Temple of Divine Influence

Legend of the Five Rings card from Fire & Shadow

Card Type

Holding

Gold Cost

3

Keywords

Unique, Temple

Card Text

Limited, w: Bow your target performing Personality to search your Dynasty deck for a different Experience level of that Personality. Regardless of which is the one in play, overlay the more Experienced version onto the lesser one. Permanently copy all abilities of the overlayed card onto the top card.

Legality

Hidden Emperor (Jade)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: I'm building a Seven Thunders Deck using Hoshi Sensei and Temple of Divine Influence is confounding me somewhat. Here is the card text: Limited: Bow the Temple of Divine Influence and one of your Personalities to lay a more- or less-experienced version of the Personality from your Dynasty deck over or under the original. Do this as if you had laid the more-experienced version over the less-experienced one. Reshuffle the deck.
  Now my question about this card is how do I reshuffle a deck?
  A: Well, there are several known methods... Vaughn Derderian, "Rules for November 15th", 15 Nov 2000
• Q: Temple of Divine Influence Limited: Any number of times per turn, bow this card and bow your performing Personality: Search your Dynasty deck for a different Experience level of that Personality. Regardless of which is the one in play, overlay the more Experienced version onto the lesser one. Permanently copy all abilities of the overlayed card onto the top card.
  Doji Konishiko Crane Clan • Courtier • Experienced 7 • Loyal • Unique • Disciple • Kami • Thunder Konishiko may overlay any Crane Clan Courtier you control. Reaction: Once per game, after Konishiko enters play or overlays: Search your hand and discard pile for a Political Strategy. Konishiko permanently copies one of its Limited or Open abilities that does not itself copy abilities, and permanently give the copy the additional effect, "Bow Konishiko". Remove the Strategy from the game.
  All of the DotE Thunders are Experienced 7 Personalities who "may overlay" any (or, like with Konishiko, mostly any) member of the appropriate clan. Does this interact constructively with Temple of Divine Influence? Specifically, if I have, in this case, a Crane Clan Courtier in play, can I use Temple of Divine Influence to fetch Konishiko? Conversely, if I have Konishiko in play, can I composite her with a Crane Clan Courtier of my choice?
  A: No. Konishiko is still just Konishiko, not a version of all courtiers you control. She merely has a trait that allows her to override the normal rules for overlay. Jon Palmer, "Temple of Divine Influence + DotE Thunders", 19 Mar 2013