Asako Misao

Legend of the Five Rings card from Gold Edition, The War of Spirits

Card Type

Personality

Force

1

Chi

2

Honor Requirement

1

Gold Cost

5

Personal Honor

2

Clan

Phoenix

Keywords

Phoenix Clan, Shugenja

Card Text

Repeatable Limited, w: Bow your target performing Bloodspeaker, Ninja, or Shadowlands Personality to permanently remove Bloodspeaker, Ninja, or Shadowlands from him.

Legality

Four Winds (Gold), Hidden Emperor (Jade)

Deck

Dynasty

Notes

Gold edition art miscredited to Beet, you can see art on http://www.bradleywilliamsart.net/legend-of-5-rings.html

Printings

Rulings

• Erratum: Reads, "Asako Misao 1F/3C 1HR 5G 2PH Phoenix Clan Shugenja. Limited: Bow Misao and one of your Personalities with the Ninja, Shadowlands, or Bloodspeaker trait to permanently remove the Ninja, Shadowlands, or Bloodspeaker trait from the Personality." [MRP, Gold Edition, 1 July 2001] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 90
• A Personality with multiple traits can only have one removed by Misao at a time (your choice). [JA, 5 April 2002] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 90

Rules Q&A

• Q: If I use Asako Misao (non-exp.) to remove the Shadowlands and/or Blood speaker trait (as in does he remove all or just 1) from Asako Kinuye what does he remove?
  A. Only the Shadowlands trait on 1 turn. b. Only the Bloodspeaker trait on 1 turn. C. Both traits at once. D. (This should be Jeff's answer)
  A: He removes only one, chosen by his controller. Jeff Alexander, "post for 19 November 2002", 20 Nov 2002
• Q: I do not want to name Shadowlands only Tsuno for Storyline purposes? Also if a deck has all 10 available Tsuno in it would it be considered tainted, if said deck was also using Asako Misao to remove the Shadowlands trait from the Tsuno?
  A: More than three Shadowlands/Maho cards = corrupt. Ten is more than three. Now, if a Story Team member or other Alderac employee watched you using Misao, and you finish near the top...who knows? Jeff Alexander, "post for 6 June 2002", 7 Jun 2002
• Q: For example, I have an Asako Misao with Cascading Fires attached, and I'm being attacked by a 3f personality with a 3f follower attached. May I target the follower, then consequently the personality, with the two consecutive ranged three attacks, or am I restricted to targeting just the follower?
  A: The first one. Jeff Alexander, "post for 17 April 2002", 18 Apr 2002
• Q: 6.) Asako Misao has Teeth of Osano-Wo and a Whistling Bulb Arrow attached. He is in a battle and casts the Teeth for 3 ranged 3 attacks. If I destroy the Whistling Bulb Arrow, does he make one more ranged 3 attack or 3 more ranged 3 attacks?
  A: One more Ranged 3 Attack. Jeff Alexander, "post for 8 April 2002", 9 Apr 2002
• Q: Asako Misao - Ability to remove Bloodspeaker trait was added. I assume that she can only remove a single trait from a personality with 2 or all 3 of the removeable traits.
  A: Yes. A Ninja Shadowlands Bloodspeaker will take three turns to fully scrub clean. Vaughn Derderian, "Rules for July 23rd", 23 Jul 2001
• Q: If Asako Misao has one of the removeable traits, can she bow to remove it from herself?
  A: Nope. His action bows both him and the target personality as a cost. You can't bow him to fulfill both costs. Vaughn Derderian, "Rules for July 23rd", 23 Jul 2001