Kyuden Hitomi

Legend of the Five Rings card from Gold Edition, Hidden Emperor 2, Promotional–Jade

Card Type

Stronghold

Province Strength

6

Gold Production

4

Starting Family Honor

2

Clan

Dragon

Card Text

After all other players reveal their Strongholds, you may search your Fate deck for zero to five cards. Put them under this Stronghold, face-down.
Repeatable Reaction, w: Before you draw a card at the end of your turn, put a card under this Stronghold into your hand instead.

Legality

Four Winds (Gold), Hidden Emperor (Jade)

Deck

Pre-Game

Notes

There were two versions of the Hidden Emperor 2 printing of this card. One had a Dynasty back and was a Fixed card in the starter deck, one had a Fate back and was a Rare in the booster packs.

Printings

Rulings

• Erratum: Reads, "Kyuden Hitomi 6PS 4GP 2FH After the other players reveal their Strongholds and before players select Sensei, you may place up to five cards from your fate deck under Kyuden Hitomi. Reaction: During your end phase, instead of drawing a card, bow Kyuden Hitomi to add a card from under it to your hand." [MRP, Gold Edition, 1 July 2001] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 149
• Cards under your Stronghold are not in your Fate deck. E.g., you may not use Walking the Way to retrieve one. [DW, 19 August 1998] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 149
• You may activate your Stronghold's ability even if you have no cards remaining under it. [DW, 21 August 1998] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 149
• You give up one draw and bow your Stronghold to get one card. [Stronghold text] Thus: Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 149
• You cannot give up multiple draws to get multiple cards at once. Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 149
• You cannot use the ability if you have no draws left. Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 149
• You can give up one single draw from a series. Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 149
• You give up one draw and bow your Stronghold to get one card. [Stronghold text] Thus: You cannot give up multiple draws to get multiple cards at once. You cannot use the ability if you have no draws left. You can give up one single draw from a series. See also Timing. Accumulated Rulings, February 8, 2000, p. 67
• Q: Where do I get the Fate cards that go under the new Kyuden Hitomi Stronghold, from my deck or from all the cards I own? A: They come from your deck, which must be legally constructed prior to their removal (your remaining Fate deck MAY violate the minimum deck size afterwards). Cards go under it face-down, and you choose which card you get when you use the Stronghold ability. The Imperial Herald, Issue 10, p. 10

Rules Q&A

• Q: If you are drawing 2 cards in your End Phase via Doom of the Dark Lord and you activate Kyuden Hitomi's ability do you draw one card from under Kyuden Hitomi and another from your fate deck or just the one from Kyuden Hitomi and nothing else?
  A: Using Kyduen Hitomi replaces the drawing of - a - card, not all cards drawn during the End Phase. Martin Lund, "Rules for 5 July 2004", 7 Jul 2004
• Q: Can I draw a card from under Kyuden Hitomi while using Uona Sensei?
  A: Yes.
  Zen Faulkes! * Crab Clan Scholar * Unaligned Deputy Rules Guy Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 29 August 2003", 30 Aug 2003
• Q: Hi List,
  cards says I can put 5 cards under it at the beginning of the game: Do I select which ones or is it random ?
  A: You select. Jeff Alexander, "post for 11 October 2002", 12 Oct 2002
• Q: I am trying to enlighten in Gold...stop laughing!! Using Kyuden Hitomi...ok, one more snicker out of you and that's it!! I have a problem with some advice given to me about the Dragon Tattoo to drop the Ring of Air. The wording and the sheer cheese of it is grating on me. Can anyone confirm the ability to use Dragon Tattoo three times in succession to fulfill Air?
  A: If you play the Dragon Tattoo on a shugenja, yes. Jeff Alexander, "post for 14 February 2002", 15 Feb 2002
• Q: How does Kyuden Hitomi interact with Sacrifices for our Future? Sacrifices for our Future says:
  Sacrifices For Our Future(Event) While this card is in play, you may choose not to draw a fate card during your end phase. Each turn in which you do not draw a Fate card you gain 2 honor. If you draw a Fate card for any reason, this card is discarded from play.
  Wouldn't it be legal to use the SH ability of Kyuden Hitomi to take a card from underneath it, which wouldn't count as Drawing a fate card? I think so, because this is similar to the reason quoted that Doom of the Dark Lord won't blow up a province if your fate deck is empty but you pull a card out from under Kyuden Hitomi in your end phase...
  A: Drawing is specifically taking the top card of your deck and putting it into your hand. Using Kyuden Hitomi instead of drawing will not destroy Sacrifices, and you'll gain 2 honor. Good combo. Vaughn Derderian, "Rules for July 20th", 20 Jul 2001
• Q: Does this action [Kyuden Hitomi], since the stronghold says, 'instead of drawing a card, _add_ a card from under...', work with Hitomi Vedai?
  A: If you can't get a card from your Fate deck, you can't get one from under the Kyuden Hitomi stronghold, if that's what you're asking. Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 14 July 2001", 15 Jul 2001
• Q: Kyuden Hitomi: This doesn't seem to be advantageous, unless the cards under Kyuden Hitomi are face up and you can choose any of the face up cards.
  A: They're face down, but you get to pick which you want.
  Zen Faulkes! * Crab Clan Scholar * Unaligned Rules Deputy Gold info & rules: http://www.planet.net.au/~zfaulkes/o-ushi.html Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 12 July 2001", 13 Jul 2001