Will of Earth

Legend of the Five Rings card from Broken Blades

Card Type

Strategy

Gold Cost

0

Keywords

Earth, Kiho

Card Text

Limited: Bow your performing Monk or Shugenja, show the Ring of Earth in your hand unless you have it in play, remove this card from the game, and target zero to two Personalities per other player in the game: The targets may not be assigned, and will not move, to attack you until after your next turn begins.

Focus Value

4

Legality

Four Winds (Gold)

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rulings

• Bowing one of your Shugenja or Monks, removing the kiho from the game, and revealing the Ring of Earth from your hand if you don't have it in play are all costs. [JA, 8 April 2003] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 60
• Revealing the Ring of Earth is not playing it. Does not allow you to play the Ring of Earth. [JA, email, 6 May 2003] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 60

Rules Q&A

• Q: One of the local players asked this question about the various "will of..." kiho. For instance:
  Will of Earth
  Kiho Elemental limited: Bow one of your Shugenja or Monks, Remove this card from the game, and reveal the Ring of Earth from your hand if you don't have it in play. Target up to two personalities per opponent. Those perosnalities may not assign or move to attack you before the beginning of your next turn.
  His question is this: If you do not have the Ring of Earth either in play or in your hand, can you play this card? Is this a cost? does it target the ring?
  A: The costs of this card are "bow one of your Shugenja or Monks," "remove this card from the game," and "reveal the Ring of Earth from your hand if you don't have it in play." If you do not already have the Ring of Earth in play, you must reveal it in your hand to play Will of Earth. If you cannot do that, you cannot play Will of Earth. Jeff Alexander, "post for 7 April 2003", 9 Apr 2003