Kakita Kado

Legend of the Five Rings card from The Harbinger

Card Type

Personality

Force

1

Chi

1

Honor Requirement

3

Gold Cost

5

Personal Honor

3

Clan

Crane

Keywords

Duelist, Crane Clan, Samurai

Card Text

After you focus in a duel involving Kado, give him +1F/+1C.
After a challenge is issued from an action Kado performed, give him +1F.

Legality

Destroyer War (Celestial)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: Good doubt Kakita Kado Charter puts after focus WINS + 1f + 1 c, the question is if I focused 2 letters summary total of + 2f + 2 c?
  A: First of all, I recommend you find a better Spanish-to-English machine translation program. It's only because I know Spanish ("cartas" here should be "cards" and not "letters" for example) that I can even understand what you are trying to say.
  If I understand you correctly you are asking whether, after every time Kado's controller focuses for him in a duel he gets +1F/+1C.
  The answer is yes, he gains +1F/+1C after every time he focuses. If he focuses 2 cards he will get +2/+2C.
  Si no me has comprendido, echame un PM. Roger Giner-Sorolla, "KAKITA KADO GOOD DUELIST?", 1 Aug 2011
• Q: (I)f I focused 2 cards with Kado in a duel, and one of them was a Shadow's Talon, which put a third card in my focus pool, would Kado then gain an additional +1F/+1C?
  A: No.
  The glossary definition is correct, but the glossary definition shouldn't be read in isolation from the rest of the rules, namely the rules for challenges and duels, which spell out in considerably more detail what focusing means. Focusing is a process allowed by the rulebook, not anything that accomplishes some end result.
  Will try to clarify the glossary entry Real Soon Now(TM). Zen Faulkes, "Kakita Kado + Shadow's Talon", 16 Jun 2010
• Q: If I use Sneak Attack to issue a challenge with Kakita Kado, and my opponent plays Reinforce the Gates in response, what happens? I understand the duel does not occur, but was a challenge issued? Namely, does Kado gain Force from his trait even if the duel is negated?
  A: Kado's trait would not trigger in the scenario you describe.
  For an action that creates a duel, all of the duel (even the challenge part) is part of the "effects" of the action. Reinforce the Gates make the action's effects "not" happen, so no challenge would even be issued. Brook Cunningham, "Kakita Kado vs. Reinforce the Gates", 20 Mar 2010