Matsu Domotai
Legend of the Five Rings card from A Perfect Cut
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Personality
- Force
- 2
- Chi
- 3
- Honor Requirement
- 8
- Gold Cost
- 8
- Personal Honor
- 3
- Clan
- Lion
- Keywords
- Tactician, Unique, Experienced, Lion Clan, Samurai
- Card Text
- Domotai will not defend.
Battle: Once per battle, give Domotai a Force bonus equal to the number of other Matsu Family Personalities in his army. - Legality
- Four Winds (Gold)
- Deck
- Dynasty
Printings
A Perfect Cut
- Rarity
- Rare
- Flavor Text
- "Drive the Tsuno from the Halls, but leave their leader to me."
- Artist
- Paul (Prof.) Herbert
- Card Number
- 86
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rules Q&A
- Q: 2) Wasn't it ruled a failure to meet the Rule of Relevance to use any action that would move someone who cannot attack/defend into the appropriate army, such as Matsu Domotai? I runderstand that this ruling was made specificly on Tireless Assault (though Carrier Pigeon and a few other cards could also come-to-mind), but why wouldn't it logicly carry over to other, similar, instances - regardless of the source?
A: It doesn't carry over "regardless of the source" because an action is Relevant if it's on a card in the current battle even if it doesn't target or affect anything there. Jeff Alexander, "rules for 17 Feb. 2004", 19 Feb 2004 - Q: If I play Tireless Assault on Matsu Domotai while I am a defender, I know he can not move into the Battle but will he still straighten?
A: Yes. Jeff Alexander, "post for 29 May 2003", 30 May 2003 - Q: On a slightly different tangent, I also think this classification of actions ties in with the Ranged Attack / Item issue. Bows don't generally shoot themselves. The need to be USED by their wielder. Hence, Matsu Domotai (subject) makes an attack by means of Fox Nagamaki (means) against Ikoma sume (direct object). All 3 cards here are targeted.
A: Incorrect. "Deciding which among several different actions to use or play is not a targeting decision." [DA rulebook p. 46] You aren't targeting a Follower, Item, Personality, etc. just by deciding to use an action on it instead of an action on one of your other cards. The only thing targeted in this example is Ikoma Sume. Jeff Alexander, "post for 5 April 2002 pt. 1", 5 Apr 2002