Red Leaf Cut

Legend of the Five Rings card from Stronger Than Steel

Card Type

Strategy

Gold Cost

0

Card Text

Reaction: Before Focus Effects resolve: Discard a focused card; its owner may focus an additional card.
Reaction: After a Battle action resolves, target a Personality who performed it: Give him -3F.

Focus Value

2

Legality

Race for the Throne (Samurai)

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: Does Red Leaf Cut over-ride rulebook limit of focusing once per from hand per duel?
  A: Yes.That's the first cardinal rule (http://rules.l5r.com/Cardinal_rules). Zen Faulkes, "Red Leaf Cut & Focusing From Hand", 25 May 2009
• Q: If so, if there is a focus pool remaining, would they have to focus from there first?
  A: No. It says "or." Zen Faulkes, "Red Leaf Cut & Focusing From Hand", 25 May 2009
• Q: Red Leaf Cut Reaction: Before Focus Effects resolve: Discard a focused card; its owner may focus an additional card from his hand or focus pool.
  If my opponent ends up focusing a card that is owned by me (via, e.g., Doji Nagori exp or Bayushi Shoju inexp), and I use Red Leaf Cut to discard that card, do I get the additional focus?
  A: Assuming you've actually got a participant in the duel (might not have one in a multi-player game), sure, you can do exactly what the card tells you to do.
  You do, however, have to cackle maniacally while doing so or it won't be anywhere near as demoralizing as it is supposed to be. Martin Lund, "Red Leaf Cut and non-owned focus cards", 26 Nov 2007