Togashi's Guidance

Legend of the Five Rings card from Emperor Edition

Card Type

Celestial

Keywords

Unique, Experienced, Kami

Card Text

Dragon Clan players have +2 maximum hand size.
Battle/Open: If you are a Dragon Clan player, discard this card to either put a Ring in your hand into play, or search your discard pile, then Fate deck, for a Ring and put it into your hand. If this put a Ring into play, while it remains in play, it does not count towards an Enlightenment Victory.

Legality

Age of Conquest (Emperor)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: Ok, so I'm playing a WoH or Legacy game and running Togashi's Guidance and Togashi's Guidance Exp. Assuming that I have Togashi's Guidance (the non-exp version) in play, and Togashi's Guidance Exp comes into play, my understanding is that the second Celestial does not enter play, and the first Celestial is not discarded, since they are Unique cards with the same title (or specifically because the one that wants to enter play is a Unique card with the same title as a card in play).
  Shrine to the Heavens doesn't seem to make a difference... either way, the second Celestial won't enter play because it's Unique and there is a card by the same name already in play (thus, steps C and D of celestial resolution never happen).
  So my question is:
  If Togashi's guidance (non-exp) leaves play (presumably because I use the Reaction on it), what happens to the other guidance? There doesn't seem to be any mechanic to re-initiate Celestial Resolution outside of having a THIRD celestial in the deck to re-trigger it. It seems like once the second Celestial pops up and fails to enter play, it's just stuck there in my provinces until I discard it at the end of a Dynasty phase... I can't do anything with it. Is that right?
  Togashi's Guidance
  Togashi's Guidance Experienced
  Shrine to the Heavens, for completeness
  And for those playing along at home:
  A: Correct, and you're looking in exactly the right place. Celestials only try to enter play when they're revealed; if you had an effect to turn the province facedown, then discarded the original Celestial from play, the Celestial would enter play when revealed again. Jon Palmer, "Multiple experienced versions of the same Celestial in WoH", 17 Jul 2012
• Q: Enlightenment victory represents finding a path of insight beyond the material world, reflecting on experience in war and peace through the philosophies of the Five Elements. A player wins through an Enlightenment Victory after the start of one of his or her turns if he or she has in play five Ring cards, each with a different element keyword, and each of which last entered play by its own text (as opposed to other effects that can put a Ring into play).
  A: Since Experienced Togashi's Guidance uses it's effect to put the Ring in to play, it will not count towards the Enlightenment victory condition. Ben Higgins, "Togashi's Guidance and Enlightenment Victory", 24 May 2012
• Q: (OBH) can you win through enlightenment if you put a ring using togashi's guidance ? ( discard a ring, put it back in play )
  A: No, there's a specific OBH Rule that Rings must enter play by their own text to count for Enlightenment with an exception only for Strongholds/pregame cards. Brook Cunningham, "Sun and Moon #rules-questions", 21 Apr 2025
• Q: I have Togashi's Guidance in play. May I use Changing Path, naming False Ring of Fire to search for and immediately play the Ring?
  A: Which Togashi's Guidance? Togashi's Guidance nonexp means you have no maximum hand size, which means you can't play False Ring of Fire.
  Also, Changing Paths only triggers off Rings that enter play via Traits. False Ring of Fire enters play by an action, so they don't interact.
  Also: Changing Paths won't let you search for any of the Rings, that... yeah Alex Jones and Brook Cunningham, "Sun and Moon #rules-questions", 17 Nov 2023