Shurin Storms

Legend of the Five Rings card from Honor Bound

Card Type

Strategy

Gold Cost

0

Keywords

Elemental, Kiho, Terrain

Card Text

Before this battle's resolution, if the performer of the action that put this card into play is at this battlefield: Destroy both armies at this battlefield, all cards attached to this battlefield's province, and, if you are the Defender, this battlefield's province.
Battle: If there are no Terrains at the current battlefield, bow your performing Monk or Shugenja with 4 or more Chi: Put this card into play there.

Focus Value

1

Legality

Hidden Emperor (Jade)

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rulings

• The Province is destroyed after all cards are. Reactions on cards in the battle cannot be used to save the Province (e.g., Mystic Ground). [25 September 1999] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 59

Rules Q&A

• Q: February 2001)
  Okay, so terrains resolve as the very last effect in the Battle Action Segment, not as the very first effect in the Resolution Segment. That answers one burning question about Shurin Storms.
  Here's another:
  My opponent attacks.
  Ninube Ogoku, who is oathed to the Brotherhood and therefore able to cast kihos, assigns to the attacking army.
  She casts Shurin Storms and is still in the battle at battle's end.
  What happens to the province? Is it destroyed? That is, does "you" refer to "the player controlling the personality" (past precedent would seem to indicate such) or does it take the POV of the caster into account?
  A: "You" refers to the person who played Shurin Storms. If the attack is coming after your Provinces, then you're the Defender, regardless of where Ogoku is. If she's still there, the Province will be destroyed. Jeff Alexander, "Rulings for 9 February 2001", 15 Feb 2001
• Q: 4. Shurin Storms This destroys the army too soon to fulfill the conditions for the Ring of Water, correct?
  A: Correct. The Ring of Water requires that the army be destroyed during resolution. Jeff Alexander, "Rulings for 7 February 2001", 9 Feb 2001