Purity of the Seven Thunders
Legend of the Five Rings card from Diamond Edition, Forbidden Knowledge, Gold Edition
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Spell
- Gold Cost
- 3
- Keywords
- Ritual, Thunder
- Card Text
- Limited: Bow this Shugenja and zero or more of your other performing Shugenja such that the performers' total Chi is 15 or greater, destroy this card and this Shugenja: Destroy all non-Stronghold Shadowlands cards. The performers will not straighten during your next turn.
- Focus Value
- 3
- Legality
- Clan Wars (Imperial), Four Winds (Gold), Rain of Blood (Diamond)
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
Diamond Edition
- Rarity
- Rare
- Flavor Text
- "I do not worship you, Fu Leng," Iuchiban said to the dark statue, "and one day I shall cast you down from your place."
- Artist
- Tim Gerstmar
- Card Number
- 448
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Forbidden Knowledge
- Rarity
- Rare
- Artist
- Bob Hobbs
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Gold Edition
- Rarity
- Rare
- Flavor Text
- The night the Temple of Blood was destroyed, Isawa Akiko awoke from a nightmare. With fear in her voice, she uttered a single word: "Daigotsu."
- Artist
- Tim Gerstmar
- Card Number
- 522
- Publisher
- Wizards of the Coast
Rulings
- Erratum: Reads, "Purity of the Seven Thunders 3G 3FV Ritual Limited: Bow this Shugenja and any number of your other Shugenja such that their combined Chi is greater than 14, and destroy this Spell and this Shugenja, to destroy all Shadowlands cards. The Shugenja in this Ritual cannot straighten during your next turn." [MRP, Diamond Edition, 27 October 2003] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 65
- The "Any surviving Shugenja may not straighten during your next turn." clause refers only to those involved in casting the Ritual. Accumulated Rulings, February 8, 2000, p. 49
Rules Q&A
- Q: Quick Clarification: Purity of the Seven Thunders will destroy Iuchiban because it is a blanket effect and does not target him. Correct?
A: Purity of the Seven Thunders does not target the Shadowlands Cards it destroys. There is no choice involved in what gets nuked. You've either got the trait or you don't. Martin Lund, "Rules for 21 June 2004", 25 Jun 2004 - Q: The cards text states that the shugenja counts a two shugenja in a ritual. The question is, if used with the "Purity of the Seven Thunders" ritual will the shugenja apply his chi twice?
A: No. Jeff Alexander, "post for 30 July 2002", 31 Jul 2002