Spirit of the Monk

Legend of the Five Rings card from Second City

Card Type

Strategy

Gold Cost

0

Card Text

Limited: Choose your performing unbowed Personality: If he is a Monk, permanently give him the ability, "Battle: Target an enemy Personality without Armor: Bow him." Otherwise, permanently give him Monk.

Focus Value

4

Legality

Age of Conquest (Emperor), Destroyer War (Celestial)

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: If in battle I use Unstoppable Strike on a henshin followed by using the battle granted by unstoppable strike. Will using the Waystation of the Path refresh the unstoppable strike ability?
  According to the CR the overlaying card forgets its gamestate so it would forget the unstoppable strike ability right? also same with force bumps or effects like Spirit of the Monk right?
  A: If the Personality who had the Unstoppable Strike ability is the overlaying card, he forgets he ever had it, and forgets any Force bonuses or granted keywords. It's like it's a brand new card that came out of nowhere. Brook Cunningham, "Unstoppable Strike vs Overlay", 4 Sep 2012
• Q: What about in the case where these effects are done on the underlaying card? If I unstoppable strike on a personality and use the battle action granted, then overlay another personality onto the one with the unstoppable game state, would the resulting overlaid personality remember the unstoppable battle action? would it be refreshed? What about if the underlay had Spirit of the Monk on it?
  A: The underlying card from that example would be removed from the game, but everything ongoing about it would be true for the overlaying card; it's treated as being the "same card" as the one it overlayed. So, it would have the US granted ability, that ability is used and cannot be used again, and the ongoing effect giving it "Monk" would still be in effect.
  I hope this all helps, and sorry for overlooking your question for a while. Thanks for asking! Brook Cunningham, "Unstoppable Strike vs Overlay", 4 Sep 2012
• Q: Hi there,
  I have a Henshin that has permanently gained some ability (let's say Spririt of the Monk) and I react to something with Waystation of the Path when said Henshin has become a target. Will the overlaying version of said henshin retain his Spirit of the Monk ability?
  I found it very hard to understand most topics concerning Waystation of the Path and some ended with "under discussion" so I hope you can answer this question for me.
  Thank you!
  A: As a general rule, when it comes to overlaying, anything pertaining to the Personality doing the overlaying ends, and anything pertaining to the Personality being overlaid remains.
  In your example, the overlaying Henshin will lose his ability. If instead you overlaid another Henshin onto the one that had gained the ability, the ability would be retained. Jon Palmer, "Waystation of the Path + Permanent effect", 24 Jun 2012