Koan
Legend of the Five Rings card from Dark Allies
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Personality
- Force
- 2
- Chi
- 4
- Honor Requirement
- 0
- Gold Cost
- 6
- Personal Honor
- 3
- Clan
- Unaligned
- Keywords
- Shugenja
- Card Text
- Will not attach Spells with an odd Focus Value.
May not perform Kiho actions with an even Focus Value. - Legality
- Four Winds (Gold)
- Deck
- Dynasty
Printings
Dark Allies
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- "It seems in every generation there is a ronin shugenja named Koan. I doubt he will be the last." - Miya Shoin
- Artist
- Storn A. Cook
- Card Number
- 136
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rules Q&A
- Q: Can a player use Strike at the Tail with no opposing units? How about Hida Koan exp2
A: Strike at the Tail appears to give you the option of choosing 0 units, as 0 is a number, and the total force would certainly fit the bill.
Hida Kuon xp2 does not have any abilities that refer to opposing. He straightens a unit in his army once per turn.
Hida Kuon xp3 causes an opposing player to discard cards. To qualify as an opposing player for Kuon's ability, that player would have to control a unit opposing Kuon XP3 in the current battle. Martin Lund, "Rules for 24 June 2004", 28 Jun 2004 - Q: So, I have been hunting around the Googlenet, and have yet to find an answer to this question. I also haven't found any mention of it, so it might just be so obvious to not need mentioning, lol. Anyways, what if I were to combine Koan's Scroll satchel with a spell like Seeking the Way or Shielded by Tempest? Would the spell be unable to resolve because the personalities cannot move home, or would it be fine, as that is part of the effect and not a cost (so it would be like bowing a bowed guy)? Thanks for your time.
Koan's scroll satchel:"Open, w: Give Home to one or more Spells in this unit, up to the number of Koan cards in this unit. (Home actions may be used from home.)" Seeking the way: "Air Battle: Bow this Shugenja to move home a target attacking Personality and himself. Gain 2 Honor." Seeking the way:Air Battle, w: If this Shugenja is opposed, give this Province +2 strength and gain 1 Honor. Move this Shugenja home.
A: It would work with Seeking the Way - the effect of moving your shugenja home would fail, of course, but the attacker would still move home and you would gain 2 honor (actions only stop resolving when targeting fails, not when an effect fails).
Shielded by Tempest would not work, however, because you would not be able to meet the "If this shugenja is opposed" clause at the beginning. Jon Palmer, "Koan's scroll satchel and Seeking the way", 12 Mar 2014