Isawa Shokuta
Legend of the Five Rings card from Honor's Veil
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Personality
- Force
- 4
- Chi
- 3
- Honor Requirement
- 4
- Gold Cost
- 8
- Personal Honor
- 3
- Clan
- Phoenix
- Keywords
- Earth, Mountaineer, Phoenix Clan, Shugenja
- Card Text
- If you are the Defender, Shokuta may be targeted by the rulebook Cavalry player ability.
Battle, w: Raise or lower the current battlefield's Province's strength by an amount equal to Shokuta's Force. You may bow one of his Spells to ignore the cost of bowing him. - Legality
- Race for the Throne (Samurai)
- Deck
- Dynasty
Printings
Honor's Veil
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- "The mountains sing to me. I will show you."
- Artist
- Adam Denton
- Card Number
- 46
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rules Q&A
- Q: If I have an Isawa Shokuta who is being ambushed, can I use his battle action to bow a spell attached to him to raise or lower the current province strength?
A: The action is legal, but nothing happens (http://rules.l5r.com/FAQ#Is_an_action_l ... _happen.3F). Zen Faulkes, "Isawa Shokuta vs. No province strength", 30 Oct 2008 - Q: (I)f the current province strength is 0, can I continue to lower it, even though it will never go below 0?
A: Yes. Those penalties are not pointless, incidentally, as they will offset any bonuses that would raise Province strength (http://rules.l5r.com/Card_features#Gene ... bout_stats). Zen Faulkes, "Isawa Shokuta vs. No province strength", 30 Oct 2008 - Q: Can Shokuta's unit assign in the Calvary maneuvers as a defender if he has infantry followers? I assume so, because he does not gain the Calvary trait.
Isawa Shokuta Shokuta can assign during Cavalry Maneuvers if you are the Defender.
A: Yes. His trait bypasses the normal Cavalry Manoeuvres assignment rules.
He still can't assign while bowed, though! Alex Jones, "Isawa Shokuta", 11 Apr 2008