Test of Honor
Legend of the Five Rings card from Lotus Edition, Imperial Edition, Emerald Edition, Obsidian Edition, Jade Edition, Pearl Edition, Tomorrow
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Strategy
- Gold Cost
- 6
- Keywords
- Political
- Card Text
- Limited: Target a Human Personality:. Discard the top card of his controller's Fate deck. If that card's Focus value is greater than the target's Personal Honor, dishonor and destroy the target.
- Focus Value
- 2
- Legality
- Age of Enlightenment (Lotus), Clan Wars (Imperial), Hidden Emperor (Jade)
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
Lotus Edition
- Rarity
- Rare
- Flavor Text
- There are few sins so great that they cannot be washed away with three simple cuts.
- Artist
- Veronica V. Jones
- Card Number
- 306
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Imperial Edition
- Rarity
- Rare
- Artist
- Diana Vick
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Emerald Edition
- Rarity
- Rare
- Artist
- Diana Vick
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Obsidian Edition
- Rarity
- Rare
- Artist
- Diana Vick
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Jade Edition
- Rarity
- Rare
- Artist
- Diana Vick
- Publisher
- Wizards of the Coast
Pearl Edition
- Rarity
- Rare
- Artist
- Diana Vick
- Publisher
- Wizards of the Coast
Tomorrow
- Rarity
- Fixed
- Flavor Text
- "I go to sail the seas of Heaven, Amika-sama. The Unicorn would be honored to have a Mantis on this voyage." - Horiuchi Rikako
- Artist
- Veronica V. Jones
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rulings
- Erratum: Reads, "Test of Honor 6G 2FV Political Limited: Target a Human Personality. Discard the top card of his controller’s Fate deck. If that card’s Focus value is greater than the target’s Personal Honor, Dishonor and destroy the target." [MRP, Tomorrow, 12 March 2007] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 36
- Erratum: Changed: if the Personality loses, he is dishonored and then destroyed. Text Change & Errata List, February 15, 2000, p. 5
- Clarified: has no effect if target's controller has no Fate cards left. Text Change & Errata List, February 15, 2000, p. 5
Rules Q&A
- Q: When a dishonored personality is targeted with either Test of Honor or Aramasu's Ashes, how much honor does the dishonored personality's controller lose: the printed honor or zero?
A: Gold rules, pg. 61. Printed. Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 29 June 2003", 29 Jun 2003