Shinjo Kinto

Legend of the Five Rings card from Second City, Shattered Empire

Card Type

Personality

Force

4

Chi

3

Honor Requirement

-

Gold Cost

8

Personal Honor

2

Clan

Unicorn

Keywords

Cavalry, Samurai, Scout, Unicorn Clan

Card Text

Battle: Target an enemy Personality: Move him home. This movement will not be negated if you have Reconnaissance.

Legality

Age of Conquest (Emperor), Destroyer War (Celestial), Shattered Empire

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: I saw the above ruling and was absolutely shocked. Has my playgroup been playing the game wrong for the past three years!?
  We've routinely played games where we've had both (say) Shinjo Kinto XP1 and Shinjo Kinto XP2 in play for the same player at the same time. Hell, I'm pretty sure this happened in at least one Kotei for one of our guys and no one had a problem with it.
  Are you really only allowed to have *one* copy of a Unique Personality in play, regardless of their experience level?
  A: Yes.
  See the definition of Unique, on p59 of the Comprehensive Rules: Unique: A player will not bring into play or take control of a Unique card if he or she already controls a Unique card with the same title (but see Experienced, p. 49). If a player takes control of a unit with a copy of a Unique attachment he or she already controls, discard the new attachment.
  Title is defined on p10: Card Title: At the top of every card is its title bar. All L5R cards have a title in this bar, except for created cards, which have no title.
  All versions of Shinjo Kinto - Shinjo Kinto non experienced, Shinjo Kinto Experienced and Shinjo Kinto Experienced 2 - have the same title: "Shinjo Kinto". Alex Jones, "Overlay", 24 Apr 2014
• Q: Hi
  Have a little problem with understanding rules.
  In some cards type - some actions it is sad ex. move enemy unit, this moveing can't be negeted. ex. Shinjo Kinto http://imperialassembly.com/oracle/#cardid=6906,#hashid=fa24140f53cb6d27fa12c892cef37bcd,#cardcount=0 does this meen that if I have reconneissans the enemy player can't move him back to this batelfild by card's like back to the front http://imperialassembly.com/oracle/#cardid=662,#hashid=bb543407f3d6f9e894a273a9258abf45,#cardcount=0 or it just mean that the oposit player cannot make reactions that neget movment off his units? Or like with Hida defenders that for ex. they wer on batelfied, then they wer send back home by some battle action, then I perform some action that bows my enemys personality, Can I use the hida,s reaction rule even if they were send home?
  And one more Q; does the personality with keyword SCOUT and follower who doesn't have the Scout keyword stil counts as e scout unit or is this the same like with cavalry? I need this for purpose for Hidden Falls Dojo recon action - can I move Scout personality with follower that doesn't have this scout keyword?
  Best Regards
  A: Shinjo Kinto's "this movement will not be negated" means that the sending home cannot be negated, such as by a card like Know No Fear. The Personality can move back into the battle. To prevent him from moving back in, it would need to be worded like Nijugun or Unnatural Flood.
  Hida Defenders only cares if the Defenders opposed the Personality at the current battle, not if they're currently opposing the Personality. Therefore you may take their reaction in the situation you described.
  Hidden Falls Dojo only cares about your Scout Personalities. Their followers' traits are irrelevant; you may assign the units as long as the Personalities are scouts. Please note that Hidden Falls Dojo assigns Personalities; it does not move them. Jon Palmer, "Moving", 9 Apr 2012