Bayushi Kachiko
Legend of the Five Rings card from Obsidian Edition, Pre-Imperial Edition, Imperial Edition, Emerald Edition
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Personality
- Force
- 0
- Chi
- 2
- Honor Requirement
- -
- Gold Cost
- 10
- Personal Honor
- 1
- Clan
- Scorpion
- Keywords
- Unique, Scorpion Clan, Seductress
- Card Text
- Limited: Any number of times per turn, bow Kachiko and target a Personality: Give him a -1C Seduction token. While Kachiko remains bowed, you may negate her straightening, and after each of your Straighten Phases ends, give the target an additional -1C Seduction token. After Kachiko straightens or is destroyed, remove all Seduction tokens in play.
- Legality
- Clan Wars (Imperial), Hidden Emperor (Jade)
- Deck
- Dynasty
Printings
Obsidian Edition
- Rarity
- Rare
- Flavor Text
- "There are subtler strategies and deadlier battlefields than even I know." - The Tao of Shinsei
- Artist
- Matt Wilson
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Pre-Imperial Edition
- Rarity
- Fixed
- Flavor Text
- "They believe you have the plague, but we know better... don't we, my Lord?", A wise man does not fear long knives, but knives that may only strike close. - The Tao of Shinsei
- Notes
- Some versions of this card were printed with alternate flavor text.
- Artist
- Matt Wilson
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Imperial Edition
- Rarity
- Rare
- Artist
- Matt Wilson
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Emerald Edition
- Rarity
- Rare
- Flavor Text
- They think you are dying of the plague, but we know better, don't we my lord?
- Artist
- Matt Wilson
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Rulings
- Erratum: Reads, "Bayushi Kachiko 0F/2C -HR 10G 1PH Scorpion Clan Seductress. Unique. Limited: Bow to put a -1C seduction token on any Personality. Add a seduction token each turn she chooses not to straighten. If Seductress straightens or is destroyed, all seduction tokens are removed. May remain bowed." [MRP, Obsidian Edition] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 92
- Clarified: seduction tokens are also removed if she dies. Text Change & Errata List, February 15, 2000, p. 14
Rules Q&A
- Q: [Jade] Bayushi Kachiko bows and puts a -1C counter on a target opposing shugenja. Next turn, she doesn’t straighten. Opponent has a Shiba Raigen on field. At this point, he cannot bow to redirect the subsequent -1C counters, right? You have to do it from the first one?
A: Correct. Kachiko's action only targets the Shugenja when you initially use it, then creates an initial effect as well as ongoing effects that persist while she remains bowed. Brook Cunningham, "Sun and Moon #rules-questions", 7 May 2026 - Q: @kempy_nezumi Bayushi Kachiko, the card says it can remain bowed. Can it do so even if another card effect tells me to straighten it?
A: It can remain bowed. Alex Jones, "Sun and Moon #rules-questions", 10 Feb 2021