that mean if i have Isawa Kaede Exp. In play and i overlay Exp 2, that now I no longer get the abilty of my shugenja not having to bow to cast kihos in the same army as her, and only get that Ninja cards cost 2 gold to straighten?
A: That is correct. Jeff Alexander, "post for 18 April 2002", 18 Apr 2002