Yogo Ichiba

Legend of the Five Rings card from Anvil of Despair

Card Type

Personality

Force

0

Chi

1

Honor Requirement

-

Gold Cost

10

Personal Honor

1

Clan

Scorpion

Keywords

Merchant, Scorpion Clan

Card Text

Battle/Open: Any number of times per turn, bow Ichiba and target a face-up Dynasty card that is not in play: Permanently give it +2 or -2 Gold Cost.

Legality

Clan Wars (Imperial)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: Combined with the little remembered rule that if a player begins to purchase a card, then cannot meet the gold cost or honor requirement, they have to discard it.
  So what happens to the extra gold? If I Kolat Bookkeeping someone who had already bowed a pair of Jade works and was about to bow their stronghold to bring out an 11G personality, what do they do with the 6 gold they already generated? Can it be used to buy another personality?
  A: Payments in L5R can only be spent on the costs they were originally generated for. The 6 gold in this example would be lost if the original Personality can't be bought. Jeff Alexander, "Rulings for 23 January 2001", 25 Jan 2001
• Q: The one thing I'm not sure about Kolat Bookkeeping is this: can one generate Gold "in sequence" to pay for a card? Like, suppose I have 2 Jade Works and a 4 Gold Stronghold, with a third Jade Works, a 3 Gold Personality, and a 10 Gold Personality in Provinces.
  Can I bow my Stronghold to buy the 10G Personality, then, once my opponent declines to Kolat Bookkeep me, bow the two Jade Works for the rest (and, if KB is played, I'll then bow the Jade Works for something else)? Or do I have to first try to meet the full cost, and then see whether something happens?
  A: According to the FAQ, you need to meet the full cost first and then see whether something happens. Jeff Alexander, "Rulings for 23 January 2001", 25 Jan 2001
• Q: In a message dated 1/23/01 3:06:26 PM Pacific Standard Time, writes:
  << Combined with the little remembered rule that if a player begins to purchase a card, then cannot meet the gold cost or honor requirement, they have to discard it.
  Wait, you mean if I Kolat Bookkeeping someone, they have to discard the Personality, rather than leave it in the province? Please tell me that's true!
  A: That's not true. A card whose payment is interfered with and ultimately cannot be made goes back where it game from. Jeff Alexander, "Rulings for 22 January 2001", 25 Jan 2001