Bend like a Reed
Legend of the Five Rings card from Emperor Edition, Gold Edition, Time of the Void, Promotional–CWF, Broken Blades
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Strategy
- Gold Cost
- 0
- Card Text
- You may only play one copy of Bend like a Reed per duel.
Reaction: Before Focus Effects resolve, if your target performing Personality in the duel did not strike, give him +2 to his duel stat until the duel ends. - Focus Value
- 3
- Legality
- Age of Conquest (Emperor), Clan Wars (Imperial), Four Winds (Gold), Hidden Emperor (Jade)
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
Emperor Edition
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- Unconventional tactics can be frowned upon in a formal duel, but a desperate man will do whatever he must to survive.
- Artist
- Dennis Calero
- Card Number
- 276
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Gold Edition
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- "Only if you bend before the cutting rush of the wind will you rise again in the following calm." - The New Tao
- Artist
- Dennis Calero
- Card Number
- 44
- Publisher
- Wizards of the Coast
Time of the Void
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- When your opponent overpowers you, bend like a reed in the wind. - Kakita Toshimoko
- Artist
- Steve Daniele
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Promotional–CWF
- Rarity
- Promo
- Flavor Text
- When the Crab attacked the throne, Matsu Tsuko and her Lions were ready. At the last moment, a command from the Emperor forced Tsuko to stand aside and watch as her armies died. - IX.VI
- Artist
- Steve Daniele
- Publisher
- Wizards of the Coast
Broken Blades
- Rarity
- Starter
- Flavor Text
- "Only if you bend before the cutting rush of the wind will you rise again in the following calm." - The New Tao
- Artist
- Dennis Calero
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rulings
- Is not a focus (although its focus value is added normally). It may be played by a Personality who cannot focus. [DW, 11/4/96] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 7
- When played for effect, the bonus of 2 is changed by effects that alter the focus values of cards played "in a duel" (e.g., the Double Chi trait, Toshimoko Sensei). The bonus of 2 is not altered by effects that have already changed the card's actual focus value (e.g., Touch of Amaterasu). [Partial Reversal, 2/6/2000] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 7