Summon Undead Champion
Legend of the Five Rings card from Lotus Edition, Imperial Edition, Emerald Edition, Battle of Beiden Pass, Obsidian Edition, Ivory Edition
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Spell
- Gold Cost
- 3
- Keywords
- Maho
- Card Text
- Maho Limited: Bow this Shugenja and destroy this Spell to create a 5F/2C Champion • Shadowlands • Undead Personality and lose 4 Honor.
- Focus Value
- 2
- Legality
- A Brother's Destiny (Ivory Edition), A Brother's Destiny (Twenty Festivals), Age of Enlightenment (Lotus), Clan Wars (Imperial)
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
Lotus Edition
- Rarity
- Rare
- Flavor Text
- "Rise! Show the Maw that the defenders of the city will not be defeated by mere death!" - Daigotsu
- Artist
- Ted Pendergraft
- Card Number
- 406
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Imperial Edition
- Rarity
- Rare
- Artist
- David Bollt
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Emerald Edition
- Rarity
- Rare
- Artist
- David Bollt
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Battle of Beiden Pass
- Rarity
- Fixed
- Artist
- David Bollt
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Obsidian Edition
- Rarity
- Rare
- Artist
- David Bollt
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Ivory Edition
- Rarity
- Rare
- Flavor Text
- "If I have need of my vassals, death is not an excuse to refrain from serving." - Daigotsu Kanpeki
- Artist
- Ted Pendergraft
- Card Number
- 274
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rulings
- Erratum: Reads, "Summon Undead Champion 3G 2FV Maho Limited: Bow this Shugenja and destroy this card: Lose 4 Honor. Create a 5F/2C Shadowlands Undead Champion Personality." [MRP, Lotus Edition, 31 October 2005] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 66
- Is not a Shadowlands card. [ZF, 17 June 2000] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 66
- Casting the spell counts as "bringing a personality into play," because the Spell card does not become the Personality. [JA, 10 October 2000] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 67
- Does not check honor requirements, because it does not have an honor requirement until after it is brought into play. [JA, 16 October 2000] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 67
- Erratum: Changed: the created Personality counts as a card. Text Change & Errata List, February 15, 2000, p. 8
Rules Q&A
- Q: Is the effect of Summon Undead Champion permanent?
A: Yes. Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 16 December 2003, Part 3", 17 Dec 2003 - Q: In addition, the Undead Champion resulting from Summon Undead Champion is neither a token nor a card,
A: Incorrect. It is a card by MRP. [archive] Jeff Alexander, "post for 3 December 2002", 4 Dec 2002