A Pure Stroke
Legend of the Five Rings card from Emperor Edition, Hidden Emperor 6
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Strategy
- Gold Cost
- 0
- Card Text
- Battle/Open: Target a Weapon: Raise its Force and Chi modifiers to twice its base Force and Chi modifiers (this does not affect negative base modifiers).
- Focus Value
- 2
- Legality
- Age of Conquest (Emperor), Hidden Emperor (Jade)
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
Emperor Edition
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- Kakita Han spent five years creating three perfect blades. One he kept by his side. One he gave to his betrothed. The last was stolen from his home. He will not set aside his vengeance until it is returned to him.
- Artist
- Asier Martinez Lopez
- Card Number
- 265
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Hidden Emperor 6
- Rarity
- Rare
- Flavor Text
- "The secret of swordplay is not the swift defeat, not the prolonged strike and block. A pure stroke will defeat technique." - Kakita's The Sword
- Artist
- Paul Carrick
- Publisher
- Wizards of the Coast
Rulings
- If the Weapon is providing any bonus beyond what's printed at the top of the card, A Pure Stroke has no effect. Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 29
Rules Q&A
- Q: If I play Creating Order on a personality to negate current and future force bonusses and penalties on him and then play A Pure Stroke on one of his weapons, does the bonus from the action apply to him ?
Eventhough the bonus isn't directly given to him, it's still a bonus "from an action" that applies to him so I'm wondering how I should treat this case.
A: As you point out, the bonus from A Pure Stroke does not apply directly to the Personality, so Creating Order does not affect it. Alex Jones, "A Pure Stroke vs Creating Order", 24 Jan 2012