Ryoshun's Last Words
Legend of the Five Rings card from Diamond Edition, Gold Edition, Soul of the Empire
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Strategy
- Gold Cost
- 0
- Keywords
- Kiho
- Card Text
- Battle/Open: Bow your performing Monk or Shugenja and target a Spell: Destroy it.
- Focus Value
- 3
- Legality
- Four Winds (Gold), Hidden Emperor (Jade), Rain of Blood (Diamond)
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
Diamond Edition
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Flavor Text
- "May the Dead Kami watch over their spirits."
- Artist
- Mark Evans
- Card Number
- 425
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Gold Edition
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Flavor Text
- "When will you understand, Shaitung? If you attempt to disrupt the Pattern, you will only bring destruction. Your father understood this well." - Isawa Tetsuya
- Artist
- Mark Evans
- Card Number
- 358
- Publisher
- Wizards of the Coast
Soul of the Empire
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- " 'I died within my father's belly, a thousand years ago. I shall die once more before this tale is done. My place is with the dead, to guard them and bear the burden of their souls. I must seal the gate and purge Jigoku of Shadow.' " - Ryoshun's last words, Suru's Madness, Part I
- Artist
- Theresa Brandon
- Publisher
- Wizards of the Coast
Rules Q&A
- Q: Ok because of the current wording here is a silly way to play the ring of air that appears legal but after you have played it you will have only cast 2 spells or kihos.
Step 1 cast any spell or kiho
Step 2 cast Ryoshun's Last Words targeting the unravelling you have in play
Step 3 after choosing targets and paying the cost you have successfully cast the spell but its effects have not happened yet so you bow unravelling to cancel the kiho.
Step 4 After successfully casting unravelling but before its effect occur play Ring of Air
Step 5 Ryoshun's Last Words is canceled leaving you with only two successfully cast spells or kihos and the Ring of Air
A: That works just fine. You had 3 cast for enough time to drop Ring of Air. Martin Lund, "Rules for 1 July 2004", 4 Jul 2004 - Q: If a spell like Importune Kami or Essence of Gaki Do has already been cast and has a few other shugenja bowed in the ritual. I play Ryoshun' Last Words to destroy the spell, do the tokens go away or do they stay or with Importune Kami, does the increased province strength stay or go away?
Ryoshun's Last Words Kiho Open: Bow one of your Shugenja or Monks to destroy a Spell.
A: Destroying a card does not normally have any effect on the duration of effects that card has created. Jeff Alexander, "rules for 24 March 2004", 26 Mar 2004