Spirit of the Truth
Legend of the Five Rings card from Before the Dawn
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Strategy
- Gold Cost
- 0
- Card Text
- Limited: Choose your performing unbowed Personality: If he is a Magistrate, permanently give him +1C and the ability, "Political Open: If it is not your turn, bow this Personality and target a dishonorable Personality: Bow him." Otherwise, permanently give him Magistrate.
- Focus Value
- 4
- Legality
- Age of Conquest (Emperor), Destroyer War (Celestial)
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
Before the Dawn
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- "Our task is to defend Rokugan from within. The southern line will not hold for a day if the Empire crumbles behind it." - Doji Shigeyuki
- Artist
- Marc Scheff
- Card Number
- 139
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rules Q&A
- Q: Which of the following count as an action from a non-kiho strategy for Ring of the Void, if any?
An action granted by a Kata such as Destructive Priorities? An action granted by Spirit of the Truth?
A: Actions taken using abilities granted to a player are "from" the card which granted the action.
Actions taken using abilities granted to a card are "from" the card to which the ability has been given.
Ring of the Void: After you resolve your fourth or later non-Kiho action from Strategies in one phase: ...
Glossary, From: Some things check to see if costs, effects, actions, targeting, or other game procedures come “from” a given source. The source is the card that the effect, action or targeting is printed on, or the rulebook if it is printed there. There are three exceptions: ... 3. Costs and effects of traits and abilities given to other cards, copied from other cards, or on created cards, come from the card they are currently on.
Glossary, On: An ability, a trait or a keyword on a card is one either printed on the card, or granted to it by some effect. Abilities granted to a player by cards or the rulebook are "on" the player, but come "from" their card or rulebook source.
Highlighting mine. Alex Jones, "Ring of the Void + Katas/Spirits", 1 Feb 2012 - Q: Question regarding "Spirit of" cards interacting with cards like these; does Spirit of the Truth give the personality the "Printed" keyword? Or is Printed in this context "started with the keyword baseline?"
A: Where is the keyword printed? Card effects can't change the text that's printed on a card. Only reprints or errata can do that. Alex Jones, "Sun and Moon #rules-questions", 4 Dec 2023