Shinjo Guan
Legend of the Five Rings card from Heaven & Earth
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Personality
- Force
- 3
- Chi
- 3
- Honor Requirement
- 6
- Gold Cost
- 7
- Personal Honor
- 2
- Clan
- Unicorn
- Keywords
- Magistrate, Samurai, Unicorn Clan
- Card Text
- Reaction: After you assign a Unicorn Clan Cavalry Personality during Infantry Maneuvers: Give Guan +2F.
- Legality
- Four Winds (Gold), Rain of Blood (Diamond)
- Deck
- Dynasty
Printings
Heaven & Earth
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- "Guard the City of Night, Guan," Shono commanded, "Vordu may be gone, but the danger still remains."
- Artist
- beet
- Card Number
- 74
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rulings
- Gain his bonus once per Attack Phase. [JA, 12 April 2004] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 123
- Erratum: Shinjo Guan: His Reaction is used "Once per attack", not "Once per battle". [errata] Legend of the Five Rings FAQ, April 26, 2004, p. 17
- Q: If I assign several Unicorn Personalities as infantry to different Provinces, can Shinjo Guan react to all of them? A: No. Guan's Reaction should be usable once per "attack", not once per battle. (Technically, as he is written, his Reaction cannot be used at all.) Legend of the Five Rings FAQ, May 21, 2003, p. 13
Rules Q&A
- Q: #2. Shinjo Guan (H&E 157) reads:
Reaction: Once per battle, Guan gains +2F after you assign a Unicorn Clan Cavalry Personality to an army during Infantry Maneuvers.
I'm confused by "once per battle." Does this mean Guan can gain 4 +2F bonuses if I assign 4 Unicorn Cavalry Personalities to 4 different battles?
A: From the FAQ, he should really say "once per attack". Jeff Alexander, "post for 2 June 2003", 3 Jun 2003 - Q: Regarding new H&E Unicorn personality, Shinjo Guan.
Text: Reaction: Once per battle, Guan gains +2F after you assign a Unicorn Clan Cavalry personality to an army during Infantry Maneuvers.
Part, the first: Let's say I attack with Shinjo Guan (3F) and Utaku Yisheng (4F, cavalry), during the Infantry Maneuvers segment. Let's also say that she's assigning to attack a province with Fields of the Dead on it:
Text: No player may assign any Personality with over 4 Force to battle at this Province.
Both of these assignments are currently legal. But can Guan use his reaction at this point, or will it become an illegal assignment, forcing him to stay home, or to attack another province?
A: Each player's assignments within each Maneuvers Segment are simultaneous. [GE p. 52] Guan's reaction is used "after" assignment. [card text] So both he and Yisheng are already at the Province when the 4F limit is exceeded. They stay there. Jeff Alexander, "post for 24 April 2003", 25 Apr 2003