Utaku Tarako

Legend of the Five Rings card from Lotus Edition, Web of Lies, Drums of War

Card Type

Personality

Force

3

Chi

3

Honor Requirement

4

Gold Cost

9

Personal Honor

3

Clan

Unicorn

Keywords

Cavalry, Battle Maiden, Samurai, Unicorn Clan

Card Text

Other Personalities have +1F while in an army with Tarako at a battlefield whose province has a Region attached.
Battle: Target and destroy your Region and target an enemy Follower, Item, or Personality with no Followers or Items: Destroy it.

Legality

Age of Enlightenment (Lotus), Rain of Blood (Diamond)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rulings

• Erratum: Reads, "Utaku Tarako 3F/3C 4HR 9G 3PH Unicorn Clan Samurai. Battle Maiden. Cavalry. Other Personalities gain +1F while in an army with Tarako at a battlefield with a Region. Battle: If Tarako is at the current battlefield, target and destroy a Region you control: Target an opposing Follower, Item, or Personality with no Followers or Items. Destroy it." [MRP, Drums of War, 22 May 2006] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 131

Rules Q&A

• Q: ok... as worded Utaku Tarako can kill anyone, whether they're in the battle or not, as long as she's there, is this correct?
  A: Yes. Martin Lund, "Rules for 16 December 2004", 23 Dec 2004
• Q: Hello,
  <<I have a Utaku Tarako and Shinjo Yushiro in play. I have a Region attached to my Province A (blank text). The enemy leader has a Kuon Exp. 3 in play, with no cards attached. << <<The enemy leader declares an attack against me. Assigns Kuon to Province B. I assign Tarako to defend this Province B. Yushiro defends Province A. << <<The enemy leader starts the battle in Province A. Now I want as my first battle action: << <<- To use the Tarako's battle action. Destroy Region attached to Province A.Target Kuon. Destroy Kuon. << <<Is it legal?
  (remainder) Tarako WoL
  You have a unit in the current battle, so you have Presence.
  You are targeting a card in the current battle (since costs target as well), so you have Relevance.
  Then, does this mean that Regions are considered to be cards in the Battlefield, or in the battle, at the Province they are attached to? I suppose your answer will be YES.
  Could be a Region bowed by a Well Prepared (suppose I have played a Terrain before and remains in play)?
  It sounds strange to me, because Regions are attached to Provinces, but I have never seen a rule that they are on the battlefield in the same way as units, Terrains or Formations.
  Please, Could you confirm this point?
  A) Regions are considered in the battlefield whenever are battles in the Provinces they are attached to B) Regions are never in the battlefield
  A: A). (But they are not in the defending army and are not opposing any attacking cards.) Martin Lund, "Rules for 30 November 2004", 3 Dec 2004
• Q: Also what about Utaku Tarako and Yoritomo Etsui? Can I redirect those actions back at them?
  A: Can their abilities be used on a player's own armies in the first place? Tarako: No, because, by erratum, her ability says "opposing." Etsui: Yes. Zen Faulkes, "Another Misdirection question...", 31 Mar 2005
• Q: could get verification that as long as she meets Relevance and Presence (meaning all she has to do is be in a battle) I can destroy one of my regions and kill a personality in my opponents home or even another province?
  Sorry if this is beating a dead horse, but I know my play group will scream when I pull this. Thanks
  A: Tarako's action, like all Battle actions, is legal if you meet Presence and Relevance and obey all text on her card, including the implicit restrictions on phrases such as "this battle" and "opposing" (neither of which appear on her, so this does not restrict her).
  Tarako's action is legal if:
  You control a unit in the current battle,
  AND
  Tarako is in the current battle, OR
  The target to be destroyed is in the current battle, OR
  The Region you destroy as the cost is in the current battle. Jeff Alexander, "Utaku Tarako", 5 Mar 2005