Besieged Borderland
Legend of the Five Rings card from Path of the Destroyer, Celestial Edition 15th Anniversary
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Region
- Card Text
- Battle, w: Give each opposed non-Unique Personality that does not share a Clan Alignment with you in your current army +2F.
- Legality
- Destroyer War (Celestial)
- MRP
- MRPed in Celestial Edtion 15th Anniversary
- Deck
- Dynasty
Printings
Path of the Destroyer
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- "The forces of the Empire were pinned between two armies, and Chosai's burning madmen lit the foundation of the Wall itself on fire. For the second time in a generation, the Kaiu Wall fell." - The Burning Wall, Part Seven
- Artist
- Chris Pritchard
- Card Number
- 82
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Celestial Edition 15th Anniversary
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- "The forces of the Empire were pinned between two armies, and Chosai's burning madmen lit the foundation of the Wall itself on fire. For the second time in a generation, the Kaiu Wall fell." - The Burning Wall, Part Seven
- Artist
- Chris Pritchard
- Card Number
- 82
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rulings
- The ability on Besieged Borderland now reads, "Battle: Bow this card: Give each opposed non-Unique Personality that do not share a Clan alignment with you in your current army +2F." [CE 15 MRP, 22 March 2010] Comprehensive Rules, Celestial Edition, with specific card rulings, final version, February 2012, p. 123
- Besieged Borderland controlled by an unaligned player affect all his Personalities both before and after its Celestial 15th MRP. [Comprehensive Rules major changes, 16 February 2010] Comprehensive Rules, Celestial Edition, with specific card rulings, final version, February 2012, p. 123
Rules Q&A
- Q: Battle: Bow this card: Give each non-Unique Personality without your Clan alignment in your current army +1F, or +2F if he is opposed.
Is there something I'm missing, or is this not the MRP on it?
I have not seen any recent printings on this card, but everyone tells me that there's an MRP on it.
Clarify please.
A: Besieged Borderland was reprinted in CE-15 in March 2010: Battle: Bow this card: Give each opposed non-Unique Personality that do not share a Clan alignment with you in your current army +2F.
All updated card texts can be found under Specific Card Rulings and Most Recent Printings in the Comprehensive Rules. Alex Jones, "Besieged Borderland", 30 Jan 2011 - Q: Specifically, would you be able to use Besieged Borderland at all if you are running with Sunrise Keep?
A: http://rules.l5r.com/CE_The_Player#Clan_alignment: "A player using an unaligned Stronghold (one with no Clan alignment) has no Clan alignment. An unaligned player does not have the same Clan alignment as unaligned Personalities."
Besieged Borderlands looks for Personalities "without your Clan alignment," which implies you have one to begin with. Since you don't, the effect will fail. Zen Faulkes, "Sunrise Keep and Clan Alignment Issues", 9 Nov 2009