Mirumoto Kondo

Legend of the Five Rings card from Path of the Destroyer

Card Type

Personality

Force

3

Chi

3

Honor Requirement

5

Gold Cost

7

Personal Honor

2

Clan

Dragon

Keywords

Kensai, Dragon Clan, Samurai

Card Text

Battle: If any enemy units are at the current battlefield, move your target Personality at any location there. You may bow a Weapon in Kondo's unit to straighten the target's unit if he moved. This action has Absent and Remote if Kondo targets himself.

Legality

Destroyer War (Celestial)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: Mirumoto Kondo: Battle: If any enemy units are at the current battlefield, you may bow a Weapon in Kondo's unit: Move your target unit there. If you bowed a Weapon and the unit moved, straighten the unit.
  Moshi Chuuna: Limited: Bow Chuuna or one of her Spells: Target a Personality. After the next time this turn he assigns or moves to a battlefield, bow him.
  So if Moshi Chuuna targets Mirumoto Kondo with her limited action, and Mirumoto Kondo has a weapon attached; If there is a normal battle where there are enemy units. Can Kondo, from home, activate his ability and end up in the battle unbowed, by paying the optional cost?
  I said yes, since the bow effect from Moshi Chuuna would occur when he moves, but owing to the period (.) the straightening would occur after that. Since each sentance and subsequent effect triggering happens one at a time during the effect resolution of the action procedure.
  Some of my more vocal Mantis opponents were not convinced.
  A: You are correct. Why? Order of effects.
  Moshi Chuuna hits Mirumoto Kondo has the delayed effect that activates after he moves.
  Mirumoto Kondo uses his ability, bowing a Weapon as the optional cost. He moves to the battlefield. Moshi Chuuna's effect bows him. His unit straightens per his action's text.
  He ends up unbowed at the battle. Dan Jacobson, "Mirumoto Kondo vs Moshi Chuuna", 3 Feb 2010