The False Tao
Legend of the Five Rings card from Honor Bound
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Item
- Force
- +0
- Chi
- +0
- Gold Cost
- 0
- Card Text
- Repeatable Battle/Open, w: Permanently give another player's target Personality +1F. You may target one of that player's Rings; its abilities may not be used, it may not be bowed or discarded to pay costs, its current and new effects are negated, and it does not count as being in play for checking conditions, costs, or effects.
- Focus Value
- 2
- Legality
- Hidden Emperor (Jade)
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
Honor Bound
- Rarity
- Rare
- Flavor Text
- "Osugi wrote it, and now her blood stains its sacred parchment. If the words within are false, then only the Emperor knows the truth." - Ikudaiu
- Artist
- Diana Vick
- Publisher
- Wizards of the Coast
Rulings
- The Ring is completely ignored. It does not count towards an Elemental Victory, Prayer Shrine gold production, etc. [11/27/99] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 51
- It cannot be targeted. [DW, 2/5/2000] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 51
- A Ring targeted with The False Tao is still in play, so no "leaving play" effects are triggered (e.g., Kolat Chambers). [ZF, 1 August 2000] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 51