Set'tchr'foo
Legend of the Five Rings card from Hidden City
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Personality
- Force
- 2
- Chi
- 3
- Honor Requirement
- -
- Gold Cost
- 7
- Personal Honor
- 1
- Clan
- Ratling
- Keywords
- Matron, Nonhuman, Ratling, Tattered Ear Tribe
- Card Text
- Battle: Shuffle Set'tchr'foo into your Dynasty deck to target any number of other Ratling Personalities in her army and create a number of 0F Nonhuman • Ratling Followers up to the highest Gold Cost of any Ratling card in your current army. Attach these created Followers any way you wish to the targets.
- Legality
- Rain of Blood (Diamond)
- Deck
- Dynasty
Printings
Hidden City
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Artist
- Anthony Francisco
- Card Number
- 49
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rulings
- Must be in the battle to use his ability, because it refers to "other" cards in your army. [ML, 30 April 2004] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 121
Rules Q&A
- Q: Yajinden gains control of a Set'tchr'foo. Set'tchr'foo pops and goes into the current controller's deck per above. Yajinden unbows and assumes control over another Personality. When Set'tchr'foo re-enters play from a Province, does Set'tchr'foo immediately go back to the original owner? I'm venturing the answer is yes, but that leads to a second question:
A: No way. Control and ownership are different animals.
If you pay to bring Set'tchr'foo into play from your Province, you're her default controller while she remains in play. The only reason an owner is usually the initial controller is because the owner is usually the only person who has the option to bring those cards into play.
Card effects like Kolat Recruiter or the above-mentioned Steal + Shuffle trick change that situation, allowing a player to bring cards he or she does not own into play under his or her control. Martin Lund, "Rules for 22 May 2004", 25 May 2004 - Q: If both players are playing with Ratlings, specifically Set'tchr'foo, I'm guessing placing a slip of paper or a marker inside the *front* of the sleeve would be permitted to resolve which Matron is whose if necessary? Or is this more of a TO question and handled case by case?
A: More of a TO, case-by-case, "use your best judgment," sort of situation. Martin Lund, "Rules for 22 May 2004", 25 May 2004