Togashi Satsu
Legend of the Five Rings card from A Perfect Cut
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Personality
- Force
- 4
- Chi
- 5
- Honor Requirement
- 2
- Gold Cost
- 8
- Personal Honor
- 3
- Clan
- Dragon
- Keywords
- Unique, Dragon Clan, Monk, Tattooed
- Card Text
- Satsu may not assign, and will not move, into an attacking army.
- Legality
- Four Winds (Gold)
- Deck
- Dynasty
Printings
A Perfect Cut
- Rarity
- Rare
- Flavor Text
- "Yoshune carries two names. Like his father he lives in two worlds. Now that his parents have retired to explore the mysteries of the kami, it falls upon him alone to decide which path he will travel."
- Artist
- Michael Phillippi
- Card Number
- 82
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rules Q&A
- Q: I had Togashi Satsu bowed, and he ambushed him with Yogo Soto. I played Call to Arms in responce to the ambush, and unbowed Satsu. The way we read Ambush, he had to assign his unit because of the way Ambush targeted, and Satsu slaughtered Yogo Soto, and then bowed at the end of the Ambush. Did we do things correctly?
A: Soto did not have to be assigned. Someone on that side of the table had to be, but Call to Arms (which is perfectly legal here) occurs during Declaration, which is well before Assignment. Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 12 December 2003, Part 2", 13 Dec 2003 - Q: Togashi Satsu Exp., Exp.2 and Exp.3 all have the trait "Satsu need not bow to cast Kihos." But can he still cast Kihos if he is already bowed? The argument is whether the trait can or cannot waive a cost that could not be paid in the first place.
A: Yes, as long as the Kiho action's constraints block doesn't call for targeting an unbowed Personality to perform it.
In general, costs can be waived or substituted even if you can't pay them. For example, if you waive a card's Gold cost, you needn't have sufficient unbowed Gold lying around to do so. Brook Cunningham, "Togashi Satsu (Exp.): "Satsu need not bow to cast Kihos."", 17 Sep 2008 - Q: My opponent recruited Togashi Satsu EXP4. I then killed Satsu. So now we have a Unique Togashi Satsu DEAD in a discard pile. When I went to recruit my Togashi Satsu EXP4. My opponent said he didn't think it was legal, and that Dead personalities count as in play for Uniqueness purposes. Is this correct, or an old ruling that is no longer valid?
A: It's not correct, and it has never been a rule. Zen Faulkes, "Dead Unique Personalities", 9 Sep 2007 - Q: Togashi Satsu (Experienced 2): May i target him with Test of honor?
A: Yes. Zen Faulkes, "Togashi Satsu", 19 Jun 2007