Bayushi Tenzan
Legend of the Five Rings card from Embers of War, Promotional–Emperor
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Personality
- Force
- 4
- Chi
- 3
- Honor Requirement
- 0
- Gold Cost
- 7
- Personal Honor
- 3
- Clan
- Scorpion
- Keywords
- Loyal, Magistrate, Paragon, Samurai, Scorpion Clan, Tasu's Sorrow, Yojimbo
- Card Text
- Battle/Limited: Target a Personality, or one or two Personalities if you control a Courtier: You may target a Shadowlands Personality. Give each target -3F. If this is the Combat Segment, dishonor them.
- Legality
- Age of Conquest (Emperor)
- Deck
- Dynasty
- Story
- 2011 Amber Blackburn BGG Charity Auction - Seth Abraham
Printings
Embers of War
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Flavor Text
- "Tasu helped stop Shoju when he rose. His grandson Tenzan hopes to do the same with Paneki." - Bayushi Keirei
- Artist
- Steve Argyle
- Card Number
- 52
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Promotional–Emperor
- Rarity
- Promo
- Flavor Text
- "Tasu helped stop Shoju when he rose. His grandson Tenzan hopes to do the same with Paneki." - Bayushi Keirei
- Artist
- Steve Argyle
- Legal Date
- Upon Release
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rules Q&A
- Q: Question: A friend of mine told me I could target two personalities, and a shadowlands personality as well, does that mean I can target up to 3 max with one tenzan? Thanks!
A: Yes, assuming you meet all the requirements (you control a Courtier, there is a Personality in play with the Shadowlands keyword), you can target up to three Personalities with a single Tenzan. The targeting of a Shadowlands Personality is optional however, and has timing of being after the required targeting, so you don't have to announce that target until the action begins to resolve. Ben Higgins, "Bayushi Tenzan", 26 May 2012 - Q: Is bayushi tenzan and his wife dead?
A: No, the Recruit effect is part of the action And the cost of the Personality is the cost of the action. So yes, you do get the reduction.
our perspective on characters is that there is a lot of death associated with the merging of the Realms, but if we have a good reason to bring them back into the story and they are not otherwise marked as dead, we may confirm their survival later
(Replying to Jeff Williamson: "our perspective on characters is that there is a lot of death associated with the merging of the Realms, but if we have a good reason to bring them back into the story and they are not otherwise marked as dead, we may confirm their survival later") however I should note that there is a tournament result from the Fall 2015 Koteis left yet unresolved where the winner confirmed the Mantis saving Tenzan
(Replying to Jeff Williamson: "however I should note that there is a tournament result from the Fall 2015 Koteis left yet unresolved where the winner confirmed the Mantis saving Tenzan") we use the L5R Wiki a lot when deciding whether to do something with a character https://l5r.fandom.com/wiki/Legend_of_the_Five_Rings_Wiki Alex Jones and Jeff Williamson, "Onyx Lives #rules-questions", 1 Dec 2023