Weight of the Heavens
Legend of the Five Rings card from Winds of Change
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Strategy
- Gold Cost
- 0
- Keywords
- Kiho
- Card Text
- Battle/Open: Choose your performing Monk or Shugenja and target a card: Remove Cavalry, Double Chi, Naval, Tactician, and Yu from it.
Battle/Open: Bow your performing Monk or Shugenja and target zero or more cards up to your performer's Chi: Remove Cavalry, Double Chi, Naval, Tactician, and Yu from them. - Focus Value
- 2
- Legality
- Four Winds (Gold), Rain of Blood (Diamond)
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
Winds of Change
- Rarity
- Rare
- Artist
- Stephanie Pui-Mun Law
- Card Number
- 147
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rules Q&A
- Q: The phrases "is an 'X' card" and "has the 'X' trait" have been treated as equivalent throughout the history of L5R. This is a Cavalry card by the title, so it works the same as if it had the Cavalry trait in boldface.
Can Weight of the Heavens remove the Cavalry trait from Cavalry Reserves, then?
A: Yes. Martin Lund, "Rules for 17 November 2004", 22 Nov 2004 - Q: Also, what happens if Weight of the Heavens is used on one of the other cavalry-titled followers? Would it remove the printed trait and leave the title alone (leaving them cavalry cards), take both the trait and title, or something else?
A: Weight of the Heavens does not affect printed traits. It would work the same way: the target would not change title, but it would not be a Cavalry card. Martin Lund, "Rules for 17 November 2004", 22 Nov 2004 - Q: How long do the effects of Kiho's last if not other wise stated?
A: End of turn (Diamond Edition rulebook, pg. 70, in bold type). Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 14 November 2003", 14 Nov 2003 - Q: does Weight of the Heavens (Kiho) actually remove the "printed" Tactician trait - as in does it actually impact upon the formation / requirements of Rain of Death ?
A: Here. Zen Faulkes, "Weight of the Heavens / Rain of Death", 25 Mar 2005