Rain of Emeralds

Legend of the Five Rings card from A Perfect Cut

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, give all Human Courtier Personalities +2PH and the ability, "Repeatable Political Limited, w: Gain 1 Honor" until your next turn begins.

Legality

Four Winds (Gold)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rulings

• Effect only occurs when the event is revealed, and is not continuous. [ZF, 21 May 2002] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 75

Rules Q&A

• Q: With the questions raised on Rain of Emeralds, I have one just to clarify my thinking (not sure that will ever happen....)
  Event in question: Tsukune Ascends Remove your Personality with the highest Force from the game. You choose in the case of a tie. All your other Personalities permanently gain +1 Force, +1 Chi, and +1 Personal Honor. 'Arise, Tsukune, Fortune of Rebirth. Take your place among the Celestial Heavens.'
  Questions: 1. Since, unlike Rain of Emeralds, Tsukune Ascends doesn't say in play, does it affect the personalities in your Deck/Discard or when they come into play later that game?
  No. "Your" = "controlled by you", and only cards in play have controllers. [DA glossary, p. 77]
  As you have stated above, this would appear to contradict earlier rulings on Bayushi Yojiro and Kirin's Shrine (Experienced). Bayushi Yojiro states "Each Scorpion Clan Personality you control gains..." and Kirin's Shrine states "...your human Personalities gain +1F/+1C and your Dragon...." In both cases, the rulings have been that personalities entering play gain the +1 personal honor after entering play, but before honor for bringing them in is gained.Perhaps it would be clearer to state that since, unless otherwise stated, the effect of Events only lasts until the end of the current turn, and that is why Tsukune Ascends only affects personalities currently in play.
  A: But that's NOT the reason why Tsukune Ascends only affects Personalities currently in play. The reason is that it's worded to happen once, instantaneously, applying only to what meets its criteria at that time, while Yojiro and the Ki-Rin's Shrine are continuously applying. Jeff Alexander, "post for 4 June 2002", 5 Jun 2002
• Q: Honored Rules Guys -
  Regarding the event Rain of Emeralds:
  "All human Courtier Personalities in play gain +2 Personal Honor and the ability "Political Limited: Bow to gain 1 Honor." until the start of your next turn."
  When paying full for human courtiers from your clan during your Dynasty phase, do they have +2 Personal Honor which you gain (per ruling on Yojiro Experienced 2 and Ki-Rin's Shrine Experienced)while the Emeralds are Raining since the event applies "until the start of your next turn."
  A: No. That's not the Event's duration, that's how long those bonuses and abilities last. Rain of Emeralds applies one time only, only to Courtiers in play when it resolves. Ones brought into play later that turn are unaffected.
  This is a REVERSAL of Zen's original ruling. Sorry, Zen. Jeff Alexander, "post for 21 May 2002", 22 May 2002
• Q: When paying full for human courtiers from your clan during your Dynasty phase, do they have +2 Personal Honor which you gain (per ruling on Yojiro Experienced 2 and Ki-Rin's Shrine Experienced) while the Emeralds are Raining since the event applies "until the start of your next turn."
  A: An exactly correct application of the ruling. Yes. Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 19 May 2002", 20 May 2002