The Darkened Path

Legend of the Five Rings card from Test of Enlightenment

Card Type

Strategy

Gold Cost

0

Keywords

Kiho, Maho

Card Text

Battle/Open: Bow your performing Monk or Enlightened Personality and target a number of Rings up to his Chi: Until your next turn begins, the targets are treated as if they are not in the game (this effect beginning and ending does not count as any of the targets leaving or returning to play, nor will it end any durations based upon the targets remaining in play or under control). Lose 3 Honor.

Focus Value

3

Legality

Age of Enlightenment (Lotus)

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rulings

• Any conditions and game states (including who controls them) on the Rings before removal are reapplied after they return. [ML, web, 28 July 2006, web; 15 August 2006] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 56

Rules Q&A

• Q: Thanks for every answers I got in this forum!
  A: On behalf of all of us Rules Monkeys, you are quite welcome. Brook Cunningham, ""Rosoku Sensei" and "The Darkened Path"", 29 May 2008
• Q: I one more question : I have a Rosoku Sensei in play. I use the Darkened Path to remove it from the game, will it return into play as the Kiho says or not ? The Rosoku Sensei cannot be considered as a Ring while it is out of play.
  A: It was legally targeted as a Ring when you took The Darkened Path's action and began resolving its effects. The fact it's not a Ring while out of play won't stop the delayed effect of returning it to play from happening.
  http://rules.l5r.com/Special_wording_rules#Referring_to_things: "Once a card or other game element is identified by a keyword in a trait or action’s text (such as, “Bow one of your Samurai”) further references to that keyword within that trait or action are meant to only identify the particular game element clearly (such as, “Your Samurai gains +2F”). Specifically, if the Samurai somehow loses the Samurai keyword between the first and second references, the second effect still applies." Brook Cunningham, ""Rosoku Sensei" and "The Darkened Path"", 29 May 2008