Sacrifices For Our Future

Legend of the Five Rings card from Hidden Emperor 3, Shattered Empire

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, it enters play in your home.
After you draw a card, discard this Event from play.
While this Event remains in play, before each time you would draw a card at the end of your turn, you may choose not to do so instead, and after each of your turns end, if you did not draw a card during it, gain 2 Honor.

Legality

Hidden Emperor (Jade), Shattered Empire

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rulings

• All draws during your End Phase may be refused, not just one. [DW, email, 21 September 1998] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 75
• Its effect continues if a player using the Kyuden Hitomi stronghold retrieves a card from under the stronghold instead of drawing. [VRD, 20 July 2001] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 75

Rules Q&A

• Q: How does Kyuden Hitomi interact with Sacrifices for our Future? Sacrifices for our Future says:
  Sacrifices For Our Future(Event) While this card is in play, you may choose not to draw a fate card during your end phase. Each turn in which you do not draw a Fate card you gain 2 honor. If you draw a Fate card for any reason, this card is discarded from play.
  Wouldn't it be legal to use the SH ability of Kyuden Hitomi to take a card from underneath it, which wouldn't count as Drawing a fate card? I think so, because this is similar to the reason quoted that Doom of the Dark Lord won't blow up a province if your fate deck is empty but you pull a card out from under Kyuden Hitomi in your end phase...
  A: Drawing is specifically taking the top card of your deck and putting it into your hand. Using Kyuden Hitomi instead of drawing will not destroy Sacrifices, and you'll gain 2 honor. Good combo. Vaughn Derderian, "Rules for July 20th", 20 Jul 2001
• Q: Sacrifices for Our Future While this card is in play, you may choose not to draw a fate card during your end phase. Each turn in which you do not draw a Fate card you gain 2 honor. If you draw a Fate card for any reason, this card is discarded from play.
  Emissary of the Ivory Kingdoms Until your next turn, each player draws two extra cards during his or her End Phase.
  If both of these Events are in play/effect, and I choose to not draw by the text of the first, what happens?
  1. Since I chose to not draw the normal card, I don't draw the "extra" cards. I gain 2 honor. 2. Since I chose to not draw the normal card, I don't draw the "extra" cards. I gain 6 honor. 3. I choose to not draw the normal card, I then must draw the "extra" cards. I gain 2 honor. and Sacrifices for Our Future is discarded. 4. I choose to not draw the normal card, I then must draw the "extra" cards. I gain no honor. and Sacrifices for Our Future is discarded.
  In 1/2 are the "extra" cards contingent on the normal draw, drawn regardless, or can they they also be "chosen" to not be drawn?
  A: #4 is correct. Brook Cunningham, "Sacrifices for Our Future and Emissary of the Ivory Kingdoms", 9 May 2010