Asahina's Breath

Legend of the Five Rings card from Gold Edition, Scorpion Clan Coup 3

Card Type

Spell

Gold Cost

5

Keywords

Elemental

Card Text

Will only attach to a Crane Clan Shugenja.
Elemental Limited: Bow this Shugenja, destroy this Spell, and target your performing unbowed Personality to have him challenge another player's target Personality. He may refuse; if he does, he is dishonored and his controller loses 3 Honor. Your Personality has a Chi bonus equal to this Shugenja's Chi during the duel. Destroy the loser.

Focus Value

1

Legality

Clan Wars (Imperial), Four Winds (Gold)

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: If Asahina Kimita has a Chime of Harmony attached, and casts Asahina's Breath on herself, does she have
  a) 11 Chi or b) 14 Chi
  during the subsequent challenge?
  A: 14. The duel is not the very first thing to happen during the Spell's effects, so the +3C bonus would apply before Kimita adds her Chi to itself. Jeff Alexander, "post for 24 July 2002", 25 Jul 2002
• Q: 4. Can a dishonor personality refuse an Asahinas Breath?
  A: Sure. Vaughn Derderian, "Rules for August 22nd, Part Two", 22 Aug 2001
• Q: Fifthly, am I correct in thinking that the "before the challenge" clause negates any Chi bonusses or penalties inherent in the challenge, such as those created by Asahina's Breath and the Dragon's Heart? If so, is the Double Chi trait still lost for a challenge using the Dragon's Heart?
  A: Yes and yes. Jeff Alexander, "replies to 1-2 July", 5 Jul 2001
• Q: Fifthly, am I correct in thinking that the "before the challenge" clause negates any Chi bonusses or penalties inherent in the challenge, such as those created by Asahina's Breath and the Dragon's Heart? If so, is the Double Chi trait still lost for a challenge using the Dragon's Heart?
  A: Yes. When you play Dragon's Heart, your personality loses the Double Chi trait until the end of the turn. Playing Judgment of Toshiken doesn't give Double Chi back to him, it just lets it work as normal. By the time you can play JoT, your personality doesn't actually *have* Double Chi, so it can't work in any way for him. That is a nifty way to get around the Chi penalty from Dragon's Heart, though. Vaughn Derderian, "Rules for July 3rd", 3 Jul 2001