Bayushi Muhito

Legend of the Five Rings card from Drums of War

Card Type

Personality

Force

4

Chi

4

Honor Requirement

-

Gold Cost

8

Personal Honor

2

Clan

Ninja, Scorpion

Keywords

Duelist, Unique, Champion of Rei, Experienced, Ninja, Samurai, Scorpion Clan

Card Text

Reaction: Once per duel, before you focus during a duel involving Muhito: Discard the card the other player last focused this duel instead of focusing.

Legality

Age of Enlightenment (Lotus)

Deck

Dynasty

Story

2004 Champions of Bushido - Thomas Scheer

Printings

Rulings

• Ability does not allow a Battle or Open action to be performed outside the Battle Action Segment. [ML, web, 1 April 2005] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 92

Rules Q&A

• Q: [sorry for not copying in the Oracle text for the referenced cards, slow connection here...]
  My opponent attacks my province A. I defend with Bayushi Muhito in province B and leave Bayushi Irezu at home.
  He resolves province A. Can I use Irezu's ability targeting Muhito to move Muhito home from province B (not relevant for the battle in progress) but get Irezu to province A's battlefield (very relevant for the battle in progress) and score an additional action from Muhito's reaction?
  A: No.
  Irezu's ability reads: Battle: If Irezu is at home, target another Scorpion Clan Personality you control: Move him home. Move Irezu to the current battlefield.
  If the battle at province A is being resolved, targeting a Personality at province B does not satisfy the Rule of Location: A card in a unit must be at the current battlefield to be targeted by, or explicitly perform, a Battle action.
  Alex
  PS Note that Irezu's wording would allow you to do this under the old Rule of Relevance - but note also that Kwanchai and Tangen, who were printed with the old rule, both explicitly required that the targeted Personality was at the current battlefield. Alex Jones, "Bayushi Irezu and Bayushi Muhito", 24 Nov 2012
• Q: Subject: Akodo Hachigoro vs. Bayushi Muhito
  AkodoGilador wrote:
  --- Lion and Crane alliance attack Scorpion In any given Attack Phase, only one player is the Attacker, and only one player is the Defender. Other players are allies, if they are involved at all. Their units may be attacking or defending, or in attacking or defending armies, but the players are attacking or defending allies. --- Only one of the Lion and Crane players is the Attacker; only that player can use Hachigoro's Reaction.
  Alex
  end quote
  What? Does this also mean My Utaku Yu Pan's battle maidens don't get +1F bonus while attacking if I am just the ally who happens to be on the Attacker's side? Because seriously that's un-intuitive! There is no mention of "Attacker" on Hachigoro.
  A: "While attacking" on a card that can be in an army is not the same as "when you are attacking," as "you" is the controller. Zen Faulkes, "Akodo Hachigoro vs. Bayushi Muhito", 3 Apr 2008
• Q: Sample Scenario Lion and Crane alliance attack Scorpion
  A: In any given Attack Phase, only one player is the Attacker, and only one player is the Defender. Other players are allies, if they are involved at all. Their units may be attacking or defending, or in attacking or defending armies, but the players are attacking or defending allies.
  Only one of the Lion and Crane players is the Attacker; only that player can use Hachigoro's Reaction. Alex Jones, "Akodo Hachigoro vs. Bayushi Muhito", 3 Apr 2008