Shattered Peaks Castle
Legend of the Five Rings card from Celestial Edition, Glory of the Empire, Promotional–Celestial
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Stronghold
- Province Strength
- 8
- Gold Production
- 4
- Starting Family Honor
- 3
- Clan
- Crab
- Card Text
- Tireless Battle/Open: Straighten your target Personality's unit.
- Legality
- Destroyer War (Celestial), Race for the Throne (Samurai)
- Deck
- Pre-Game
Printings
Celestial Edition
- Rarity
- Fixed
- Flavor Text
- The castle was built into the base of a mountain. An army of demons shattered the mountain, but the castle remains. This is the strength of the Crab.
- Artist
- Charles Urbach
- Card Number
- 379
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Glory of the Empire
- Rarity
- Fixed
- Flavor Text
- A Shadowlands assault shattered the mountain around it, but the Crab never faltered.
- Artist
- Charles Urbach
- Card Number
- 164
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Promotional–Celestial
- Rarity
- Promo
- Flavor Text
- The castle was built into the base of a mountain. An army of demons shattered the mountain, but the castle remains. This is the strength of the Crab.
- Artist
- Charles Urbach
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rulings
- Erratum: Reads, "Shattered Peaks Castle 8PS 4G 3FH Battle/Open: Even if this card is bowed: Straighten your target unit." [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009] Comprehensive Rules, Celestial Edition, with specific card rulings, final version, February 2012, p. 153
Rules Q&A
- Q: If Crippling Weather is played by player A. Player B performs an action on his personality and is bowed. Can the bowed personality straighten with cards like Superior Mobility, Shattered Peaks Castle or are these actions considered targeting so the personality would straighten then bow again?
A: Crippling Weather cares about performing, not targeting. Superior Mobility's second action says, "Choose your performing unbowed Personality" (emphasis added), so the Personality would be affected by Crippling Weather.
Shattered Peaks Castle and Superior Mobility's first action targets, but for them to be performed, the targeting would have to have colons on either side (as the FAQ reminds; http://rules.l5r.com/CE_FAQ#What_performs_an_action.3F). It is not performed, and the Personality is not hit by Crippling Weather.
Targeting does relate to performing, but the test for whether a card targets is easy. http://rules.l5r.com/CE_Glossary_T#Targeting: "The word 'target' must appear as a verb or an adjective for the procedure to be considered targeting -- just 'choosing' something is not targeting."
[Slightly changed to deal with multiple abilities on Superior Mobility.] Zen Faulkes, "Crippling Weather & Performing", 1 Mar 2011