Asako Tsuruko

Legend of the Five Rings card from Wrath of the Emperor

Card Type

Personality

Force

3

Chi

3

Honor Requirement

-

Gold Cost

7

Personal Honor

1

Clan

Phoenix

Keywords

Bloodspeaker, Murderess, Phoenix Clan, Shugenja

Card Text

Maho Reaction: After Tsuruko enters play, permanently give her -2C and target another Personality: Permanently give him -1C.

Legality

Rain of Blood (Diamond)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: Are you able to use Yajinden to redirect Tsuruko's reaction of losing 2 chi, as well as give another personality -1 chi permenantly?
  A: Yajinden's Reaction says, "Once per turn, before one of your Personalities loses Chi due to a Maho effect, redirect the loss to any Personality in play."
  And Tsuruko's Reaction says, "After Tsuruko enters play, permanently reduce her Chi by 2 to permanently give another Personality -1C."
  Now, I've been known to misread card text from time to time, but "reduce her Chi by 2" comes before "to," and that makes it a Cost. Yajinden only redirects Chi loss from Effects, not Costs. Martin Lund, "Rules for 12 September 2004", 15 Sep 2004
• Q: I wanted to know if it's possible to perform her reaction a second time after bringing her in play again for example with blood pit
  A: You can always use Tsuruko's ability when you bring her into play, provided you can pay the cost of actually causing her to lose 2 full points of chi. If she has less than 2 Chi when you bring her into play, she can't pay that cost and you can't use her ability.
  So, if you use her ability the first time she enters play, she'll have 1C. You need to find some way to raise her Chi to 2 the next time you want to use her ability. Martin Lund, "Rules for 8 September 2004", 10 Sep 2004
• Q: In theory, I should be able to use Yajinden's ability to make a personality lose 3 Chi correct?
  A: No. Read Yajinden's ability again. He's tricky.
  "before one of your Personalities loses Chi due to a Maho effect"
  Effects and Costs are different beasts. The -2C from Tsukuro is a Cost, not an Effect. Yajinden can't do anything about it. Martin Lund, "Rules for 18-21 August 2004", 29 Aug 2004
• Q: If I use Tsuruko's reaction and have Yajinden in play can I use his reaction to redirect the chi loss to another personality?
  A: No. It's a cost, not an effect. Zen Faulkes, "A bunch of questions on Asako Tsuruko", 15 Mar 2005
• Q: If Tsuruko's chi is under 2, can I still use her reaction(?)
  A: No. Zen Faulkes, "A bunch of questions on Asako Tsuruko", 15 Mar 2005