Shosuro Hametsu
Legend of the Five Rings card from Time of the Void
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Personality
- Force
- 2
- Chi
- 2
- Honor Requirement
- -
- Gold Cost
- 7
- Personal Honor
- 1
- Clan
- Scorpion
- Keywords
- Unique, Experienced, Poison Master, Scorpion Clan
- Card Text
- Limited: Any number of times per turn, bow Hametsu and target your unbowed Personality: If he does not have a Poison token, give him a Poison token with the trait, "This Personality has the ability, "Battle: Any number of times per turn, destroy a Poison token on this Personality and target an enemy Personality: Give him -2C.""
- Legality
- Clan Wars (Imperial)
- Deck
- Dynasty
Printings
Time of the Void
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Artist
- Bryon Wackwitz
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Rulings
- If this version has ever been in play, any Poison token on any player's Personality created by any version of Hametsu can be used for his printed Reaction. [FAQ 3.5; JA, 30 March 2002] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 124
- If the -2C kills the opponent, the duel is cancelled without a winner or loser. [FAQ 3.2] Accumulated Rulings, February 8, 2000, p. 54
- If a non-experienced version of Hametsu has ever been in play, any poison token on your Personality at all can be destroyed to perform his printed reaction, regardless of what created that token. [FAQ 3.5] Accumulated Rulings, February 8, 2000, p. 54
- Erratum: Changed: Personal Honor from 0 to 1. Text Change & Errata List, February 15, 2000, p. 19
- Q: Speaking of poison tokens, could you explain how Shosuro Hametsu, the Poison Master, works? Why would I want to poison my own people? A: The poison tokens aren't -2C tokens. They cause no ill effects to the person holding them. If a Personality with a poison token enters a duel, you can destroy the token in response, and this will cause your opponent in the duel to suffer -2C until the end of the turn as soon as either of you strikes. Like Poisoned Weapon, if this kills your opponent immediately, the duel is cancelled without a winner or loser. Unlike Poisoned Weapon, Another Time won't prevent the penalty. Legend of the Five Rings FAQ, Version 3.6.2, May 1998, p. 11
Rules Q&A
- Q: c) Once a Shosuro Hametsu has been in play, his owner's poison tokens can do a "thing." If any Hametsu has been in play, can anyone else's poison tokens do a "thing", or just Hametsu's owner's?
A: Extrapolating from the ruling in the archive, I will say anyone's poison tokens can be used for this. Jeff Alexander, "post for 29 March 2002", 30 Mar 2002