Bayushi Hikoko
Legend of the Five Rings card from The Harbinger, War of Honor
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Personality
- Force
- 4
- Chi
- 3
- Honor Requirement
- -
- Gold Cost
- 7
- Personal Honor
- 2
- Clan
- Scorpion
- Keywords
- Magistrate, Samurai, Scorpion Clan
- Card Text
- Political Battle: Target an enemy Personality, and you may dishonor Hikoko: If Hikoko's Chi is greater than the Personality's Personal Honor, bow him. Dishonor him if you dishonored Hikoko.
- Legality
- Destroyer War (Celestial)
- Deck
- Dynasty
- Story
- 2009 Kotei Winner - Wayne Duyvestyn
Printings
The Harbinger
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Flavor Text
- Try as they might, the magistrates could not find the source of the plague.
- Artist
- Britt Martin
- Card Number
- 54
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
War of Honor
- Rarity
- Fixed
- Flavor Text
- "Tell me again exactly how you saw the Lion do this thing."
- Artist
- Britt Martin
- Card Number
- 57
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rules Q&A
- Q: Hi. I dont sure how use to Bayushi Hikoko http://l5rsearch.com/db/search.cgi?cmd=detail&card_id=8433. Scorpion Clan • Samurai • Magistrate Political Battle: You may dishonor Hikoko: Target an enemy Personality. Bow him if his Personal Honor is lower than Hikoko's Chi. Dishonor the enemy Personality if you dishonored Hikoko. Force 4 Chi 3
In a battle, versus a opponent personality with PH 3 or more, Can I dishonor to Hikoko to bow and dishonor the opponent personality or only dishonor the opponent personality?.
A: If Hikoko's chi is not greater than the target's PH, the target will not be bowed by the action, because the effects are applied in the order they are written: you check Chi vs PH first to decide whether the target bows, then you check whether Hikoko became dishonoured to decide if the target becomes dishonoured. Alex Jones, "Bayushi Hikoko", 12 May 2011 - Q: If Bayushi Hikoko is at a battlefield where Fields of Battle is in effect and chooses to dishonour himself, can he then bow someone or even dishonour someone? Does he loose his base abilities as soon as he hits zero personal honour?
Bayushi Hikoko: Political Battle: You may dishonor Hikoko: Target an enemy Personality. Bow him if his Personal Honor is lower than Hikoko's Chi. Dishonor the enemy Personality if you dishonored Hikoko
Fields of Battle: Battle: While at this battlefield, Personalities with 0 or 1 Personal Honor may not use their base abilities and have -1F.
Thank you,
A: Hikoko has already started to use his base ability before Fields of Battle would check his personal honor.
Remember the sequence of actions:
A. Announce ability (Fields of Battle checks before this step) B. Declare Targets C. Pay Costs (Hikoko may dishonor himself here) D. Effects
Once dishonored, of course, Hikoko may not have his action announced (i.e. "used") if Fields of Battle is in play. Dan Jacobson, "Hikoko + Fields of Battle", 27 Jan 2010