Bayushi Kahoku

Legend of the Five Rings card from Second City

Card Type

Personality

Force

5

Chi

4

Honor Requirement

-

Gold Cost

9

Personal Honor

1

Clan

Scorpion

Keywords

Unique, Experienced, Final Student, Magistrate, Samurai, Scorpion Clan

Card Text

Ranged Attacks from actions performed by Kahoku may target dishonorable Personalities with attached Followers.
Battle: Target an enemy Personality: Give him -4F. Ranged 3 Attack.

Legality

Age of Conquest (Emperor), Destroyer War (Celestial)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: In regard to this question/answer: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=96323&p=1273215&hilit=kahoku#p1273215
  I must respectfully disagree with the answer. Yes, the effects are separate, and if a card redirected ranged attacks then it would only work with the second half of Kahoku’s ability. But, the card in the question used as an example is Chugo Seido. Chugo Seido reacts to targeting, which is done before the force reduction and long before the ranged attack.
  If I am wrong, please explain in detail as I am training to be a head judge and need to be able to explain these things clearly. Thank you.
  A: You are wrong, but only as of Emperor Edition if that's any consolation.
  Since all required targeting has been moved to constraints as of Before the Dawn, targeting for Ranged Attacks as of EE is no longer required. It occurs in effects, just before resolving the Ranged Attack effect, so it would in fact be after the targeting for, and application of, the Force penalty from Kohaku's ability.
  From Ranged Attack: "Ranged Attack targeting occurs during action resolution and so is not required. In other words, a Ranged Attack’s target or targets need not be legal or exist in order to announce the action." Brook Cunningham, "Bayushi Kahoku exp. vs. Redirection", 10 Mar 2012
• Q: If one of my personalities have been targeted with Kahoku's battle action, can I change the target of the ranged attack to be a different personality than the force penalty (with something like Chugo Seido for example)?
  Bayushi Kahoku Battle: Target an enemy Personality: Give him -4F. Ranged 3 Attack.
  Thanks!
  A: The force reduction and the ranged attack are two completely separate (and separately targeted) effects. You may use Chugo Seido to redirect either to a different target (and Kohaku's controller need not target the same card with both effects). Jon Palmer, "Bayushi Kahoku Experienced vs Redirection", 21 Feb 2012