Seven Stings Keep
Legend of the Five Rings card from Celestial Edition, Promotional–Samurai, War of Honor, Promotional–Celestial
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Stronghold
- Province Strength
- 7
- Gold Production
- 4
- Starting Family Honor
- 1
- Clan
- Scorpion
- Card Text
- Limited: A target player loses 2 Honor for each of his Provinces that have been destroyed this game.
- Legality
- Destroyer War (Celestial), Race for the Throne (Samurai)
- Deck
- Pre-Game
Printings
Celestial Edition
- Rarity
- Fixed
- Flavor Text
- "A Scorpion can turn a defeat into a disgrace far worse than death." - Yoritomo Naizen
- Artist
- Charles Urbach
- Card Number
- 391
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Promotional–Samurai
- Rarity
- Promo
- Flavor Text
- "There is always a price to pay for failure. For some, the attention of the Scorpion is worse than the failure itself." - Bayushi Paneki
- Artist
- Charles Urbach
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
War of Honor
- Rarity
- Fixed
- Flavor Text
- "True strength is doing what must be done, no matter the consequences." - Soshi Tabito
- Artist
- Charles Urbach
- Card Number
- 127
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Promotional–Celestial
- Rarity
- Promo
- Flavor Text
- "A Scorpion can turn a defeat into a disgrace far worse than death." - Yoritomo Naizen
- Artist
- Charles Urbach
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rulings
- Erratum: Reads, "Seven Stings Keep 7PS 4G 1FH Limited: A target player loses 2 Honor for each of his provinces that have been destroyed this game." [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009] Comprehensive Rules, Celestial Edition, with specific card rulings, final version, February 2012, p. 152
Rules Q&A
- Q: My opponent has lost two provinces this game. I Denounced on stage Does he lose 5 or 6 honor?
A: He would lose 5 Honor.
In your example, using Seven Stings Keep's ability produces a single loss of 4, which Denounced would increase to 5.
http://rules.l5r.com/Glossary_F#For_each: "Proportional effects using the term “for each”, such as “Gain 1 Honor for each Samurai you control,” should be interpreted as a single effect rather than numerous separate effects. In this instance, a player controlling 3 Samurai would gain 3 Honor at once, not 1 Honor three separate times." Brook Cunningham, "Seven Stings Keep and Denounced on Stage", 29 Aug 2008 - Q: Now that Seven Stings Keep is legal, can I use the ability printed on the card, if my opponent has not lost a province, to cause him zero honor loss and than increase the loss with Yogo Honami?
A: No. You may use the ability, but there is no honour loss to be increased.
See here and here.
Please use the search function before posting. Alex Jones, "Seven Stings Keep And Yogo Honami", 16 Aug 2008 - Q: Assuming the version of Seven Stings Keep is in it's final form...
A: Sorry, but the Rules Team doesn't answer questions about cards based on previews. Zen Faulkes, "Seven Stings Keep + Denounced on Stage", 16 Jul 2008