Scouring Flood
Legend of the Five Rings card from Emperor Edition, Glory of the Empire, Emperor Edition Demo Decks, Honor and Treachery, Three Dynasties
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Spell
- Gold Cost
- 2
- Keywords
- Water
- Card Text
- This Personality has +2F.
Battle: Bow this card and target a defending Personality: Move him home. - Focus Value
- 3
- Legality
- Age of Conquest (Emperor), Destroyer War (Celestial), Race for the Throne (Samurai), Three Dynasties
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
Emperor Edition
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- "You are not welcome here, my friends. Let me escort you from the valley. Brace yourselves, if you please."
- Artist
- Llyn Hunter
- Card Number
- 255
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Glory of the Empire
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- "A threat from the north, you say? An Army of Fire?" Bairei frowned. "I fear it sounds familiar."
- Artist
- Llyn Hunter
- Card Number
- 159
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Emperor Edition Demo Decks
- Rarity
- Fixed
- Artist
- Llyn Hunter
- Card Number
- 81
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Honor and Treachery
- Rarity
- Fixed
- Flavor Text
- "I have devoted my life to the intricacies of fire, but even I must admit… that was quite amusing." - Isawa Taiken
- Artist
- Llyn Hunter
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Three Dynasties
- Rarity
- Fixed
- Flavor Text
- With a wave of the shugenja's hand, the squadron was washed away.
- Artist
- Llyn Hunter
- Card Number
- 362
- Publisher
- Onyx Lives
- Publisherurl
- https://sites.google.com/view/the-onyx-lives-project/home
Rules Q&A
- Q: We had a situation where Nerve Strike was used on a Moshi Rukia which had a Scouring Flood attached. That unit had not performed any actions yet that turn.
I used a different copy of Rukia's battle action to return that opposed attachment to its owner's hand (mine).
I then attached that copy of Scouring Flood to the second Rukia and used its battle action to send a defender home.
So, is this a legal move? Can the Scouring Flood's action be used now that it is no longer a card in the Nerve Striked/Stricken/whatever unit? Or does the card retain its inability to use its action throughout the process of going back to my hand and attaching to a different personality?
A: Per the Tracking Rule, once a card has gone face down and out of play (and entering a player's hand is face down and out of play), it forgets all ongoing effects upon itself. Therefore, if you reattach a card, it may perform its action again later this turn.
Note that Nerve Strike only prevents the cards from performing actions, and Scouring Flood does not perform any action (the personality it's attached to performs Scouring Flood's action). However, this could be pertinent if it was a follower that was returned to your hand, as only followers and Personalities may perform actions. Jon Palmer, "Nerve Strike + attachments that have been returned to hand", 2 Dec 2012 - Q: Regarding this ruling, if the Spell's trait doesn't specifically state "This Shugenja", such as Scouring Flood, will the Personality retain the bonus if they should lose the keyword?
A: You are correct, the wording on Scouring Flood does not require the Shugenja keyword to give its force bonus. Jon Palmer, "Spell traits and non-Shugenja", 11 Mar 2012 - Q: I have no memory... Can I declare and cast scouring flood as an attacker when there are no defenders? If so, would it count as a successful cast for Ring Of Air(celestial)?
A: It's not a cost, per se, but it's a condition you must satisfy in order to declare the action. Alex Jones, "Oracle of the Void #rules", 11 Jul 2022