Isawa Norikazu

Legend of the Five Rings card from Honor Bound

Card Type

Personality

Force

2

Chi

5

Honor Requirement

0

Gold Cost

10

Personal Honor

2

Clan

Phoenix

Keywords

Experienced 2, Unique, Phoenix Clan, Seer, Shugenja

Card Text

Limited: Target a player and name a Fate or Dynasty card. The player must discard all versions of the card from his hand and appropriate deck. (Cards in other areas are unaffected.) Reshuffle the deck. Until the game ends, the player may not be targeted by any physical copy of this ability its owner owns, nor any non-physical copy whatsoever (this ongoing effect continues even if this card goes face-down and out-of-play).

Legality

Hidden Emperor (Jade)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rulings

• Ability cannot be used on a player more than once per game. This includes copies of him or his ability. [Card text, 18 July 1999] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 105
• Will not affect cards in Provinces or anywhere other than the "appropriate deck and Fate hand." [Card text] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 105
• "All versions" includes different Experience levels. [23 September 1999] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 105
• Cannot counter actions from cards in play or Action cards which aren't played from the hand. [card text] Accumulated Rulings, February 8, 2000, p. 34
• The action must directly affect the battle or target a card. He cannot cancel an untargetted reaction that cancels the last action played. (Note that most action-cancelling reactions are untargetted.) Some examples of actions which "affect the battle": Terrains [card text]. Anything that affects something (including a terrain) in the battle. Anything that sets up a special condition for just that one battle, such as Mercy, To Avenge Our Ancestors, Sneak Attack, and The Great Silence. Accumulated Rulings, February 8, 2000, p. 34
• Clarified: can cancel actions that target or affect the battle, not just target it. Text Change & Errata List, February 15, 2000, p. 16
• Clarified: only needs to be in the battle to cancel a card that affects/targets the battle itself. Text Change & Errata List, February 15, 2000, p. 16
• Q: Can I use the Experienced 2 Isawa Norikazu's action multiple times on the same opponent by copying him or his action? A: No. No, no, and no. No way, no how. In other words, "no." The Imperial Herald, Issue 12, p. 33

Rules Q&A

• Q: Regarding Isawa Norikazu (Experienced 2):
  When using his ability against another player's Dynasty deck, does it affect face-down (and/or face-up) cards in provinces, or not?
  A: Not. Jeff Alexander, "Rulings for 15-16 April 2001", 19 Apr 2001