Kakita Hideo

Legend of the Five Rings card from Celestial Edition, The Heaven's Will

Card Type

Personality

Force

2

Chi

4

Honor Requirement

6

Gold Cost

6

Personal Honor

3

Clan

Crane

Keywords

Duelist, Unique, Crane Clan, Experienced, Samurai

Card Text

After Hideo wins a duel, gain 1 Honor.
Reaction: Before Focus Effects resolve in a duel involving Hideo, if both players in the duel have any focused cards, discard one of each player's focused cards.

Legality

Destroyer War (Celestial), Race for the Throne (Samurai)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rulings

• Erratum: Reads, "Kakita Hideo 2F/4C 6HR 6G 3PH Crane Clan • Samurai • Duelist • Unique • Experienced After Hideo wins a duel: Gain 1 Honor. Reaction: Before Focus Effects resolve in a duel involving Hideo, if both players in the duel have any focused cards: Discard one of each player’s focused cards." [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009] Comprehensive Rules, Celestial Edition, with specific card rulings, final version, February 2012, p. 141

Rules Q&A

• Q: Some personalities, like Bayushi Mijako and Kakita Noritoshi XP 3 have traits that alter the focus value on one of their focused card. What happens first: Kakita Hideo XP reaction, or those traits?
  A: Reactions are always applied last: http://rules.l5r.com/CE_Timing#Resolvin ... _conflicts Zen Faulkes, "Kakita Hideo XP vs Focus altering traits", 3 Mar 2011
• Q: Let's say that I use enticement to gain control of my opponent's Kakita Hideo. In my dynasty phase, I overlay that Kakita Hideo with my own experienced version of Kakita Hideo. What happens at the end of the turn in this scenario?
  A: What happens is, you have just given your opponent a generous gift. Enticement's delayed effect returning Hideo to control of your opponent will still occur, even though you overlayed him.
  Overlaying: "For purposes of delayed effects on a particular card... the overlaid card is considered to be the same card as the underlying card." Brook Cunningham, "enticement and overlay", 25 Dec 2010
• Q: I announce Steel on Steel being performed by Kakita Hideo xp, and my opponent reacts with Only Actions Speak... (W)ill Only Actions Speak negate that honor gain?
  A: Yes. Winning is at step H in this sequence, well before the action resolves. Zen Faulkes, "Only Actions Speak and Kakita Hideo xp", 29 Jun 2010
• Q: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=80355
  So the first post specifically asks if Kakita Hideo XP would NOT rehonor because of his trait. A rules junta says he is right, because traits are not performed, and cites a rule. Another rules junta follows up to say Kakita Hideo XP DOES rehonor, citing a rule. Umm......confusion ensues for me.
  A: Read the statements carefully.
  Zen states that traits are never performed. This is true.
  However, Hideo xp rehonors because the honor gain comes from a trait on his card. This is also true.
  There is more than one way to rehonor a personality. Dan Jacobson, "RE: "Traits are never performed"", 4 Dec 2009