Yoritomo Utemaro
Legend of the Five Rings card from Reign of Blood, Celestial Edition 15th Anniversary
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Personality
- Force
- 2
- Chi
- 3
- Honor Requirement
- -
- Gold Cost
- 7
- Personal Honor
- 2
- Clan
- Mantis
- Keywords
- Naval, Mantis Clan, Samurai
- Card Text
- Battle/Open: Any number of times per turn, pay 1 Gold and target your Personality: Create a 1F Mercenary • Naval Follower and attach it to him. Remove it from the game after the turn ends.
- Legality
- Rain of Blood (Diamond)
- Deck
- Dynasty
Printings
Reign of Blood
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- "Rama Singh speaks only to the Crane, when it is the Mantis who saved his nation," Kumiko said. "Find out why, Utemaro. We must gain his friendship back."
- Artist
- Chris Seaman
- Card Number
- 49
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Celestial Edition 15th Anniversary
- Rarity
- Promo
- Flavor Text
- "Rama Singh speaks only to the Crane, when it is the Mantis who saved his nation," Kumiko said. "Find out why, Utemaro. We must gain his friendship back."
- Artist
- Chris Seaman
- Card Number
- 29
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rulings
- Tokens can be attached to another player's Personality. [JA, 5 February 2004] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 134
Rules Q&A
- Q: I just wanted to know if i can do a combined payment for Yoritomo Utemaro's open action. Meaning can i pay for example 3 gold in one time to make 3 followers or do i need to take 3 opens paying each time 1 gold.
A: Each use of the ability is a separate Action with a separate cost. After you pay the 1G cost of the first use of the Action, all excess gold produced is lost, as per page 70 of the Diamond Edition Rulebook.
Also, keep in mind that said section also says clearly that you can not pay more than one gold cost with the same gold production effect / source. If you bow a Jade Works to produce 3 gold, you can not use 2 gold to buy a Copper Mine and the other 1 gold to buy a Well-tended Farm.
If you want to break apart your gold production, there are holdings with special abilities that allow you to do so: Barley Farm and Glassblower are good examples of this. Martin Lund, "Rules for 24 and 25 October 2004", 27 Oct 2004 - Q: If I Show of Good Faith Yoritomo Utemaro. Then ambush with a different personality, can I still use his ability to add a follower to the defending personality while I am in the battle?
A: Show of Good Faith prevents you from declaring an attack, even if you play Ambush. Martin Lund, "Rules for 21 July 2004", 23 Jul 2004 - Q: I just would like to get an official ruling on this.
A: I answered this two days ago. Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 15 December 2003, Part 2", 16 Dec 2003