Togashi Satsu
Legend of the Five Rings card from Rise of the Shogun, Promotional–Lotus
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Personality
- Force
- 7
- Chi
- 7
- Honor Requirement
- 5
- Gold Cost
- 13
- Personal Honor
- 4
- Clan
- Dragon
- Keywords
- Cavalry, Duelist, Experienced 3, Loyal, Unique, Clan Champion, Dragon, Dragon Clan, Monk, Nonhuman, Samurai, Shugenja
- Card Text
- You may ignore the cost of bowing Satsu for Kiho actions he performs.
Other players may not target Satsu with Spell or Kiho actions.
Battle: Bow your Ring or Unique card, and target an enemy unit: Remove it from the game. - Legality
- Age of Enlightenment (Lotus)
- Deck
- Dynasty
Printings
Rise of the Shogun
- Rarity
- Rare
- Artist
- Steve Argyle
- Card Number
- 29
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Promotional–Lotus
- Rarity
- Promo
- Artist
- Steve Argyle
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rules Q&A
- 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 Is this correct, or an old ruling that is no longer valid?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: Suppose I'm defending and I have an opposed Togashi Satsu XP3 in one battlefield, and another unique Personality defending other province, and we're currently resolving the later battle. Can I bow the unique personality in the current battle to play Satsu's ability and remove from the game a unit opposing Satsu?
A: Not under Samurai Edition rules, where the Rule of Relevance was changed to the Rule of Location.
Under Lotus rules, yes. Zen Faulkes, "Togashi Satsu XP3 and relevance.", 14 Aug 2007