Ashigaru Archers
Legend of the Five Rings card from Lotus Edition, The Dark Journey Home, Diamond Edition, Gold Edition, L5R Experience, Twenty Festivals, The Currency of War, Winds of Change, Hidden City, Wrath of the Emperor, Code of Bushido, Promotional–Twenty Festivals
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Follower
- Force
- 0
- Chi
- 0
- Gold Cost
- 2
- Keywords
- Ashigaru
- Card Text
- After this Follower enters play from your hand, you may draw an additional card when this turn ends.
Battle, w: Ranged 2 Attack. - Focus Value
- 1
- Legality
- A Brother's Destiny (Twenty Festivals), Age of Enlightenment (Lotus), Four Winds (Gold), Hidden Emperor (Jade), Rain of Blood (Diamond), War of the Seals (Onyx Edition)
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
Lotus Edition
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- "What we do is art. What peasants do is merely adequate." - Tsuruchi Nobumoto
- Artist
- John Cadice
- Card Number
- 321
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
The Dark Journey Home
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- Seated upon the Jade Throne, Toturi called forth the Unicorn amassador. "You have served well in my absence," he said, "so serve me again. Destroy the Lion who foul our land with black magics. Let all know: the Unicorn are my right hand now." - The High Histories of the Lion
- Artist
- Diana Vick
- Publisher
- Wizards of the Coast
Diamond Edition
- Rarity
- Common
- Artist
- John Cadice
- Card Number
- 327
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Gold Edition
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- "Peasants with too much spirit for farming can find another life in the armies of their daimyos."
- Artist
- John Cadice
- Card Number
- 25
- Publisher
- Wizards of the Coast
L5R Experience
- Rarity
- Fixed
- Artist
- John Cadice
- Card Number
- 57
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Twenty Festivals
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- "Semi-skilled, but they certainly have their uses." - Tsuruchi Jinrai
- Artist
- John Cadice
- Card Number
- 188
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
The Currency of War
- Rarity
- Fixed
- Flavor Text
- The majority of any army in Rokugan consists of ashigaru; trained warriors from the lower castes.
- Artist
- John Cadice
- Card Number
- 29
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Winds of Change
- Rarity
- Starter
- Flavor Text
- Peasants with too much spirit for farming can find another life in the armies of their daimyos.
- Artist
- John Cadice
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Hidden City
- Rarity
- Starter
- Flavor Text
- "No goblin has crossed the Kaiu Wall in five years!" Hisayuki roared. "This will not change today!"
- Artist
- John Cadice
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Wrath of the Emperor
- Rarity
- Starter
- Flavor Text
- "No goblin has crossed the Kaiu Wall in five years!" Hisayuki roared. "This will not change today!"
- Artist
- John Cadice
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Code of Bushido
- Rarity
- Starter
- Flavor Text
- "No goblin has crossed the Kaiu Wall in five years!" Hisayuki roared. "This will not change today!"
- Artist
- John Cadice
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Promotional–Twenty Festivals
- Rarity
- Promo
- Flavor Text
- "Semi-skilled, but they certainly have their uses." - Tsuruchi Jinrai
- Artist
- John Cadice
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rulings
- Erratum: Reads, "Ashigaru Archers 0F/0C 1HR 2G -PH 1FV You may draw an additional Fate card during your next End Phase after bringing this card into play from your hand. Battle: Bow this card: Ranged 2 Attack." [MRP, Lotus Edition, 31 October 2005] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 42
- Were supposed to have a Force of 0, but since the error is not earth-shattering, there is no errata at this time. Play them as written. [DW] Accumulated Rulings, February 8, 2000, p. 16
- Ashigaru Archers and Ashigaru Spearmen are to be played as written. The Imperial Herald, Issue 11, p. 27
Rules Q&A
- Q: If Tsuruichi uses the Arrow Knows the Way against a Personality with an attached follower, then his Ashigaru Archers cannot help it.
A: Incorrect, by the Gold Edition wording of The Arrow Knows the Way. But that's a special case. Jeff Alexander, "post for 18 March 2002", 19 Mar 2002