Soshi Bantaro
Legend of the Five Rings card from Shadowlands, Scorpion Clan Coup Starter
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Personality
- Force
- 1
- Chi
- 3
- Honor Requirement
- -
- Gold Cost
- 5
- Personal Honor
- 0
- Clan
- Scorpion
- Keywords
- Scorpion Clan, Shugenja
- Card Text
- Reaction: Any number of times per turn, when a Spell or Kiho action would target a card, bow Bantaro: The action targets him instead, if legal.
- Legality
- Clan Wars (Imperial)
- Deck
- Dynasty
- Notes
- Some of the Shadowlands versions were printed with one Personal Honor
Printings
Shadowlands
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- When his Lord fell, he was not strong enough to protect him. This time, his strength will have to be enough.
- Artist
- Ron Spencer
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Shadowlands
- Rarity
- Starter
- Flavor Text
- When his Lord Shoju fell, he was not strong enough to protect him. This time, his strength will have to be enough.
- Artist
- Ron Spencer
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Scorpion Clan Coup Starter
- Rarity
- Starter
- Flavor Text
- His will was not strong enough to withstand the might of the Phoenix shugenja, and when the walls fell, he fled into the shadows.
- Artist
- Ron Spencer
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Rulings
- Erratum: Reads, "Soshi Bantaro 1F/3C -HR 5G 0PH Scorpion Clan Shugenja. Reaction: Bow to redirect any spell effect to himself for which he could be a legal target." [MRP, Scorpion Clan Coup] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 125
- May only make himself the new recipient of a token being moved with Sympathetic Energies. [JA, 23 January 2002] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 125
- Determine whether he is a legal target for redirection before bowing him to use his ability. [DW, l5rinfo, 6/8/96] Accumulated Rulings, February 8, 2000, p. 55
- Erratum: There are two versions of this card. The one found in the preconfigured section of Shadowlands Scorpion Clan Decks has a Personal Honor of 1, while the one found in Shadowlands Destiny Packs and in SCC Scorpion decks has a 0. All versions are played with a Personal Honor of 0 regardless of printed value. [MRP] [REVERSAL] Accumulated Rulings, February 8, 2000, p. 55
- Erratum: Changed: Personal Honor is always 0, not printed value. Text Change & Errata List, February 15, 2000, p. 19
- Erratum: Soshi Bantaro: Changed: Personal Honor is now always 0, not the printed value. The Imperial Herald, Issue 9, p. 11