Bayushi Hirose
Legend of the Five Rings card from Glory of the Empire, War of Honor
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Personality
- Force
- 4
- Chi
- 4
- Honor Requirement
- 0
- Gold Cost
- 8
- Personal Honor
- 2
- Clan
- Scorpion
- Keywords
- Magistrate, Samurai, Scorpion Clan
- Card Text
- Political Battle: Bow a target dishonorable Personality. His controller loses 2 Honor.
- Legality
- Destroyer War (Celestial), Race for the Throne (Samurai)
- Deck
- Dynasty
Printings
Glory of the Empire
- Rarity
- Rare
- Flavor Text
- "If you possess a secret of any kind, somewhere there is a Scorpion who knows it, or who will seek it until he or you are dead." - Moto Chen
- Artist
- Troy Graham
- Card Number
- 52
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
War of Honor
- Rarity
- Fixed
- Flavor Text
- "Contacts among the Imperial organizations are most useful when we have need to obtain certain rare items," Saka said with a chuckle.
- Artist
- Troy Graham
- Card Number
- 58
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rules Q&A
- Q: Some redirecting cards:
Chugo Seido Reaction: When another player's action would target one of your personalities, destroy this card: The action instead targets one of your Samurai of your choice at the same location, if legal.
Imperial Command Reaction: When an action would target your Unique Personality, pay 2 Gold: The action targets another of your Personalities instead, if legal.
a) One of my personalities is being targeted by a ranged attack. Can I redirect it to another personality who has a follower, or is blocked by the "if legal"? If it can be redirected, what happens? b) One of my personalities is being targeted by ruthless advance. I redirect it to a much expensive unit, and my opponent doesn't have enough gold to pay for the new target. What happens?
Extra question: c) Can Bayushi Hirose target a bowed dishonored personality opposing him, just to make his controller lose 2 honor?
Thank you!
A: A) Targets must be legal, you cannot change targeting of a ranged attack to a personality with a follower unless the ranged attack could target a personality with followers (e.g. Strategic Strike) B) See the FAQ. Generally your opponent will choose to discard the card without effect, rather than bowing out all his gold for no effect. C) Yes, he can. Remember, effects can fail. Dan Jacobson, "Redirection and Targeting and Paying costs", 21 Apr 2010 - Q: I've cornered a lone dishonored personality in a battle. I have three Bayushi Hirose in the battle. Can I bow him once, do the 2 point honor loss then target him again two more times even when he is bowed to cause four additional points of honor loss?
A: "Can I use an action that bows a card if it's already bowed?" is the first example here: http://rules.l5r.com/FAQ#Is_an_action_l ... _happen.3F
Yes. Zen Faulkes, "Bayushi Hirose and bowed personalities", 11 Jul 2009