A Terrible Oath

Legend of the Five Rings card from Samurai Edition, Forbidden Knowledge

Card Type

Spell

Gold Cost

2

Keywords

Unique, Black Scroll

Card Text

After this Shugenja straightens, give him a -1C Corruption token.
Limited: Bow and destroy this Shugenja and one of your Samurai to give all your Personalities a +2F/-1C Oath token and permanently give them Shadowlands. You permanently will not win an Honor Victory.

Focus Value

4

Legality

Clan Wars (Imperial), Race for the Throne (Samurai)

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rulings

• Erratum: Reads, "A Terrible Oath 2G 4FV Black Scroll • Unique After this Shugenja straightens: Give him a –1C Corruption token. Limited: Bow and destroy this Shugenja and one of your Samurai: Your Personalities in play gain a +2F/–1C Oath token and permanently gain Shadowlands. You cannot win an Honor Victory this game. [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007] Comprehensive Rules, Samurai Edition, with specific card rulings, final version, May 2009, p. 121

Rules Q&A

• Q: I have Fatina in play with a random samurai and a random shugenja. I attach A Terrible Oath to the random shugenja, and then use its action to kill the random shugenja and samurai as costs. If I react with Fatina's ability after my samurai is destroyed to create a Ghul personality, will that personality be in play by the time A Terrible Oath resolves to receive the +2F/-1C Oath token?
  A: Yes. The Reaction is occuring during the cost payment, which is long before any effects happen. Zen Faulkes, "Fatina + A Terrible Oath", 17 Mar 2009
• Q: A Terrible Oath + Koutetsu Kabe: If I had both of those attached to the same 3C Shugenja, and somehow removed all the tokens from him after straightening 5 times, he would have 8C until the end of the turn, correct?
  A: http://rules.l5r.com/Card_features#Gene ... bout_stats: "When a maximum or minimum is applied, any change in the stat due to this is not considered a penalty or bonus." (Emphasis added.)
  No. Zen Faulkes, "Clan Armor+A Terrible Oath", 21 Sep 2007