Moto Akikazu
Legend of the Five Rings card from Samurai Edition, Enemy of My Enemy, Celestial Edition 15th Anniversary, Promotional–Samurai
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Personality
- Force
- 3
- Chi
- 4
- Honor Requirement
- -
- Gold Cost
- 8
- Personal Honor
- 0
- Clan
- Unicorn
- Keywords
- Cavalry, Shugenja, Unicorn Clan
- Card Text
- Akikazu has a Force bonus equal to the highest number of dead Personalities in any one discard pile.
Limited: Target another player's discarded Personality. He becomes honorably dead. - Legality
- Age of Enlightenment (Lotus), Race for the Throne (Samurai), Rain of Blood (Diamond)
- Deck
- Dynasty
- Story
- 2003 Soul of Moto Tsume - Phil Schaeffer
Printings
Samurai Edition
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- "I serve the Lords of Death, and they aid me in carrying out their will."
- Artist
- Anthony Grabski
- Card Number
- 73
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Enemy of My Enemy
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Flavor Text
- "The Lords of Death are pleased with the Khan's offering."
- Notes
- Ability errata'd to add "Once per turn", ~May 2005.
- Artist
- Anthony Grabski
- Card Number
- 73
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Celestial Edition 15th Anniversary
- Rarity
- Promo
- Flavor Text
- "The Lords of Death are pleased with the Khan's offering."
- Artist
- Anthony Grabski
- Card Number
- 50
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Promotional–Samurai
- Rarity
- Promo
- Flavor Text
- "I serve the Lords of Death, and they aid me in carrying out their will."
- Artist
- Anthony Grabski
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rulings
- Erratum: Reads, "Moto Akikazu 3F/4C -HR 8G 0PH Unicorn Clan Shugenja. Cavalry. Akikazu has a Force bonus equal to the highest number of dead Personalities in any one discard pile. Akikazu has –2C while in a duel. Limited: Once per turn, target a discarded Personality in another player’s discard pile. He permanently becomes Honorable Dead." [Erratum, JA, web, 31 March 2005] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 115
- Erratum: Reads, “Moto Akikazu 3F/4C –HR 8G 0PH Unicorn Clan • Shugenja • Cavalry Akikazu has a Force bonus equal to the highest number of dead Personalities in any one discard pile. Limited: Target a discarded Personality in another player’s discard pile. He becomes honorably dead.” [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007] Comprehensive Rules, Samurai Edition, with specific card rulings, final version, May 2009, p. 147
Rules Q&A
- Q: Zen said in a previous thread that Loruko can be Overconfidence-d when coming into play if you control at least 3 regions. But the Accumulated Rulings says: "While traits of a card are always active, even while the card is not in play, the traits of a card that is not in play do not affect anything except that card itself." Wouldn't this mean that Loruko gains the force bonus while in the deck/province everytime a Region comes into play? Therefore he couldn't be the target of Overconfidence. Does the same reasoning apply to Kitsuki Otojiro and Moto Akikazu? Thank you!
A: Whoops. True. Zen Faulkes, "Loruko + Overconfidence again", 3 Apr 2005