Moto Soro
Legend of the Five Rings card from Hidden Emperor 3
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Personality
- Force
- 4
- Chi
- 3
- Honor Requirement
- -
- Gold Cost
- 8
- Personal Honor
- 1
- Clan
- Unicorn
- Keywords
- Cavalry, Samurai, Unicorn Clan
- Card Text
- Soro is not destroyed for having 0 Chi unless his Chi is 0 after all penalties that last until your turn ends wear off.
- Legality
- Hidden Emperor (Jade)
- Deck
- Dynasty
Printings
Hidden Emperor 3
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Flavor Text
- "I saw a group of twenty zombies stand against him - but not for very long." - Hida Tsuru
- Artist
- Ken Tunell
- Publisher
- Wizards of the Coast
Rulings
- The active player (i.e., Soro's controller) decides whether Soro's check for 0 Chi is done before or after the expiration of effects that last until the end of the turn. [DW, email, 22 October 1998] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 116
Rules Q&A
- Q: In a game I was involved in the other day, I had the Sliver attacted to Moto Soro. Since he doesn't die when he hits 0 (not right away, that is) am I able to use it all 3 times? My opponent stated that since a personality's chi cannot be in the negative, I can only pump him once, since he's a 4F/3C and to give him the force bonus, he has to lose 3C each time. Is this correct?
A: You can always use the ability of the Sliver on Soro three times, even if one of the uses drops him below or to 0 Chi. The Chi loss is not a cost of the action, so the penalty can be assessed even when he's already at 0. Vaughn Derderian, "Rules for January 10th", 10 Jan 2001