Anvil of Earth

Legend of the Five Rings card from Hidden City

Card Type

Item

Force

+2

Chi

+1

Gold Cost

6

Keywords

Unique, Earth

Card Text

Earth Repeatable Battle, w: Destroy any player's target Terrain to bow a target enemy Personality.

Focus Value

3

Legality

Rain of Blood (Diamond)

Deck

Fate

Story

2003 Gift of the Oracles - Matt Williams

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: can I play Anvil of Earth when there is No terrain in play to destroy?
  A: I'm guessing you mean "Discovering the Anvil of Earth"? Please don't forget to use complete card titles (bullet #2 in that link).
  And all targeting in actions is required, so no, you can't play Discovering the Anvil of Earth if there's no Terrain (or enemy Personality) to target. Brook Cunningham, "No Terrain Anvil of Earth?", 28 May 2014
• Q: I was always under the impression that the Ring of Water was changed back to the original way of playing it. Your opponent plays a terrain, then you destroy the terrain (Superior Tactics, Discovering Anvil of Earth, etc), then you play a terrain of your own. If you then win the battle with that terrain, you can play the Ring of Water. You might even play a terrain first, then the terrain is destroyed, then you play another. But doesn't it require two terrains to be played in order to play the ring?
  A: Yes, per the Ring of Water's MRP, at least two Terrains would've had to have been played during the battle in order to bring it into play by its trait. Everything you described above is accurate, except "if you win the battle with that Terrain". The conditions are that you destroy any cards or provinces during resolution (so you don't even have to win; could've been a tie, and your Terrain doesn't have to still be around at that time). Brook Cunningham, "Oracle of the Void #rules", 9 Sep 2023