Asahina Nizomi
Legend of the Five Rings card from Reign of Blood
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Personality
- Force
- 0
- Chi
- 4
- Honor Requirement
- 5
- Gold Cost
- 8
- Personal Honor
- 3
- Clan
- Crane
- Keywords
- Courtier, Crane Clan, Fire, Jade, Magistrate, Shugenja
- Card Text
- Reaction: Once per duel, after your Personality enters a duel: Give him +2 to his duel stat. If this duel destroys the loser, it bows the loser instead.
- Legality
- Rain of Blood (Diamond)
- Deck
- Dynasty
- Story
- 2001 Blessing of the Grand Master - Kevin Walsh
Printings
Reign of Blood
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- He came back with Master Tokei from his journey through the Spirit Realms. Now he serves beside Sekawa, showing no mercy to the minions of darkness.
- Artist
- Franz Vohwinkel
- Card Number
- 35
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rulings
- If an effect (e.g., Uso Sensei) creates new and separate destruction effects, Nizomi changes both of them to "bow the loser". [JA, 22 February 2005] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 90
Rules Q&A
- Q: I just had a thought, would Asahina Nizomi prevent the destruction of one or both of the combatants in a duel when Kharmic Strike is used?
A: Both. Jeff Alexander, "rules for 9 Feb. 2004", 10 Feb 2004 - Q: Would just like a clarrification as to whether the bonus granted by Nizomi lasts until end of turn or only for the duration of the duel.
A: The former (Diamond rules, pg. 70). Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 8 December 2003, Part 2", 9 Dec 2003 - Q: [OBH] Asahina Nizomi have a repeatable reaction? I dont remember if this card have an errata. https://oracleofthevoid.com/#game=l5r,#cardid=509
A: Oracle text indicates the use limit as Once Per duel, which is effectively Repeatable, since Reactions can only react to the same trigger once. I just decided to make that Rule explicit in the wording, rather than putting Repeatable on it and leaving people to have to know the Rule. Brook Cunningham, "Sun and Moon #rules-questions", 3 Nov 2025