Oblivion's Gate
Legend of the Five Rings card from Winds of Change, Training Grounds
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Holding
- Gold Cost
- 3
- Keywords
- Unique, Shadowlands
- Card Text
- After this Holding enters play, lose 4 Honor.
w: Produce 2 Gold.
Favor Repeatable Battle, w: You may discard the Imperial Favor. If this discarded the Favor or you control Black Heart of the Empire, destroy a target Follower. - Legality
- Four Winds (Gold), Rain of Blood (Diamond)
- Deck
- Dynasty
Printings
Winds of Change
- Rarity
- Rare
- Flavor Text
- "How can the Winds defeat the Dark Lord when he has forseen his own demise?" - Tonbo Toryu
- Artist
- Tony Moseley
- Card Number
- 11
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Training Grounds
- Rarity
- Fixed
- Flavor Text
- "Death is no barrier to those who serve Jigoku. So long as our corruption stains the earth, Fu Leng can restore his loyal servants."
- Artist
- Tony Moseley
- Card Number
- Shadowlands 23
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rulings
- Q: What about the actions on the five unique Wind-related Holdings in Winds of Change (Court Chambers, Kyuden Tonbo, Oblivion's Gate, The Shogun's Barracks, Tsudao's Chambers)? A: The answer is the same: if you do not have to discard the Favor as a cost of the action, you can use the action when you don't have the Favor. Legend of the Five Rings FAQ, April 26, 2004, p. 11
Rules Q&A
- Q: Can i use the action on Oblivion's Gate to destroy a follower that is not in the battle i'm resolving? While in a battle can I bow Spirit Guide to unbow a shugenja in my fief?
A: No to both question. Neither will satisfy the Rule of Relavence since they do not come from a card or token in the battle, create a card or token in the battle, or directly affect a card or token in the battle or the battle itself.
Isawa's House Guard + Agasha Chieh xp. is very effective for casting Spells without being at the Battle at any other time.
Spirit Guide is not as effective at that trick and Oblivions Gate is powerless to stop the unbridled power of Chieh xp.'s Yamato Cannon (Chieh, House Guard, Celestial Sword, Kuro's Fire, Roll the closing credits). Martin Lund, "Rules for 9 April 2004", 11 Apr 2004