War Dogs
Legend of the Five Rings card from Celestial Edition, Hidden Emperor 4, Battle of Kyuden Tonbo, Diamond Edition
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Follower
- Force
- 1
- Chi
- 0
- Honor Requirement
- 0
- Gold Cost
- 3
- Personal Honor
- -
- Keywords
- Dog, Nonhuman
- Card Text
- Battle: Bow and destroy this card and target an enemy Follower: Destroy it.
- Focus Value
- 2
- Legality
- Destroyer War (Celestial), Hidden Emperor (Jade), Rain of Blood (Diamond)
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
Celestial Edition
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Flavor Text
- "A Unicorn trick. The dogs can inspire fear in undisciplined troops. Keep your men regimented and make use of your yari." - Akodo Shigetoshi
- Artist
- David Horne
- Card Number
- 335
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Hidden Emperor 4
- Rarity
- Rare
- Flavor Text
- "The terrible steeds of the Unicorn thundered over the plains, and the baying of their fanged beast shook my heart to the core..." - Unknown Spearman
- Artist
- Susan Van Camp
- Publisher
- Wizards of the Coast
Battle of Kyuden Tonbo
- Rarity
- Fixed
- Flavor Text
- "A Unicorn trick. The dogs can inspire fear in undisciplined troops. Keep your men regimented and make use of your yari." - Akodo Shigetoshi
- Artist
- David Horne
- Card Number
- 50
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Diamond Edition
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Flavor Text
- "An excellent tool for separating the wheat from the chaff." - Moto Chagatai
- Artist
- David Horne
- Card Number
- 377
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rulings
- Erratum: Reads, "War Dogs 1F 0HR 3G 2FV Nonhuman • Dog. Battle: Bow and destroy this card: Destroy a target enemy Follower." [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009] Comprehensive Rules, Celestial Edition, with specific card rulings, final version, February 2012, p. 164
Rules Q&A
- Q: If player A has unicorn war dogs and 1 other Human unicorn in his army, and uses the dogs ability against Hida Kuon xp6 do the War Dogs still recieve +2F?
A: No.
http://rules.l5r.com/Glossary_R#Resolve: "An action or trait begins to resolve when its sequence of effect activation begins, assuming costs, targeting and conditions have been met."
Kuon's effect comes in before any effects occur and stops them all.
Correction: Has been pointed out to me that The targeting in Unicorn Wardogs is an effect that does not occur in the normal targeting stage. The action has already started to resolve when Kuon is targeted, so the Wardogs keep the +2F. Zen Faulkes, "Hida Kuon (Experienced 6): The compilation", 5 Jul 2009