Arrow of Purity

Legend of the Five Rings card from Samurai Edition, The Fall of Otosan Uchi, Glory of the Empire, Promotional–Samurai

Card Type

Spell

Gold Cost

2

Card Text

Battle: Even if this unit is not at the current battlefield, bow this Shugenja and target your performing Personality to make a Ranged Attack with strength equal to the targeted performer's Personal Honor.

Focus Value

3

Legality

Four Winds (Gold), Race for the Throne (Samurai), Rain of Blood (Diamond)

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rulings

• Erratum: Reads, "Arrow of Purity 2G 3FV Battle: Even if this unit is not at the current battlefield, bow this Shugenja and target one of your Personalities: Ranged Attack with strength equal to his Personal Honor. [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007] Comprehensive Rules, Samurai Edition, with specific card rulings, final version, May 2009, p. 122
• The ability text circumvents the Rule of Location to the extent that you can take the Action even if the Unit the Spell is in is not at the Current Battlefield. The ability text does not exempt you from the requirement in the Rule of Location that all targets of the ability must be at the Current Battlefield - both the cost targeting and the Ranged Attack targeting must be satisfied with targets at the Current Battlefield. Comprehensive Rules, Samurai Edition, with specific card rulings, final version, May 2009, p. 122

Rules Q&A

• Q: The specific one I have in mind is Arrow of Purity (having it cast on them, not them using it).
  A: Legal. Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 12 December 2003", 12 Dec 2003
• Q: regarding the following cards... Arrow of Purity - attached to a shugenja at home. cost targetting: attacker at province A Mountain Shadow Dojo
  Comprehensive rules say "The source of targeting and effects from a Ranged Attack is the same as the source producing it. Ranged Attacks come from the card effects that create them, not the rulebook."
  Am I correct to say that the spell and stronghold are the sources of the ranged attacks and not the personalities involved in their costs and thus "No Hiding Place" is not allowed since the source of the Ranged Attack is not in the current battlefield?
  A: Well, if the Arrow of Purity spells is not among your Attacking Cards, no you couldn't use No Hiding Place on the Ranged Attack. You can never use No Hiding Place with Mountain's Shadow Dojo.
  I'll make sure any reference to Mountain's Shadow Dojo and No Hiding Place that might have come up in tangental discussions about the Rule of Location are correct. Martin Lund, "SE Ranged attacks source clarification needed", 30 Jul 2007