Power of the Masters
Legend of the Five Rings card from Stronger Than Steel
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Event
- Keywords
- Unique
- Card Text
- After you reveal cards in your Provinces at the start of your turn, if this Event is face-up in one of them, until the game ends, while you control exactly five Elemental Masters with five different element keywords between them, each of your Elemental Master Personalities has the ability "Open: Bow a target Personality."
- Legality
- Race for the Throne (Samurai)
- Deck
- Dynasty
Printings
Stronger Than Steel
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Flavor Text
- "The fighting in the Imperial City stopped only with the strength of the Phoenix. We must use that same power to guide the Empire." - Isawa Takesi
- Artist
- Charles Urbach
- Card Number
- 3
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rules Q&A
- Q: Has there ever been a ruling to state whether or not the old Phoenix Masters are considered "Elemental Master" ? Basically, do they trigger the "Power of the Masters" event?
For example: Isawa Hochiu (Experienced) Phoenix Clan * Shugenja * Experienced * Unique * Master of Fire
Power of the Masters Until the end of the game, while you control exactly five Elemental Masters with five different element keywords between them, each of your Elemental Master Personalities has the ability "Open: Bow a target Personality."
A: Ah, there you are. (Sorry folks, inside joke.)
The answer: Unfortunately (and I say this as a Phoenix player), no. None of the pre-Samurai-legal Masters are technically Elemental Masters, so they would not register for Power of the Masters' or, say, Shiba Yoma Exp3's effects.
I know it doesn't make sense from a story perspective, but you must note the lack of the keyword "Elemental" on any of the Phoenix Masters printed prior to Khan's Defiance. In Samurai, keywords are all static and indivisible, so an Elemental Master needs to have "Elemental Master". In Legacy, for cards printed prior to Khan's Defiance, keywords are looser (Citation), but the actual word would still need to be present.
In Legacy (because "Elemental" isn't used in Samurai except when coupled with "Master"), there is no rule that having an element keyword is equivalent to being "Elemental", nor does having one imply being "Elemental".
Rest assured, and I'm sorry for it currently being a work in progress, the Legacy Glossary will include the term "Elemental" to underscore these distinctions (which can currently be found in the Lotus Rulebook, pg. 70). Brook Cunningham, "Elemental Masters", 23 Apr 2008