Bayushi Irezu

Legend of the Five Rings card from Emperor Edition, Honor and Treachery

Card Type

Personality

Force

0

Chi

1

Honor Requirement

-

Gold Cost

2

Personal Honor

1

Clan

Scorpion

Keywords

Bitter Lies, Martyr, Scorpion Clan, Soul of Bayushi Kwanchai

Card Text

Home Battle: If Irezu is at home, move home another target Scorpion Clan Personality you control. Move Irezu to the current battlefield.
Reaction, w: Before your Scorpion Clan Personality enters a duel, Irezu enters the duel instead.

Legality

Age of Conquest (Emperor)

MRP

Unlike Kwanchai, Irezu's Battle ability is not usable once per battle

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: [sorry for not copying in the Oracle text for the referenced cards, slow connection here...]
  My opponent attacks my province A. I defend with Bayushi Muhito in province B and leave Bayushi Irezu at home.
  He resolves province A. Can I use Irezu's ability targeting Muhito to move Muhito home from province B (not relevant for the battle in progress) but get Irezu to province A's battlefield (very relevant for the battle in progress) and score an additional action from Muhito's reaction?
  A: No.
  Irezu's ability reads: Battle: If Irezu is at home, target another Scorpion Clan Personality you control: Move him home. Move Irezu to the current battlefield.
  If the battle at province A is being resolved, targeting a Personality at province B does not satisfy the Rule of Location: A card in a unit must be at the current battlefield to be targeted by, or explicitly perform, a Battle action.
  Alex
  PS Note that Irezu's wording would allow you to do this under the old Rule of Relevance - but note also that Kwanchai and Tangen, who were printed with the old rule, both explicitly required that the targeted Personality was at the current battlefield. Alex Jones, "Bayushi Irezu and Bayushi Muhito", 24 Nov 2012