Soshi's Curse
Legend of the Five Rings card from Gold Edition, Scorpion Clan Coup 2
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Spell
- Gold Cost
- 2
- Card Text
- Will only attach to a Scorpion Clan Shugenja.
Battle: Bow this Shugenja, destroy this card, and target an enemy unit: You freeze it. Until your next turn begins, cards in it may not perform actions, the unit's controller may not target cards in it with actions or use their abilities, and the unit does not count when its controller checks for satisfying the Rule of Presence. - Focus Value
- 2
- Legality
- Clan Wars (Imperial), Four Winds (Gold)
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
Gold Edition
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Artist
- April Lee
- Card Number
- 403
- Publisher
- Wizards of the Coast
Scorpion Clan Coup 2
- Rarity
- Common
- Artist
- Randy Asplund-Faith
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Rulings
- Erratum: Reads, "Soshi's Curse 2G 2FV Battle: Bow this Shugenja and destroy this Spell to "freeze" an opposing unit. The unit's controller cannot target cards in the unit with actions, and those cards cannot use abilities, until your next turn. Any player with only frozen units in his or her army is considered to have no units in the battle." [MRP, Gold Edition, 1 July 2001] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 66
Rules Q&A
- Q: 2) Soshi's Curse Reads, "Soshi's Curse 2G 2Fo Battle: Bow this Shugenja and destroy this Spell to "freeze" an opposing unit. The unit's controller cannot target cards in the unit with actions, and those cards cannot use abilities, until your next turn. Any player with only frozen units in his or her army is considered to have no units in the battle." [MRP, Gold Edition, 1 July 2001
I'm attacking province A. The defender defends with one unit and one ally. I Soshi's Curse the ally. Does that mean the defender can now play Come One at a Time and get the benefits of it...AND still get the force of the defending ally?
A: No. There are still two units there. It's just that the ally no longer satisfies the Rule of Relevance. Jeff Alexander, "replies to 1-2 July", 5 Jul 2001 - Q: 2) Soshi's Curse
I'm attacking province A. The defender defends with one unit and one ally. I Soshi's Curse the ally. Does that mean the defender can now play Come One at a Time and get the benefits of it...AND still get the force of the defending ally?
A: Yes. That's what you get for using Soshi's Curse instead of Earthquake. Vaughn Derderian, "Rules for July 3rd", 3 Jul 2001