Ratling Bushi
Legend of the Five Rings card from Diamond Edition, Pre-Imperial Edition, Imperial Edition, Emerald Edition, Obsidian Edition, Jade Edition, Gold Edition, Pearl Edition, Winds of Change, Hidden City, Enemy of My Enemy
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Follower
- Force
- 3
- Chi
- 0
- Honor Requirement
- 0
- Gold Cost
- 6
- Personal Honor
- -
- Keywords
- Bushi, Nonhuman, Ratling
- Card Text
- This card has +1F for each Ratling Pack in this unit.
- Focus Value
- 0
- Legality
- Clan Wars (Imperial), Four Winds (Gold), Hidden Emperor (Jade), Rain of Blood (Diamond)
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
Diamond Edition
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- "Crude, ignorant beasts they may be, but they do not fear the Shadowlands, and for that they have my respect." - Kuni Tansho
- Artist
- Paul (Prof.) Herbert
- Card Number
- 364
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Pre-Imperial Edition
- Rarity
- Fixed
- Flavor Text
- Like a swarm they were, overcoming the samurai as if they were standing still. - Hoiuchi Junzo
- Artist
- Randy Elliott
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Imperial Edition
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Flavor Text
- Like a swarm they were, overcoming the samurai as if they were standing still. - Iuchi Junzo
- Artist
- Randy Elliott
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Emerald Edition
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Flavor Text
- Like a swarm they were, overcoming the samurai as if they were standing still. - Iuchi Daiyu
- Artist
- Randy Elliott
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Obsidian Edition
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Flavor Text
- "Their courage is only matched by their numbers." - Hida Tsuru
- Artist
- Randy Elliott
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Jade Edition
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Flavor Text
- "The Ratlings live in the Shadowlands, yet seem immune to the dark Taint of Fu Leng's wastes. If we could discover why, we could strike a great blow against our ancient enemy." - The Journal of Kuni Mokuna
- Artist
- Randy Elliott
- Publisher
- Wizards of the Coast
Gold Edition
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Flavor Text
- "How do the Ratlings live in the Shadowlands without acquiring the Taint? How do birds fly? How do swords cut? It is their nature." - Ikoma Tsai
- Artist
- Paul (Prof.) Herbert
- Card Number
- 336
- Publisher
- Wizards of the Coast
Pearl Edition
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Flavor Text
- "The Ratlings live in the Shadowlands, yet seem immune to the dark Taint of Fu Leng's wastes. If we could discover why, we could strike a great blow against our ancient enemy." - from The Journal of Kuni Mokuna
- Artist
- Randy Elliott
- Publisher
- Wizards of the Coast
Winds of Change
- Rarity
- Starter
- Flavor Text
- "'How do the Ratlings live in the Shadowlands without acquiring the Taint?' How do birds fly? How do swords cut? It is their nature." - Ikoma Tsai
- Artist
- Paul (Prof.) Herbert
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Hidden City
- Rarity
- Starter
- Flavor Text
- "Crude, ignorant beasts they may be, but they do not fear the Shadowlands, and for that they have my respect." - Kuni Tansho
- Artist
- Paul (Prof.) Herbert
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Enemy of My Enemy
- Rarity
- Starter
- Flavor Text
- "Crude, ignorant beasts they may be, but they do not fear the Shadowlands, and for that they have my respect." - Kuni Tansho
- Artist
- Paul (Prof.) Herbert
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rules Q&A
- Q: Do followers count towards the requirements of a formation? Meaning, will a Ratling Bushi or Veteran Samurai count as a bushi or samurai when determining if you can play a formation?
A: That completely depends on the individual text of the formation card. If a formation calls for "Bushi" anything with the Trait will do. If a formation calls for "Bushi Personalities" then a follower isn't going to cut it. Martin Lund, "Rules for 22 April 2004", 25 Apr 2004 - Q: If I am playing BofTET, and get +1f/+1c PACK token for each Ratling Follower I control, and then I play Ratling Bushi, which gains +1F for each Ratling Pack in this unit, does each pack token add to the +1F?
The game I played in said no, they don't count. When I looked in the deck, it said that a follower token is a card, but nothing about if a Pack token is the same thing as "ratling pack".
A: Bone of the Tattered Ear Tribe says, "When Bone of the Tattered Ear Tribe enters play, it gains a +1F/+1C Pack token for each Ratling Follower you control."
Those are "Pack tokens" not "Ratling Pack tokens." They don't have the "Ratling" keyword.
Ratling Bushi says, "Ratling Bushi gains +1F for each Ratling Pack in this unit."
"Pack tokens" are not the same as "Ratling Packs." Martin Lund, "Rules for 16 and 17 April 2004", 18 Apr 2004