The Anvil's Blessing

Legend of the Five Rings card from The Fall of Otosan Uchi

Card Type

Strategy

Gold Cost

0

Keywords

Political

Card Text

Limited: Show an Item in your hand and target another player's Personality who could legally attach it: That player may choose for you to attach the Item to his Personality, paying all costs; if he did not choose this, discard the Item and he loses 3 Honor.

Focus Value

3

Legality

Four Winds (Gold), Rain of Blood (Diamond)

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rulings

• If used to reveal an Item you cannot afford, your opponent may choose to let you attach it. If so, you must try to pay the full cost. If you cannot pay, the Item returns to your hand. [JA, 5 December 2002] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 6

Rules Q&A

• Q: If you are using the Anvil's Blessing to attach an item to a personality with a Ratling Scavengers attached, is the gold cost of the item lowered by 2, as the Ratling Scavengers says?
  A: Yes (card text). Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 17 October 2003, Part 3", 17 Oct 2003
• Q: Let's say I play The Anvil's Blessing on you. The item I wish to give you is Kokujin's Daisho. According to The Anvil's Blessing, I pay the costs for the item. But once I pay the costs, do the effects occur before or after it actually becomes in your possession. Or in other words, I pay the gold cost of Kokujin's Daisho, so do I lose 4 honor or do you lose 4 honor?
  A: You do. You put the card into play (Gold Edition rulebook, pg. 25). Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 15 October 2003", 16 Oct 2003
• Q: what about other cards like Blade of Slaughter given with The Anvil's Blessing? If you accept it, their personality receives the effect, correct? So their personality would be dishonored?
  A: Yes. Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 15 October 2003", 16 Oct 2003