Ronin Swordsman
Legend of the Five Rings card from Web of Lies
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Follower
- Force
- 2
- Chi
- 0
- Honor Requirement
- 2
- Gold Cost
- 3
- Personal Honor
- -
- Keywords
- Ronin
- Card Text
- Reaction: If this card is in your hand, after you bring a Personality into play without gaining Honor: Attach this card to him, paying all costs.
Reaction: Before focusing for this Personality in a duel, take this card into your hand instead: Focus with this card. Gain 2 Honor as an additional result if you win. - Focus Value
- 4
- Legality
- Age of Enlightenment (Lotus), Rain of Blood (Diamond)
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
Web of Lies
- Rarity
- Rare
- Artist
- Anthony Francisco
- Card Number
- 111
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rulings
- Reaction occurs instead of focusing, and replaces all cards that would have been focused. [JA, web, 24 February 2005; web, 24 August 2005] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 46
Rules Q&A
- Q: Ronin Swordsman. The cards says when I enter the duel I can take that card into my hand and focus with it. Then I gain 2 honor if I win the duel. Does the card have to be attached to gain the 2 honor or not? I mean can I focus this card from hand and will gain the two honor before it was in play?
A: Reaction: Before focusing for this Personality in a duel, take this card into your hand: Focus with this card. Gain 2 Honor as an additional result if you win.
All those effects happen only if you use that Reaction, which you can only do if this card is in play. Martin Lund, "Rules for 7 December 2004", 10 Dec 2004 - Q: Hi I´ve got a question about Ronin Swordsman. The cards says when I enter the duel I can take that card into my hand and focus with it. Then I gain 2 honor if I win the duel. Does the card have to be attached to gain the 2 honor or not? I mean can I focus this card from hand and will gain the two honor before it was in play?
A: No, you won't get any Honor if you play it as a Focus without ever attaching it.
That honor gain is an Effect of the Action on Ronin Swordsman. If you don't take that Action, it can't give you any Honor. Ronin Swordsman requires you use its Reaction only when attached to a Personality in a duel ("this personality"). Martin Lund, "Rules for 30 November 2004", 3 Dec 2004