Nakanu Technique

Legend of the Five Rings card from Second City

Card Type

Strategy

Gold Cost

0

Card Text

Reaction: After engaging, choose your performing unbowed opposed Personality at the current battlefield: Create two 1F Shadowlands • Undead Followers and attach them to him. Lose 1 Honor.

Focus Value

3

Legality

Age of Conquest (Emperor), Destroyer War (Celestial)

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: For reference, his ability reads Battle: Ranged 4 Attack. If the Ranged Attack destroyed a card, its owner loses 1 Honor.
  Do created followers (e.g. those from Kyuden Hida XP, Nakanu Technique, Grateful Reward, etc.) count for the honor loss portion of Bayushi Higaonna's ability? I would think they do but I'm not sure because although they can be represented by cards, I don't know if they are cards as such. I'm probably overthinking it. Thanks much!
  A: Per the CR on Created Cards, any effect that creates a card type creates a card of that type. So yes, Higoanna would trigger there. Jon Palmer, "Bayushi Higaonna's ability and created followers", 8 Aug 2012
• Q: Extension of Power of Strength vs. Followers
  I am confused by this ruling specifically since the targeting has already occurred when I targeted with Power of Strength. So in the second stage "targeting" when I re-target the personality I have already targeted, he becomes an illegal target and invalidates the Range Attack.
  So When using Power of Strength the proper procedure would be to:
  1. Announce the Use of Power of Strength 2. Target two Personalities. 3. Simultaneously bow one target and announce a ranged attack. 4. Target and Resolve Range Attack (which there is only one target available according to the card).
  With the current restrictions to use the card in the first place (Base 7 Force, higher gold cost than the targeted unit's gold cost, two targets) the use of this card is greatly diminished in the environment filled with free followers and essentially becomes a "bow one personality" strategy card when facing an army with free followers attached to all personalities (i.e. KH xp, Nakanu Technique, Ashigaru Recruits), not withstanding the plethora of expensive attachments that are popular which make Power of Strength unable to target in the first place (i.e. Kensai, Battle Shugenja, Commander) due to having higher unit gold cost than my base personality.
  I hope this was not the intent of the card when printed.
  A: That is essentially how the card works - the bowing and the ranged attack are not simultaneous, but otherwise you are correct.
  Your hope is unwarranted. Alex Jones, "Re: Power of Strength vs. Followers", 7 Jun 2012