Mercy Shrouds the Earth

Legend of the Five Rings card from Diamond Edition, Hidden Emperor 3

Card Type

Strategy

Gold Cost

0

Keywords

Earth, Kiho

Card Text

Reaction: Before a Terrain enters play, bow your performing Monk or Shugenja at the current battlefield: Negate all its effects other than entering play.

Focus Value

3

Legality

Hidden Emperor (Jade), Rain of Blood (Diamond)

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: Greets!
  Think this might have slipped through filters due to a wrong type of bracket.. =P
  A: Nope. It was already answered in the "Rules 22 May 2004"
  Third Article in the Digest. Martin Lund, "Rules for 24 May 2004", 27 May 2004
• Q: Now if the terrain was a Delayed Terrain, the window for opportunity to play this be from the time the terrain was played.. right up until the terrain resolves after everyone has passed for the current battle. Is this correct?
  A: You must any the Reaction at the first window of opportunity to do so, or not at all. You can't wait.
  The part about "before it resolves" is really there to remind people that an Action is successfully "played" immediately before a normal action would resolves its effects. Martin Lund, "Rules for 22 May 2004", 25 May 2004
• Q: Mercy Shrouds the Earth is played *after* Deadly Ground is played and its restrictions are in force. The kiho's text specifically says, "after." Because the Ruins of Isawa Catle's ability does not destroy or replace Deadly Ground, it is not legal.
  I take it the distinction here is the reason why most canceling effects are properly worded in the present, rather than past tense?
  A: Could be. Really a question for a Lead Designer rather than me. Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 22 April 2003", 23 Apr 2003
• Q: Now, my call in the tourney was that [Ruins of Isawa Castle] could NOT be used to get this kiho [Mercy Shrouds the Earth] after the Deadly hit the table, and the rulings support it:
  "Ruins of Isawa Castle
  * May not get a kiho that destroys a terrain during Deadly Ground or Night Battle. [Reversal; JA, 25 June 2001]"
  A: I guess I should add "or negates" to the archive ruling above. The ruling in the Archive is still correct, and the box power can't be used. Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 20 April 2003", 20 Apr 2003