Shiro Ide

Legend of the Five Rings card from An Oni's Fury

Card Type

Stronghold

Province Strength

6

Gold Production

5

Starting Family Honor

4

Clan

Unicorn

Card Text

When bowing a Holding with a Gold Cost of 2 or more to produce Gold to pay for Recruiting or Equipping a Cavalry card, it produces 1 additional Gold which may only pay for that card.

Legality

Four Winds (Gold)

Deck

Pre-Game

Printings

Rulings

• Checks for holdings' current cost. [JA, VRD, 3 December 2001] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 152

Rules Q&A

• Q: 1) I am playing Shiro Ide, my opponent is playing Kosaten Shiro. If I were to take control of a Marketplace (that cost 1 for them), would it produce 1 additional Gold when bowed for a Cavalry card?
  A: Shiro Ide checks the current Gold cost of the Holding. It would get Shiro Ide's bonus production. Jeff Alexander, "post for 3 March 2003", 4 Mar 2003
• Q: 3.) Moneylender is a variable-cost holding and thus doesn't gain the bonus from Shiro Ide, correct?
  A: It does not gain the bonus. Jeff Alexander, "post for 22 November 2002", 23 Nov 2002
• Q: Crossroad + Shiro Ide: If a 3 cost gold producing holding comes into play from a Crossroad (reduced to 0), then the holding produce 1 additional Gold when bowed to produce Gold for a Cavalry card for a Shiro Ide player?
  A: Yes. The Holding's cost is only reduced while it's in the Province with the Crossroads. Once it's in play, its Gold cost returns to normal, allowing Shiro Ide to affect it. Jeff Alexander, "post for 31 May 2002", 1 Jun 2002
• Q: couldnt you bow a hawks and falcons to produce 0 gold?
  A: No. There's nothing on the card itself that lets you do that and there is no general rule that all Holdings can bow to produce gold. Jeff Alexander, "post for 11 January 2002", 12 Jan 2002
• Q: This subject is being bandied about on the Unicorn list, and I thought it might be good to have the matter settled officially:
  Do non-gold producing holdings that cost more than 1 produce one gold when bowed when using Shiro Ide? (i.e., Hawks and Falcons, Kirin Shrine, etc.)
  A: A Holding which lacks any "Bow to produce XXX Gold" capability will still have no way to bow for Gold under Shiro Ide. Jeff Alexander, "post for 10 January 2002", 11 Jan 2002