The World is Empty
Legend of the Five Rings card from Winds of Change
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Strategy
- Gold Cost
- 0
- Card Text
- You may focus this card from your hand face-up; if you did, change its Focus Value to a number of your choice from 0 to 4, and the other player must reveal his most recently focused card, if any, and discard it if its Focus Value is greater than this card's.
- Focus Value
- 3
- Legality
- Four Winds (Gold), Rain of Blood (Diamond)
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
Winds of Change
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Flavor Text
- "If I am to defeat my Lost sister, I must learn to fight as she did."
- Artist
- Anthony Francisco
- Card Number
- 90
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rules Q&A
- Q: I tried to find it in the accumulated rulings but couldn't find anything on it.
A: When you don't find anything on specific cards, make sure you have a good search through the general rulings. In this case, the most relevant section is under Bonuses and Penalties: "The printed focus value for Fate cards is found in the circle at the bottom of the card. Special text that resets a card's Focus values (e.g., Burning Your Essence, Let Your Spirit Guide You) only affect the current Focus value." Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 6 November 2003, Part 2", 7 Nov 2003 - Q: If Player A focuses a Let Your Spirit Guide You on a personality with 3 personal honor and then Player B focuses The World is Empty and picks a focus value of 3, will the Let Your Spirit Guide be discarded or not[?]
A: The World is Empty does not refer to printed focus values (card text), so it looks for the current focus value. Let Your Spirit Guide You has been focused, so its focus value is 6 (card text). It is discarded. Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 6 November 2003, Part 2", 7 Nov 2003