Bayushi Togai
Legend of the Five Rings card from Obsidian Edition, Pre-Imperial Edition, Imperial Edition, Emerald Edition
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Personality
- Force
- 2
- Chi
- 3
- Honor Requirement
- -
- Gold Cost
- 7
- Personal Honor
- 1
- Clan
- Scorpion
- Keywords
- Samurai, Scorpion Clan
- Card Text
- Attaches cards with "Poison" in their titles, or as part of any of their keywords, ignoring Gold cost.
May attach Dripping Poison.
Negate the effects upon Togai from Poison tokens and from actions that targeted him with "Poison" or "Poisoned" in their cards' titles or as part of any of their keywords. - Legality
- Clan Wars (Imperial)
- Deck
- Dynasty
Printings
Obsidian Edition
- Rarity
- Rare
- Flavor Text
- "One strike is all it takes. Then, you are mine."
- Artist
- William O'Connor
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Pre-Imperial Edition
- Rarity
- Fixed
- Flavor Text
- They killed our Lord, broke his sword and enslaved our Lady. For these crimes, revenge shall be an eternity of darkness.
- Artist
- William O'Connor
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Imperial Edition
- Rarity
- Rare
- Flavor Text
- Let them think we are weak. Underestimation makes revenge that much easier.
- Artist
- William O'Connor
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Emerald Edition
- Rarity
- Rare
- Flavor Text
- Let them think we are weak. Underestimation makes revenge that much easier.
- Artist
- William O'Connor
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Rulings
- Erratum: Reads, "Bayushi Togai 2F/3C -HR 7G 1PH Scorpion Clan Samurai. Poison cards can be attached to Togai without paying their gold cost. Poison cards or tokens targeting Togai have no effect." [MRP, Obsidian Edition] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 93
- Erratum: Togai can attach any Poison card regardless of that card's restrictions. You must still pay any nonGold costs. [Erratum, Fire & Shadow rulebook] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 93
- Erratum: Added: is not affected by poison tokens either. Text Change & Errata List, February 15, 2000, p. 14
- Erratum: Added: may attach Dripping Poison despite not being a Ninja. Text Change & Errata List, February 15, 2000, p. 14
- Erratum: Added: is not affected by poison tokens either. Errata: may attach any Poison card regardless of that card's restrictions. Legend of the Five Rings FAQ, Version 3.4 & errata, June 1997, p. 26
Rules Q&A
- Q: [Imperial-Jade] hi @Brook Cunningham I have a small discovery. I just read in an Anvil of Despair rulebook regarding Bayushi Togai under the Errata page. It reads:
Bayushi Togai: In addition to being able to attach poison cards with out gold cost, he can attach any poison card regardless of that card’s restrictions. You must still pay any non-gold cost.
Can this apply also to Poison Dartgun since it was printed after Togai?
A: Unfortunately, this errata was superseded by Togai's Obsidian Edition MRP, which they clearly did not properly "future-proof" when applying that errata via actual text, and did so more narrowly than the AoD errata. Brook Cunningham, "Sun and Moon #rules-questions", 14 Apr 2025 - Q: [Jade] Can Poison Dartgun be attached to Bayushi Togai for free?
A: Not unless you give him the Ninja keyword somehow first. If you do, then yes. Also note that Togai is not Legal for Strict or Extended Jade formats.
(Replying to a player: "Isn't is just the same as Dripping Poison, where he can attach to himself for free? Dripping Poison is for ninja only, and only has the Poison keyword in the oracle.") Togai has a special explicit exception for Dripping Poison itself only, not any Ninja-only Poison card. Brook Cunningham, "Sun and Moon #rules-questions", 12 Apr 2025