Bayushi Goshiu
Legend of the Five Rings card from Promotional–Jade, Shadowlands
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Personality
- Force
- 0
- Chi
- 1
- Honor Requirement
- -
- Gold Cost
- 9
- Personal Honor
- 1
- Clan
- Scorpion
- Keywords
- Unique, Courtier, Scorpion Clan
- Card Text
- Political Reaction: Any number of times per turn, after you lose Honor, bow Goshiu and target another player: He loses an equal amount of Honor.
- Legality
- Clan Wars (Imperial), Hidden Emperor (Jade)
- Deck
- Dynasty
Printings
Promotional–Jade
- Rarity
- Promo
- Flavor Text
- "It would be unwise to mention such crimes in court, when I could speak equally of your own with an even greater eloquence."
- Artist
- Ken Meyer Jr.
- Publisher
- Wizards of the Coast
Shadowlands
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Flavor Text
- It would be unwise to mention such crimes in the court when I could speak equally of your own with even greater eloquence.
- Artist
- Ken Meyer Jr.
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Rulings
- Can be used to duplicate any of your honor losses, even if you caused the loss. [Card text, DW] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 91
- Does not duplicate any special restrictions of an honor loss, just the amount. [DW, 13 June 1996] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 91
- Does not count as changing the original loss. Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 91
- You cannot duplicate an honor loss, then reduce your honor loss, because Goshiu works "after you have lost family honor." [FAQ] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 91
- Can be used to fork any loss of honor you suffer, even if you caused the loss yourself. [card text, and DW, l5rinfo] Accumulated Rulings, February 8, 2000, p. 17
- Accumulated Rulings Accumulated Rulings, April 22, 1998, p. 9
- Q: Can I use the Yoritomo's Alliance Stronghold to cause myself a huge honor loss and then cause an equal loss to someone else with the inexperienced Bayushi Goshiu? A: No. When using Yoritomo's honor-for-gold effect, every point of honor loss is separate due to the "1-for1" clause. You can use Goshiu, but only to duplicate one of the 1-pt losses. Legend of the Five Rings FAQ, Version 3.6.2, May 1998, p. 13
- Q: Can I use Bayushi Goshiu to duplicate an honor loss at an opponent, then use another reaction to reduce my own loss? A: That would be nice, wouldn't it? Unfortunately, you can't. Read Goshiu's card carefully. His ability can only be used "after you have lost Family Honor". After you've actually taken a loss, you can't change the amount. Legend of the Five Rings FAQ, Version 3.6.2, May 1998, p. 20
Rules Q&A
- Q: Type Personality Title Bayushi Kaukatsu Rarity/Edition R Gold Faction Scorpion Text Scorpion Clan Diplomat * Soul of Bayushi Goshiu * Unique Reaction: After you lose Honor, bow Kaukatsu to make another player lose the same amount of Honor.
* from <http://www.l5rsearch.com>www.l5rsearch.com
Is this ability political?
A: No. Kaukatsu was printed in Gold Edition. The old definition of Political does not apply to his action. Jeff Alexander, "post for 7 February 2002", 8 Feb 2002 - Q: a. If two Scorpion players were playing each other, can one bring out Bayushi Goshiu nonexp and the other bring out Bayushi Kaukatsu?
A: Yes. Jeff Alexander, "post for 8 October 2001", 8 Oct 2001