Bayushi Tomo

Legend of the Five Rings card from The Truest Test, Samurai Edition Banzai

Card Type

Personality

Force

3

Chi

3

Honor Requirement

-

Gold Cost

7

Personal Honor

1

Clan

Scorpion

Keywords

Hero, Martyr, Samurai, Scorpion Clan

Card Text

Battle: Any number of times per turn, if Tomo is opposed, give her -1C: Give her +2F.

Legality

Age of Enlightenment (Lotus), Race for the Throne (Samurai)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: (H)ow would Bayushi Tomo interact with Wounded in Battle(?)
  A: The ability can be used until you hit 0C. Then you can't use it any more, because you cannot make Chi drop the required -1C to pay the cost. It will be rounded up to 0. Zen Faulkes, "Bayushi Tomo", 26 Jul 2008
• Q: If a cost involves a change to a stat, the explicit value of the stat must change by the full stated amount or the cost can not be paid. Minimum or maximum values can interfere with the payment of such costs.
  A: Citation: Cost Alterations Martin Lund, "Bayushi Tomo and Negated chi", 11 Jan 2008
• Q: If any specific payment of a cost is negated, delayed, or made impossible in the process of paying costs, the player paying the costs may use alternate available sources to pay that cost, or may choose not to pay the cost.
  A: It doesn't just have to be a minimum value stopping the Chi Loss. Negating the loss will prevent you from successfully paying the cost just as well. Martin Lund, "Bayushi Tomo and Negated chi", 11 Jan 2008
• Q: If Bayushi Tomo uses her battle action, but a card attached to her negates the -2 chi, can she still use the action?
  A: You have to be more specific about the card doing the negating, I'm afraid. Zen Faulkes, "Bayushi Tomo and Negated chi", 11 Jan 2008
• Q: (I)f a cost is negated after it technically pays for the action, can the action still take place?
  A: Again, more details are needed about what "technically" after means. The "technically" in there makes me suspect the answer will be, "No." Zen Faulkes, "Bayushi Tomo and Negated chi", 11 Jan 2008
• Q: If a cost involves a change to a stat, the explicit value of the stat must change by the full stated amount or the cost can not be paid. Minimum or maximum values can interfere with the payment of such costs. Example: The cost “Give Daizu -2C:” cannot be paid if Daizu has 1C, due to the minimum value of 0 that Chi has.
  A: Take from the Comprehensive Rules. Martin Lund, "Bayushi Tomo and Koutetsu Shinri", 24 Jul 2007