Bayushi Kurumi

Legend of the Five Rings card from Celestial Edition, The Heaven's Will

Card Type

Personality

Force

0

Chi

4

Honor Requirement

0

Gold Cost

6

Personal Honor

2

Clan

Scorpion

Keywords

Loyal, Unique, Courtier, Experienced, Scorpion Clan

Card Text

Political Limited, w: Target a Personality. His controller may dishonor him. If he is now honorable, give him two -1F/-1C Seduction tokens.

Legality

Destroyer War (Celestial), Race for the Throne (Samurai)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rulings

• Erratum: Reads, "Bayushi Kurumi 0F/4C 0HR 6G 2PH Scorpion Clan • Courtier • Experienced • Loyal • Unique. Political Limited: Bow Kurumi: Target a Personality. His controller may dishonor him. If he is now honorable, give him two –1F/–1C Seduction tokens." [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009] Comprehensive Rules, Celestial Edition, with specific card rulings, final version, February 2012, p. 122

Rules Q&A

• Q: Bayushi Kurumi Exp: If I were to choose to dishonor and it gets negated, she still gives that targeted personality the 2 seduction tokens, correct?
  A: Yes, because the Kurumi's text checks for the status of the card, not what the player decided or tried to do. Zen Faulkes, "Dishonoring vs. Kurumi Exp.", 11 Jan 2010
• Q: Regarding this
  Bayushi Kurumi XP reads: Scorpion Clan • Courtier • Experienced • Loyal • Unique Political Limited: Bow Kurumi: Target a Personality. His controller may dishonor him. If he is now honorable, give him two -1F/-1C Seduction tokens.
  Kurumi XP doesn't check the choice but the current honorable / dishonorable status of her target. So if he chooses to dishonor the target, but the dishonor fails, and he's still honorable, Kurumi XP will give him the tokens. (In other words, negating the dishonor doesn't render useless her ability)
  A: Didn't notice that part. Yes, you are correct. Dan Jacobson, "Last One and Chi death", 13 Sep 2009
• Q: This may have been answered already, but my search-fu failed to find an answer. I have a personality that's targeted by The Last One (killing the requisite 4 other guys). He's now immune to death (among other things) caused by my opponents actions Chi-death is now caused by the player, instead of a rulebook effect. How about chi-death as the result of negative chi tokens placed by my opponent's actions? as an example, say my little 2/2 Oishi token gets to be the Last One, then is targeted by Bayushi Kurumi xp. I can't make him dishonorable, so he gets 2 -1/-1 tokens. Does he die or just get a bit smaller?
  A: He gets smaller, but remember for Bayushi Kurumi experienced's Limited action you can choose to dishonor him, which is an effect that is negated by The Last One's effects.
  EDIT: Please see the below post for the correct answer. This answer is INCORRECT. Dan Jacobson, "Last One and Chi death", 11 Sep 2009