Know the Evil
Legend of the Five Rings card from Fire & Shadow
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Strategy
- Gold Cost
- 0
- Keywords
- Kiho
- Card Text
- Battle/Open: Bow your performing Monk or Shugenja and target all Ninja and Shadowlands cards (in play): Give Shadowlands to the Ninja cards and Ninja to the Shadowlands cards.
- Focus Value
- 0
- Legality
- Hidden Emperor (Jade)
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
Fire & Shadow
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Flavor Text
- "What does it matter? When we have destroyed them, then we can determine which is which." - Tausha
- Artist
- Thomas Gianni
- Publisher
- Wizards of the Coast
Rules Q&A
- Q: Play Hantei 39, play Know the Evil, giving him the Ninja trait and attach a night medalion, he becomes then Hantei 41. Your opponent then plays his own Hantei the 39[.] Kolat Master him[.] Now one player has Hantei 39 and Hantei 41 on the table on his side. He bows his Hantei 41 to gives the night medalion to another personality... What happens?
A: This: Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 10 April 2003", 11 Apr 2003 - Q: Okay...now I have to ask a follow on question. I've checked the rules, the ruling archives, etc. thoroughly, and can't seem to find this written down anywhere. If I temporarily give a personality, say, the Ninja trait (via "Know the Evil" or Ronin Dojo, for example), and while they have that trait, attach an item that only a Ninja can attach (for example, Poison Dartgun), what happens when the trait wears off? Does the Dartgun:
3. Stay and can be used freely for the rest of game?
A: That one. The Shugenja/Spell thing is a special case, ditto for Ancestors. The general rule is that once something has entered play or been attached, any conditions that were necessary for its initial play are irrelevant to its continued existence. Vaughn Derderian, "Rules for July 3rd", 3 Jul 2001 - Q: Can Shosuro Chian Exp Lock down the Books Owner? Will Know the Evil give Shadowlands to a Booked Personality?
A: Yes, yes. Jeff Alexander, "Rulings for 18 March 2001", 24 Mar 2001