Writ of Conscription
Legend of the Five Rings card from Winds of Change
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Item
- Force
- +0
- Chi
- +0
- Gold Cost
- 3
- Keywords
- Writ
- Card Text
- Will only attach to a Courtier.
After this card enters play: Put a number of Favor tokens on it equal to this Courtier's Personal Honor.
Political Reaction: Any number of times per turn, when any player is paying for a Follower or Item, bow this Personality and remove one or more Favor tokens from this card: Increase or decrease the Follower or Item's Gold cost by the number of tokens removed. - Focus Value
- 3
- Legality
- Four Winds (Gold), Rain of Blood (Diamond)
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
Winds of Change
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Artist
- Mike Jackson
- Card Number
- 138
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rulings
- Ability is used after attachment is announced but before the attaching card enters play, either before or after gold is produced. [JA, 7 August 2003] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 56
Rules Q&A
- Q: I want to play a follower[...] the opponent uses his Writ of Conscription to raise the cost of my follower by 3. I suppose I can decide not to pay the extra gold, right ?
A: Yes (Gold Edition rulebook, pg. 45). Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 8 September 2003", 9 Sep 2003