Storm-Forged Blade
Legend of the Five Rings card from The Harbinger, Ivory Edition, Promotional–Ivory
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Item
- Force
- +2
- Chi
- +0
- Gold Cost
- 2
- Keywords
- Weapon, One-Handed, Sword, Thunder
- Card Text
- Thunder Battle: Move this Personality home. Straighten his unit as he moves.
- Focus Value
- 3
- Legality
- A Brother's Destiny (Ivory Edition), A Brother's Destiny (Twenty Festivals), Destroyer War (Celestial)
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
The Harbinger
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- "Every aspect of its creation is performed during the greatest furies of Osano-Wo. Some believe that the Thunderer's blessing resides within." - Kakita Omori
- Artist
- Joe Wilson
- Card Number
- 153
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Ivory Edition
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- "Forged with fire ignited from lightning, hammered beneath the prayers of Osano-Wo's priests, some say these blades carry the Fortune of Thunder's blessing." - Tsuruchi Nishima
- Artist
- Joe Wilson
- Card Number
- 245
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Promotional–Ivory
- Rarity
- Promo
- Flavor Text
- "Forged with fire ignited from lightning, hammered beneath the prayers of Osano-Wo's priests, some say these blades carry the Fortune of Thunder's blessing." - Tsuruchi Nishima
- Artist
- Joe Wilson
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rules Q&A
- Q: I've been doing this thing in which I start with the Ring of Fire as Dragon, and equip a Storm-Forged Blade to a personality. I then attack a province with that personality, bow the Ring of Fire targeting an enemy card, then send the personality home with the blades ability. Now, my opponent technically wins the battle, so the thing I targeted is destroyed. I keep doing this every turn to pretty much just remove a card every turn. So I just want to make sure this is how that works. From what I know, that is how it would work, but it feels like it shouldn't be allowed.
A: As long as the opponent's army has at least 1F (because a 0F army versus an empty army is NOT a win; it has no outcome, win, loss, or tie), then yes, that does work.
Now, that said, your opponent should have plenty of options to counter this tactic of yours. He/she's getting two actions before you escape; first as the Defender, then the action between your taking the Ring of Fire action and the Storm-Forged Blade one. Also, if you're not attaching the blade to a Personality who could threaten to take the Province, he/she could also choose to not bother assigning any defenders. Brook Cunningham, "Ring of Fire and other Questions.", 25 May 2014