Shosuro Takuma

Legend of the Five Rings card from Death at Koten

Card Type

Personality

Force

3

Chi

3

Honor Requirement

-

Gold Cost

7

Personal Honor

0

Clan

Ninja, Scorpion

Keywords

Actor, Ninja, Scorpion Clan

Card Text

Open: Target a Personality: After the next time this turn he is assigned or moves to a battlefield, give him a -1F Poison token.

Legality

Destroyer War (Celestial), Race for the Throne (Samurai)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: But after ( Bayushi Suboru) copies an ability, (say from Shosuro Takuma), and uses the ability, is the second ability a ninja action as well?
  A: Yes. It is considered "on" the card (http://rules.l5r.com/CE_Glossary_O#On). Zen Faulkes, "Bayushi Suboru and ninja actions", 11 Feb 2010
• Q: "An ability also has any keywords that are on its card. Example: An ability on a Ninja card is a Ninja ability.
  EXCEPTION: Keywords that a card only has from one of its abilities are not given to other abilities on the card. Example: A Ninja ability on a card does not by itself give Ninja to any other abilities on that card."
  I have a question about the exception...
  Shosuro Takuma is a Ninja with an Open action...if the Open action a Ninja action even though it does not begin: "Ninja Open"?
  A: Yes, Takuma's action is a Ninja action, because of the text you quoted above the exception.
  The exception only applies to a very rare instance where a card will have two or more abilities, and one will have a keyword the other lacks. For example, Subtle Corruption from Glory of the Empire. Its first ability is "Limited:", but its second ability is "Fear Battle:". Therefore, its Limited action is NOT a "Fear" action. However, if "Fear" appeared on the keyword line, rather than butted up against just one of the abilities, then they would BOTH be "Fear" actions. Brook Cunningham, "Keywords from abilities", 26 Aug 2009