The Onyx Championship

Legend of the Five Rings card from Promotional–Emperor

Card Type

Event

Keywords

Unique

Card Text

After you reveal cards in your Provinces at the start of your turn, if this Event is face-up in one of them, choose one of your Shugenja in play. Permanently give him Shadowlands and the ability, "Maho Limited, w: Destroy your other target Personality to search your discard pile, then deck, then Provinces for an Oni Personality, Recruit it (paying all costs), and lose 3 Honor."

Legality

Age of Conquest (Emperor)

Deck

Dynasty

Notes

Legal January 1st, 2012, Released to the 2011 Only Championship participants

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: I have a question about when the targeting for the Onyx Championship ability is done.
  Is the Oni personality brought into play targeted during the effects rather than the required targeting stage since you can't really target cards in your deck until you start searching it? What I'm really asking is can I destroy a Oni in play to pay costs then bring the same Oni back into play from my discard pile?
  Onyx Championship
  Choose one of your Shugenja in play. Permanently give him Shadowlands and the ability, "Maho Limited: Bow this Shugenja and destroy your target Personality: Search your deck then discard then provinces for an Oni Personality. Bring him into play paying all costs. Lose 3 honor"
  A: Firstly, the correct wording for the granted ability is "Maho Limited: Bow this Shugenja and destroy your target Personality: Search your discard pile, then deck, then provinces for an Oni Personality. Bring him into play, paying all costs. Lose 3 Honor."
  Secondly, you'll note that the effects of this ability do not say "target": the Oni Personality is never targeted by the action.
  Because the Personality you destroy enters the discard pile during the Pay Costs step, you may indeed then find him when you search during the Action Resolution step. Alex Jones, "Onyx Championship", 14 Aug 2012