Kemmei
Legend of the Five Rings card from Promotional–CWF, Forbidden Knowledge, Crimson and Jade
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Personality
- Force
- 0
- Chi
- 1
- Honor Requirement
- 0
- Gold Cost
- 7
- Personal Honor
- 1
- Clan
- Mantis
- Keywords
- Advisor, Mantis Clan, Tortoise Clan, Yoritomo's Alliance
- Card Text
- You have +3 maximum hand size.
- Legality
- Clan Wars (Imperial), Hidden Emperor (Jade)
- Deck
- Dynasty
Printings
Promotional–CWF
- Rarity
- Promo
- Flavor Text
- Whispers came through the land, of the rise of the fallen Scorpion Champion and his attempt to carry his wife, Kachiko, into the land of the dead. Had it not been for Tasu's swift blades, the Lady of the Scorpions would have been forever lost. - VIII.V
- Artist
- Heather Hudson
- Publisher
- Wizards of the Coast
Forbidden Knowledge
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- Only a fool does not listen when wisdom is presented to him.
- Artist
- Heather Hudson
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Crimson and Jade
- Rarity
- Starter
- Flavor Text
- "There may yet be an advantage you haven't looked at, Kanbe."
- Artist
- Heather Hudson
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Rulings
- Erratum: Reads, "Kemmei 0F/1C 0HR 7G 1PH Tortoise Clan Advisor. Yoritomo's Alliance. While Kemmei is in play, your maximum hand size increases by three." [MRP, Fire & Shadow foil] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 109
- Multiples have a cumulative effect. [card text, and RD, l5rinfo, 12/2/96] Accumulated Rulings, February 8, 2000, p. 36
- Erratum: Changed: is now Tortoise Clan/Yoritomo's Alliance, not Unaligned. Text Change & Errata List, February 15, 2000, p. 17
- Erratum: The following three Personalities have lost the Unaligned trait and acquired the Yoritomo's Alliance trait: Kemmei, Moshi Wakiza, Tsuruchi. The Imperial Herald, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Issue 6), p. 12
Rules Q&A
- Q: 2.Does Moshi Mogai the “Soul of Kemmei” from DA increase maximum hand size by 3 for each copy in play, so that if you have all three out you have a wopping +9?
A: Yes. [DA rulebook p. 32] Jeff Alexander, "post for 11 April 2002", 12 Apr 2002