Moto Suren
Legend of the Five Rings card from Samurai Edition, Promotional–Samurai
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Personality
- Force
- 4
- Chi
- 2
- Honor Requirement
- -
- Gold Cost
- 9
- Personal Honor
- 1
- Clan
- Unicorn
- Keywords
- Cavalry, Unicorn Clan
- Card Text
- Battle: If Suren is opposed, target a Personality at any battlefield. Bow him or destroy one of his attachments.
- Legality
- Race for the Throne (Samurai)
- Deck
- Dynasty
Printings
Samurai Edition
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Flavor Text
- "She lost one of her sisters to the Lion during the recent conflict between their clans. She longs for vengeance, and thus the cycle repeats itself." - Miya Shoin
- Artist
- Malcolm McClinton
- Card Number
- 163
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Promotional–Samurai
- Rarity
- Promo
- Flavor Text
- "She lost one of her sisters to the Lion during the recent conflict between their clans. She longs for vengeance, and thus the cycle repeats itself." - Miya Shoin
- Artist
- Malcolm McClinton
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rulings
- Erratum: Reads, “Moto Suren 4F/2C –HR 9G 1PH Unicorn Clan • Cavalry. Battle: If Suren is opposed: Target a Personality at any battlefield. Bow him or destroy one of his attachments.” [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007] Comprehensive Rules, Samurai Edition, with specific card rulings, final version, May 2009, p. 148
Rules Q&A
- Q: This is a question forMacBeth2001:
If you control 2 personalities opposed: one is Moto Suren in battlefield A and any other in battlefield B opposed too.
I can't see why I can't bow or destroy an attachment in a personality in the battlefield B if Moto Suren text says in any battlefield.
The problem is that as I see her own restriction let you to use her ability in battlefield B because she is opposed.
If you can't use her ability, how her ability must be writen to let you use it in battlefield B.
The question was made by vanjaman in the date on Sun Aug 24.
Moto Suren text ability: Battle: If Suren is opposed: Target a Personality at any battlefield. Bow him or destroy one of his attachments.
A: If a Battle action is on a card in a unit, the unit must be at the current battlefield in order to take that action.
Moto Suren's ability is a Battle action on a card in a unit.
Therefore, Moto Suren must be at the current battlefield in order to take that action. Alex Jones, "Moto Suren question", 15 Sep 2008 - Q: Moto Suren
Force/Chi: 4 / 2
Ho/Co/PH: - / 9 / 1
Unicorn Clan. Cavalry. Battle: If Suren is opposed: Target a Personality at any battlefield. Bow him or destroy one of his attachments.
I have Moto Joe opposed at province A and Moto Suren opposed at province B. I choose to fight the battle at province A first. Can i use Surens action to bow the emeny personality or destroy his attachment there?
A: No, sorry.
And that's because of the second part of the Rule of Location:
"1. Any cards in units must be at the current battlefield to be legally targeted by a Battle action.
2. If a Battle action is on a card in a unit (a Personality or attachment in play), the unit must be at the current battlefield in order to take that action."
Suren's ability's text, "Target a Personality at any battlefield" is an exception to the first part only, and you must satisfy both in order for the action to be legal.
(For all of that, see http://rules.l5r.com/Battles#Rule_of_Location in the CR.) Brook Cunningham, "Moto Suren question", 24 Aug 2008