Isawa's Last Wish

Legend of the Five Rings card from Dawn of the Empire

Card Type

Item

Force

+0

Chi

+0

Gold Cost

10

Keywords

Unique, Inexperienced

Card Text

While this Item is bowed, all other players have the ability, "Battle/Open: Target a card other than a Stronghold, Wind, Sensei, or Ring: Remove it from the game."
Limited, w: Target a card other than a Stronghold, Wind, Sensei, Ring, or a Personality with a card attached. Destroy it.

Focus Value

4

Legality

Age of Enlightenment (Lotus), Rain of Blood (Diamond)

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rulings

• Your opponent's destruction of one of your cards: Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 52
• Is a case of targeting with an action, which can be negated (if all other conditions required for the negation apply). [JA, 13 December 2001] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 52

Rules Q&A

• Q: Text of the card is this. Unique. Isawa's Last Wish Inexperienced. While this card is bowed all other players have the ability "Open: Once per turn, target a card other than a Wind, a Sensei, or a Ring. Remove it from the game."
  Now here is the combo,
  Eclipse.
  Limited: Bow this Shugenja: Target a card. Until this Shugenja is unbowed or leaves play, actions on the target may not be used. This Shugenja may remain bowed.
  What is to stop me, from bowing the Last Wish Inexperienced and then casting Eclipse on the Last Wish Inexperienced to prevent others from using the bowed Last wish ability?
  A: Abilities bestowed / created - by - cards are not the same as abilities - on - cards. This is the same situation as the actions granted by Brutal Confrontation - they are neither on the cards nor played from the cards. The situation is similar with Yogo Towers as well - the bowing ability is on the Personalities, not the Stronghold.
  The best example of the difference I can see is comparing Direct Assault and Archer Squad:
  Direct Assault: Ability is on the card itself.
  Archer Squad: Ability is - not - on the card itself.
  To insulate the Last Wish from itself, you have to make it untargetable or make sure it straightens before anyone blows it up. Martin Lund, "Rules for 13 November 2004", 16 Nov 2004