Yasuki Palaces

Legend of the Five Rings card from Broken Blades, A Perfect Cut

Card Type

Stronghold

Province Strength

5

Gold Production

5

Starting Family Honor

5

Clan

Crab

Card Text

This Stronghold produces 1 less Gold when paying for a Personality or Follower.

Legality

Four Winds (Gold)

Deck

Pre-Game

Printings

Rulings

• Erratum: Reads, "Yasuki Palaces 5PS 5GP 5FH Your Stronghold produces 1 less Gold when paying for a Personality or Follower." [MRP, Broken Blades, 8 August 2002] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 153

Rules Q&A

• Q: 2) I'm using the Yasuki Palaces stronghold (5 gold production) and have a Hida Reiha (gold cost 7) in play. My opponent's Imperial Census goes off. Does Reiha bow?
  A: Yes. Jeff Alexander, "post for 5 May 2003", 6 May 2003
• Q: If your Playing Yasuki Palaces is Otomo's gold cost 4 or 5?
  A: It is equal to the value physically printed on your Stronghold's Gold Production stat area -- the gold coin in the middle. For the Yasuki Palaces, that's 5. Jeff Alexander, "post for 3 March 2003", 4 Mar 2003
• Q: Can you still use the Yasuki Palaces for Crane in Open or is it just strictly a Crab stronghold?
  A: It is a Crab-only Stronghold in all tournament formats, by MRP. Jeff Alexander, "post for 30-31 January 2003", 1 Feb 2003
• Q: And as a sub-question: do 7 gold personalities bow for a Yasuki Palaces player?
  A: Yes. The Palaces have a Gold Production stat of 5. Imperial Census doesn't care about the modifying clause. Jeff Alexander, "rules for 9 September 2002", 10 Sep 2002
• Q: So yes [Tokichiro] IS technically a second turn possibility, for Yasuki Palaces!
  A: Can be done in any Crab stronghold, but it require the right combos and a little luck; there's at least four ways to do it. It is a little easier with Yasuki Palaces; there's at least six ways to do it. Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 8 July 2002", 9 Jul 2002
• Q: I'm playing with the Yasuki Palaces SH, and have declared Crane. I bring out Yoritomo Yukue Exp. and during my next action phase I use her ability(Limited: Once per game, bow Yukue as a cost and name a clan other than your own. For the rest of the game while Yukue is in play, Personalities from that clan will join you for 2 less Gold.), and the clan I name is Mantis.
  Later, I reveal a face down card during my events phase, it is the event Alliance(Select a clan other than your own. For the remainder of the game, you may recruit Personalities from that clan for 2 fewer gold.), and again I name Mantis.
  Now, do all my Mantis Personalities come into play for 4 less gold?
  A: Yes. Jeff Alexander, "post for 15 January 2002", 16 Jan 2002
• Q: Ok I actually have a semi working mantis deck which uses the Yasuki Palaces/crane. Here is my question. If my alliance pops and i name Mantis that reduces my Mantis personalities by 2. If Yukue xp comes out could i then name Mantis again because I am according to gold currently playing Crane to futher reduce my Mantis people by 2?
  A: Yes. Jeff Alexander, "post for 18 December 2001", 19 Dec 2001
• Q: If I try to use the battle action on Yasuki Palaces XP targetting an enemy attacking Tattooed personality and my opponent reacts with Snake Tattoo to move him to an adjacent battlefield. Is the personality still a legal target?
  A: No. Brook Cunningham, "Snake Tattoo (EE) vs Yasuki Palaces XP", 30 Jan 2012
• Q: If the answer is no, are there any EE legal Battle actions that Snake Tattoo does not negate?
  A: Yes. Brook Cunningham, "Snake Tattoo (EE) vs Yasuki Palaces XP", 30 Jan 2012
• Q: If I am playing Yasuki Palaces and have the sensei Taka Sensei. Will my stronghold produce 2 or 1 gold for personalities?
  Taka Sensei http://l5rsearch.com/db/search.cgi?cmd= ... rd_id=2874
  Yasuki Palaces http://l5rsearch.com/db/search.cgi?cmd= ... rd_id=2655
  A: Well, both traits have the same timing, "when paying for a Personality", so the active player would choose which effect is applied first, HOWEVER...
  I would interpret Taka Sensei as applying a maximum of 2 to the amount of Gold the Stronghold produces ("only 2 Gold"), rather than reducing its production TO 2. So, regardless of the order in which the effects are applied, the Stronghold will produce 2 Gold for a Personality. Brook Cunningham, "Legacy: Yasuki Palaces with Taka Sensei", 29 Sep 2011