The Great Bear

Legend of the Five Rings card from Crimson and Jade

Card Type

Holding

Gold Cost

5

Keywords

Unique, Retainer

Card Text

This card is considered Hida Kisada for deck construction and checking the Unique restriction.
Will only enter play if you are a Crab Clan player.
Repeatable Battle/Open, w: Give a target Personality with 1 or higher Personal Honor +2F.
Repeatable Battle, w: Give a target Personality opposed by any Shadowlands cards +4F/+2C.

Legality

Clan Wars (Imperial)

Deck

Dynasty

Story

1996 World Champion - Ken Carpenter

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: The Dark Hoturi counts as the Egg, so you can't have both! They're the same thing. Kisada xp0/xp(-1), The Great Bear, Shiryo no Kisada, they're the same thing. Only one in a deck.
  A: Right. Jeff Alexander, "replies to 17 June", 25 Jun 2001
• Q: Hida Kisada's notes section on oracle says:
  Notes This is a distinct card from the Imperial Edition card of the same name
  Does that have any in game effect, such as allowing the two cards to exist under the same controller at the same time?
  A: Not by itself, but coupled with this:
  Legacy Rules, Most Recent Printings: "[S]ome cards share a name despite being separate cards. In such cases, neither card is considered a Most Recent Printing of the other, and they do not conflict with each other with regard to the Unique rule for deck construction or control." Brook Cunningham, "Uniqueness - The Great Bear / Hotako and Hotako exp 3", 19 Apr 2012
• Q: The Great bear says:
  This card is considered Hida Kisada for deck construction and checking the Unique restriction
  If the two Kisada cards are distinct, which Kisada is it referring?
  A: Due to a lack of specifics in the trait, technically both. Perhaps that will be changed at some future date, perhaps not... Brook Cunningham, "Uniqueness - The Great Bear / Hotako and Hotako exp 3", 19 Apr 2012
• Q: Similarly, Yoritomo Hotako is singular, and her experienced is unique. Daigotsu [Hotako] Experienced 3 says nothing about "Yoritomo Hotako" anywhere on it (even though the experienced 2 says 'experienced Yoritomo Hotako 2') Does that mean that Yoritomo Hotako and Daigotsu Hotako (exp 3) can be controlled by the same player at the same time?
  A: No, they may not, and that is covered here:
  Legacy Format, Experienced: "Cards with Experienced X (Alternate Title) are considered to also have all alternate titles that the Alternate Title card has, for the purposes of deck construction, the Unique rule, and overlaying. Additionally, all higher Experience keyword levels of a card with an Experienced (Alternate Title) keyword are considered to have that alternate title. Example 1: Heigi's "Experienced 5 Akodo Ginawa" keyword is also considered to have the "Ginawa" alternate title, because Akodo Ginawa's Experienced 4 keyword does. Example 2: Shosuro's "Experienced 7" keyword is considered to have the Ninja Shapeshifter alternate title because her Experienced 1 version does." Brook Cunningham, "Uniqueness - The Great Bear / Hotako and Hotako exp 3", 19 Apr 2012