The Elements' Path

Legend of the Five Rings card from Khan's Defiance, Samurai Edition Banzai

Card Type

Strategy

Gold Cost

0

Keywords

Kiho

Card Text

Open: Choose your performing Monk and target your non-Void Ring: Permanently copy an ability from the Ring to the Monk. The Monk permanently may ignore the cost of bowing for the copied action.

Focus Value

2

Legality

Age of Enlightenment (Lotus), Race for the Throne (Samurai)

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: Regarding: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=62980&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a
  Why would Monk A have to bow?
  Elements Path says: Kiho Open: Target one of your Monks and one of your non-Void Rings: Permanently copy an ability from the Ring to the Monk. The Monk permanently need not bow to pay costs of the copied action. (emphasis mine)
  A: Oops. Fixing. Thanks for the catch. Zen Faulkes, "re: The Elements' Path & Ring of Fire", 30 Oct 2007
• Q: Situation: Monk A and Monk B are at a battlefield. Monk A has the ability on "Ring of Fire" copied to it From "The Element's Path". Can I use the ability on Monk A to target and destroy Monk B to pay the cost of the ability?
  A: Yes. Zen Faulkes, "The Elements' Path & Ring of Fire", 29 Oct 2007
• Q: Hoshi Noritada uses The Elements' Path to copy the ability from Ring of Earth. I would like to use the copied ability to target an opponent's province, and use Noritada's reaction to gain two honor. Can I?
  A: Provinces are not cards. No. Zen Faulkes, "Hoshi Noritada, Ring of Earth, and Element's Path", 13 Oct 2007
• Q: Hoshi Noritada uses The Elements' Path to copy the ability from Ring of Air. My opponent controls no bowed personalities. I would like to use the copied ability to target an already-straightened personality of the opponent's, and use Noritada's reaction to gain two honor. Can I?
  A: Yes. Chris Fuchs, "Hoshi Noritada, Ring of Air, and Element's Path", 14 Sep 2007