Sinister Transformation
Legend of the Five Rings card from Heaven & Earth
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Spell
- Gold Cost
- 2
- Keywords
- Maho
- Card Text
- Battle/Open: Any number of times per turn, bow this Shugenja and target a Personality: Give him Nonhuman. If his Force and Chi are equal, give him +1F/+1C. Otherwise give him +2 to whichever stat is lower.
- Focus Value
- 2
- Legality
- Four Winds (Gold), Rain of Blood (Diamond)
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
Heaven & Earth
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- "Change is so exciting." - Chunigo
- Artist
- Thomas Manning
- Card Number
- 149
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rules Q&A
- Q: I'm playing Phoenix, using Morning Glory Castle. I have a Shiba Yoma with an experienced version overlayed on top of him. The Shiba Yoma has been hit with a Sinister Transformation so he's 5 force 4 chi. Unfortunately, some unruly peasants rise up and smoke my man Yoma. He's dead. Here's where it gets a bit strange. a turn later I bring the inexperienced Yoma back into a province, and then into play. So what is his force and chi, and why?
A: The inexperienced Yoma cannot be shuffled back into the deck (Gold Edition rulebook, pg, 37). Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 22 September 2003", 22 Sep 2003 - Q: Can sinister transformation be used on a personality that you dont yet own(?)
A: No (Diamond rules, pg. 55).
[MARTY's NOTE - "that you don't yet own" should be replaced with "that is not yet in play" since you own even the cards that are in your deck.] Zen Faulkes, "Sinister Transformation", 14 Mar 2005