Basic Lesson

Legend of the Five Rings card from Second City

Card Type

Strategy

Gold Cost

4

Card Text

Limited: Create a (bowed) Holding with the trait "Bow this card: Produce 3 Gold." Negate your Stronghold's straightening (this turn).
Open: Destroy your target Holding: Create a Samurai Personality with 3C/2PH and Force equal to the Holding's base Gold Cost.

Focus Value

4

Legality

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

Erratum

Erratum effective October 11th.

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: Is it another added cost that is created by growing hostility?
  A: No. While the Gold Cost of the created Holding is modified by Growing Hostilities, the cost has always been there from the Holding's normal cost of 0G, which must still be paid. Ben Higgins, "Growing Hostility and Basic Lesson", 16 Jun 2012
• Q: Does the effect count as interference with mandatory costs?
  A: No. Interference with mandatory costs only effects costs associated by targeting a specific card. Ben Higgins, "Growing Hostility and Basic Lesson", 16 Jun 2012
• Q: Can I play basic lessons paying four gold but then not pay the 1?
  A: No. To even announce Basic Lesson, you need to be able to pay the costs associated by the Holding it creates. (Costs and restrictions: Optional costs) Since you know that Growing Hostility modifies the Gold Cost of the Holding out of play, you would need to have the 1G available to pay for it, prior to announcing the action. Ben Higgins, "Growing Hostility and Basic Lesson", 16 Jun 2012
• Q: Can I pay the 1 gold with luxurious silk since the entering play cost is still part of the action (eg, the phrase create a card is basically create a card and bring it into play)?
  A: No. The Gold Cost is on the created Holding and is separate from any effects from Basic Lesson. (Costs and restrictions: Optional costs)
  With regards to Basic Lesson not telling one to specifically pay the costs of the Holding it creates entering play, all Costs are mandatory by default. Card effects will explicit state if any costs associated with bringing a card in to play are modified or waived. In the case of Basic Lesson, no such waiver exists, so one must pay all costs to bringing the Holding in to play, even though the effects of Basic Lesson don't specifically state that. Ben Higgins, "Growing Hostility and Basic Lesson", 16 Jun 2012
• Q: If I'm playing a game and Growing Hostility has already resolved and I want to play Basic Lesson how much gold do I have to pay? Do I still just pay the four gold or do I need to pay five to make a holding?
  A: You must pay the 4g cost of Basic Lesson during the Pay Costs step of the action sequence.
  Then, during the Action Resolution step, you must pay the 1g cost of the newly created holding, to bring it into play.
  Note that these are completely separate payments, and cannot be combined. Alex Jones, "Growing Hostility and Basic Lesson", 24 May 2012