Shrine to Bishamon
Legend of the Five Rings card from Samurai Edition, Heaven & Earth, Lotus Edition
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Holding
- Gold Cost
- 2
- Keywords
- Singular, Temple
- Card Text
- w: Produce 2 Gold.
Battle/Open, w: Bow your target performing Personality at any location to give a target Personality +3F. - Legality
- Age of Enlightenment (Lotus), Four Winds (Gold), Race for the Throne (Samurai), Rain of Blood (Diamond)
- Deck
- Dynasty
Printings
Samurai Edition
- Rarity
- Rare
- Flavor Text
- The Fortune of Strength blesses those worthy of his attention.
- Artist
- Tony Moseley
- Card Number
- 44
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Heaven & Earth
- Rarity
- Rare
- Artist
- Tony Moseley
- Card Number
- 22
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Lotus Edition
- Rarity
- Rare
- Flavor Text
- "The Master of Air was once the weakest of the Council. Now he is a hero, favored by the Fortune of Strength." - Shiba Yoma
- Artist
- Tony Moseley
- Card Number
- 44
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rulings
- Erratum: Reads, “Shrine to Bishamon Temple • Singular Bow this card: Produce 2 Gold. Battle/Open: Bow one of your target Personalities at any location and this card: Give a target Personality +3F.” [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007] Comprehensive Rules, Samurai Edition, with specific card rulings, final version, May 2009, p. 157
Rules Q&A
- Q: 1) If using Shrine to Bishamon, i could resolve battlefield A, bow a personality somewhere else and give +3F to any personality at battlefield A. (Card text) But i cannot use it if resolving battlefield A to bow a personality there and give +3F to another personality at a different battlefield correct? (This was legal before, but not now after the Samurai rules)
A: Correct. Chris Fuchs, "Doubts about Rule of Location.", 10 Sep 2007 - Q: does shrine to bishamon target the personality under Diamond rules?
A: Yes. Diamond Rulebook pg 72. Brook Cunningham, "Sun and Moon #rules-questions", 30 Dec 2025