Yoritomo Aramasu

Legend of the Five Rings card from The War of Spirits

Card Type

Personality

Force

4

Chi

5

Honor Requirement

0

Gold Cost

10

Personal Honor

1

Clan

Mantis

Keywords

Experienced 3 Bayushi Aramasu, Tactician, Unique, Clan Champion, Mantis Clan, Samurai

Card Text

Aramasu will not be controlled by a Scorpion Clan player.
Battle: Once per game, if any units are opposing Aramasu: Give him a Force bonus and a Chi bonus equal to the number of Mantis Clan Personalities in his army.

Legality

Four Winds (Gold), Hidden Emperor (Jade)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: I'm looking at it from this standpoint: it was ruled that Yoritomo Kitao XP discards Yoritomo Aramasu from play because Yoritomo Aramasu has "Bayushi Aramasu" as a trait.
  A: No, that was one line of argument posited by players who favored that ruling. The Rules Team actually decided that Card X should NOT necessarily be considered a copy of Card Y only due to being a different Experience level of Card Y. Kitao was ruled to work that way because there were logical reasons for it to go in either direction, so I settled the matter based on original intent.
  The exact original digest with my Kitao/Aramasu ruling can be Jeff Alexander, "post for 9 January 2002", 10 Jan 2003
• Q: This rulling makes sense in the storyline and anyway I will do with it. Just one little question, can I overlay Yoritomo Kitao exp if Yoritomo Aramasu is in play without discarding him ?
  A: Here the rules are quite clear: Yes, because overlaying Kitao doesn't count as bringing her into play. Jeff Alexander, "post for 13 March 2002", 14 Mar 2002
• Q: Does this mean that Yoritomo Aramasu may still enter play while Yoritomo Kitao is in play? I know that she doesn't discard Yoritomo Aramasu, but I'd just like a little clarification.
  The Rules Team is currently working on this one.
  A: So, Jeff...any ruling yet on this? Jeff Alexander, "post for 20 February 2002", 21 Feb 2002
• Q: In one of Jeff earlier posts he implied that Yoritomo Aramasu survives Yoritomo Kitao XPs coming in to play effect. I would just like someone to clarify exactly what happens in the following situations:
  1) I have Bayushi Aramasu xp 0, Yoritomo Aramasu and Kitao xp 0 in play. I then bring Kitao xp into play.
  A: Bayushi Aramasu is discarded, as per Kitao's card text. Jeff Alexander, "post for 7 November 2001", 8 Nov 2001
• Q: Kitao Exp kills all copies of Baysuhi Aramasu in play, and won't allow you to play them anymore...
  Is Yoritomo Aramasu (Exp3) still legal? Or is he considered Bayushi Aramasu all the same, albeit with another name?
  A: The way Kitao is worded, any Personality who's name isn't "Bayushi Aramasu" is safe. Jeff Alexander, "post for 30 October 2001", 31 Oct 2001