Library of Rebirth

Legend of the Five Rings card from Emperor Edition, Emperor Edition Demo Decks, Promotional–Emperor

Card Type

Stronghold

Province Strength

6

Gold Production

4

Starting Family Honor

6

Clan

Phoenix

Card Text

Reaction: Even if this card is bowed, when paying for a Spell attaching to an opposed Personality: Produce 4 Gold.
Battle: Choose your performing Shugenja: Straighten him. You may take an additional Battle action.

Legality

Age of Conquest (Emperor)

Deck

Pre-Game

Notes

Erratum effective October 11th.

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: If I copy a spell that has a gold cost with Mastering the Elements, can I use Library of Rebirth's reaction for this part "pay Gold equal to its base Gold Cost:" on MtE?
  A: No, sorry.
  "Paying for a Spell" means paying the Gold cost for a Spell to enter play.
  When you pay the Gold as instructed by Mastering the Elements' ability, you are paying the cost of an action ON a Spell, not paying for any Spell itself. Brook Cunningham, "Library of Rebirth and Mastering the Elements", 22 Mar 2012
• Q: If somebody announces the equip action, and after picking their card and having it 'entering play' they then check restrictions, they then pay for gold for its costs. Lets say they announce they are using library of rebirth's reaction to pay for a spell during battle because all available holdings are bowed. However somebody then players footsteps of madness to negate the gold production so now they cannot pay for the spell with any other means. What happens to the spell?
  My understanding is that the card has already left the players hand and entered a special 'entering play' location that is visable to all players (unlike their hand) so that is where it is currently stuck when they cannot pay for it.
  I feel like the rules usually favor the user original user and would let them return the card to their hand if they can't pay for it any other way. But if it returns to the hand it could trigger entering hand effects (like Isawa Kimi's reaction) which seems strange.
  A: Card types, Playing attachments: D. The player pays the attachment's Gold cost and any other costs of bringing it into play (see Costs). If costs are interfered with and not fully paid, the attachment card returns to where it came from and the sequence ends; if the attachment came directly from a search of a deck, it is shuffled back into the deck.
  Note that returning a card to hand in this way will not trigger Isawa Kimi's Reaction, since it's a rulebook effect, not an effect of the Equip action. Alex Jones, "Footsteps of madness + Library of Rebirth gold production", 5 Mar 2012