A Stout Heart
Legend of the Five Rings card from Gold Edition, Shadowlands, Promotional–CWF, Ivory Edition, Promotional–Ivory
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Strategy
- Gold Cost
- 0
- Card Text
- Interrupt: Negate the action's Fear effects.
- Focus Value
- 2
- Legality
- A Brother's Destiny (Ivory Edition), A Brother's Destiny (Twenty Festivals), Clan Wars (Imperial), Four Winds (Gold), Hidden Emperor (Jade)
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
Gold Edition
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Flavor Text
- "You test my courage with tricks? Pit what remains of your soul against my steel. Then perhaps I will wear your head as a trophy!" - Matsu Domotai
- Artist
- Ramon Perez
- Card Number
- 4
- Publisher
- Wizards of the Coast
Shadowlands
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Flavor Text
- The only true test of courage is the last one. - The Tao of Shinsei
- Artist
- Nicola Leonard
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Promotional–CWF
- Rarity
- Promo
- Flavor Text
- "Very well," Kisada rumbled, hating himself for it, "take our words to your dark Master. We will serve his cause... if he serves ours." the man bowed and vanished in a wisp of noxious smoke. III.III
- Artist
- Nicola Leonard
- Publisher
- Wizards of the Coast
Ivory Edition
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- "I applaud your bravery, but this can only end one way."
- Artist
- Sergio Camarena
- Card Number
- 283
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Promotional–Ivory
- Rarity
- Promo
- Flavor Text
- "I applaud your bravery, but this can only end one way."
- Artist
- Sergio Camarena
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rulings
- Only counters one use of Fear. [DW, 20 May 1996] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 34
Rules Q&A
- Q: Hello, I was looking through my deck earlier because my coisin said if I want to do well in a tournememnt that I should know all of my cards very estutely, and i ran into a few confusing ones. First "A Stout Heart" Reaction: Play this card when Fear targets one of your units, negate the Fear. I was wondering what is fear and what does it do?
A: A Personality with an ability like "Battle: Fear 3" can, once per battle and without bowing, target one other unit in his battle and cause all Followers in that unit with a Force of 3 or less to bow. You ought to be able to find more details in any edition of the rulebook, including the one online at http://l5r.alderac.com/ccg/rulebook.html . Jeff Alexander, "post for 13 August 2002", 14 Aug 2002 - Q: From what I can tell the sequence for taking an action is now:
Announce action Pay costs [Interrupt window] Resolve effects in order, targeting cards as required.
This would mean that if my opponent is taking a ranged attack or fear action, I have to choose whether to use my copy of The Turtle's Shell or A Stout Heart before I find out which of my cards my opponent intends to target, correct?
A: \
All correct. Brook Cunningham, "Timing of Interrupts and Targeting", 16 Jan 2014