Kuni Utagu

Legend of the Five Rings card from Gold Edition, Hidden Emperor 3, Broken Blades, Winds of Change

Card Type

Personality

Force

0

Chi

4

Honor Requirement

-

Gold Cost

5

Personal Honor

2

Clan

Crab

Keywords

Crab Clan, Shugenja

Card Text

Black Scroll actions may not target Utagu.
Repeatable Battle/Open, w: Target a Personality with a Maho ability, a Black Scroll attached, or who has performed a Maho action this game. Utagu challenges him. Destroy the loser.

Legality

Four Winds (Gold), Hidden Emperor (Jade)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rulings

• Will receive corruption tokens from his own Black Scrolls because that effect is not targetted. [card text] Accumulated Rulings, February 8, 2000, p. 38

Rules Q&A

• Q: Was the fixed Kuni Utagu from Winds of Change Diamond bugged?
  A: No. Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 9 November 2003", 9 Nov 2003
• Q: A Shugenja with Armor of Osano-Wo strapped on cannot be targetted by Black Scroll effects. Let's say this same (non-shadowlands) Shugenja actually has a Black Scroll attached. Since Gold Targeting Rules, it seems that the -1 Chi token gathered when said Shugenja unbows is now an effect targetting the Shugenja, right ? (it doesn't specify it doesn't target, it doesn't apply to its own card, and doesn't affect a whole group of cards) So if I'm reading this right, a Shugenja wearing Black Scrolls & the Armor is immune to the corruption tokens ?
  That is correct.
  So I guess the same would go for Kuni Utagu? If he had a black scroll he wouldn't get the Corruption tokens?
  A: Right. He wouldn't. Jeff Alexander, "post for 15 October 2002", 16 Oct 2002
• Q: Here's a scenario for ya...
  First, the involved cards:
  Secrets on the Wind:
  Bow this shugenja and destroy a token to dishonor target personality...etc etc etc.
  Witch Hunt:
  Reaction: Play this card when a Kiho or Spell is cast. One of your Shugenja issues an unrefusable challenge to the caster. If your Shugenja wins, cancel the Kiho or Spell. (either way, destroy the loser.)
  Okay, I have an honorable Kuni Utagu in play, and my stinky scorpion opponent has a shugenja with Secrets on the Wind attached, which he promptly uses to dishonor Utagu, thinking to shame him a moment later... I throw down a Witch Hunt and we commence to scrap. We both focus a couple times, and it ends up with Utagu being just a bit short, in essence, he loses, and is destroyed. Now here is where it gets a bit sticky.
  which of the following is true?
  1. Utagu dies honorably, and Secrets on the Wind fizzles this turn. 2. Utagu dies dishonorably, and I get stuck for his 2 Personal honor. 3. Utagu dies honorably, but is still targeted by the spell, and is turned into dishonorable dead, post mortem.
  3 is highly unlikely in my book, but I can see it being interpreted that way. My leaning is towards 1, and here is why. I think that the timing of everything prevents the spell from being successfully cast this turn. The sequence of events is this (as I see it) 1. Scorp targets Kuni Utagu, bows his shugenja to dishonor him with secrets on the wind. 2. Spell's resolution is interrupted by Witch Hunt, which is a reaction. ( This is not directly spelled out, but is very strongly implied by the card) 3. Duel commences as per duel rules. 4. Duel resolves, Utagu dies, and is sent to the discard pile. 5. Secrets resolves, but the original target is no longer in play, thus not affected by the spell, and it fizzles.
  So, what happens?
  A: I think you've made the right call. Utagu became an illegal target for the Secrets action before it resolved, so, by the rulebook, it does not affect him. Jeff Alexander, "post for 26 June 2002", 27 Jun 2002
• Q: In a message dated 5/8/02 2:19:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, writes:
  Kuni Utagu
  Hmmm does he count? I know his card includes the word jade, but doesn't it have to be in the title???
  A: Kuni Utagu, Jade Champion, is a "jade" card. Jeff Alexander, "post for 29 May 2002", 30 May 2002