The Kitsu Tombs

Legend of the Five Rings card from Ambition's Debt, Soul of the Empire, Promotional–Jade

Card Type

Stronghold

Province Strength

6

Gold Production

4

Starting Family Honor

1

Clan

Lion

Card Text

Lion Clan Shugenja you own in and out of play have Shadowlands.
You may ignore Honor Requirements when bringing Shadowlands Personalities into play.
Repeatable Reaction: Before paying for bringing an Oni into play, bow your target performing Human Shugenja to ignore all of the Oni's non-Gold costs for entering play and negate its entering-play effects.

Legality

Hidden Emperor (Jade)

Deck

Pre-Game

Notes

Errata'd via internet.

Story

1998 World Champion - David La

Printings

Rulings

• Erratum: Reads, "The Kitsu Tombs 6PS 4GP 1FH Immediately before the game begins, all Lion shugenja in your Dynasty deck gain permanently gain the Shadowlands trait. You may ignore Honor requirements for Shadowlands Personalities. Reaction: When bringing an Oni into play, bow one of your Human Shugenja to cancel all of the Oni's non-Gold costs and entering-play effects." [MRP, Soul of the Empire, 1 July 2000] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 148
• Its Reaction can be used immediately before bowing the Stronghold for gold for an Oni. [November 1999] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 148
• Oni no Kamu's self-destruction after three turns will not be prevented with the Stronghold, because it is not an effect of coming into play; it's simply a duration. [ZF, November 1999] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 148
• The Reaction cannot be used when it's bowed. [DW, netnews, 10/99] Accumulated Rulings, February 8, 2000, p. 67
• It can, however, be used immediately before bowing the Stronghold for gold for the Oni. [l5rinfo, 11/99] Accumulated Rulings, February 8, 2000, p. 67
• The Shadowlands trait applies continually to all Lion Clan shugenja under your control and in your deck, Provinces, and discard piles. A card which changes controllers or alignment may gain or lose this trait. [FAQ 3.10] Accumulated Rulings, February 8, 2000, p. 67
• Oni no Kamu's self-destruction after three turns is not an effect of coming into play. It's simply a duration. It will not be prevented by using the Stronghold. [ZF, 11/99] Accumulated Rulings, February 8, 2000, p. 67
• Q: When do I start applying the +1/+1 bonus from the Spawning Grounds and the Shadowlands trait from the Kitsu Tombs? Which cards do they affect? A: These effects are continuous and apply to all appropriate cards on your side of the table – in your deck, Provinces, discard pile, etc. as well as in play. They are not just applied once, at the start of the game; cards which change controller will gain or lose these changes. The Imperial Herald, Issue 13, p. 34

Rules Q&A

• Q: The Kitsu Tombs : Oni no Kamu's self-destruction after three turns will not be prevented with the Stronghold, because it is not an effect of coming into play; it's simply a duration. [ZF, November 1999] I'm assuming his bowing of the stronghold can be canceled, though?
  A: Correct. But not his preventing it from straightening, since that's a continual effect and not an entering-play effect. Jeff Alexander, "post for 5 April 2002 pt. 1", 5 Apr 2002