Keeper of Air

Legend of the Five Rings card from Promotional–Diamond

Card Type

Personality

Force

3

Chi

4

Honor Requirement

-

Gold Cost

7

Personal Honor

3

Clan

Brotherhood of Shinsei, Unaligned

Keywords

Singular, Air, Keeper, Monk, Samurai

Card Text

After Keeper of Air enters play, you may put all Rings you control in their owners' hands to search your Fate deck for an Air Ring, show it, and put it in your hand.
Air Kiho Battle: Ranged 3 Attack.

Legality

Rain of Blood (Diamond)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: For Keeper of Air & Co., the card reads to return "all rings to their owners hands TO get a ring." Can this be done if there are no rings in play?
  A: Yes. If you have 0 Rings, then 0 = All your Rings. Martin Lund, "Rules for 18-21 August 2004", 29 Aug 2004
• Q: If the "next kiho" is the RA on the Keeper of Air, does she now have two RA actions?
  A: Based on the standing Errata / Rulings in the Archive on Blessings of Isawa, it only applies to Kiho Action Cards. You can't attach Keeper of Air to itself, for instance.
  What a messy, messy card. I hope we never see anything resembling it hit print ever again. It is just a giant disaster waiting to happen, both in terms of rules and game balance.
  End Rant
  I'm not bitter folks. Nope. Not bitter at all ... Martin Lund, "Rules for 9 July 2004", 13 Jul 2004
• Q: Keeper of Air:
  1. Do you have to discard any Rings to get the Ring of Air? This ability is down as a trait, and it seems unspecific to me as to whether or not the removal of the rings to their owners hands is a cost of the effect.
  A: It is definitely a cost. I do not believe you need to have any Rings in play to fulfill that cost, however. Martin Lund, "Rules for 8 June 2004", 10 Jun 2004
• Q: [OBH]
  RE: KEEPER OF AIR (or any of the other four keepers) can I put 0 rings into my hand to search my deck for a respective ring?
  2. If I'm using Rosoku sensei, may I put it into my hand for any of the Keepers entering play?
  A: 1. Yes, but only if you contol 0.
  2. Given the above answer... don't. 😉 (Also, Rosoku is only a Ring for actions, not traits.) Brook Cunningham, "Sun and Moon #rules-questions", 25 Jul 2026