Yoritomo Kanahashi

Legend of the Five Rings card from The Shadow's Embrace

Card Type

Personality

Force

4

Chi

2

Honor Requirement

-

Gold Cost

8

Personal Honor

1

Clan

Mantis

Keywords

Naval, Magistrate, Mantis Clan, Samurai

Card Text

Other players' Personalities and attachments (in play) have -2 Gold Cost.
Battle: Target an enemy Personality: Move him home. If he is Crane Clan, bow him.

Legality

Age of Conquest (Emperor)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: A follower is destroyed and placed under Tachikaze. Is it in play?
  Can it be targeted for a force bonus by Asasko Heiwa?
  I have a 2 gold cost follower attached to my personality, and my opponent has Yoritomo Kanahashi in play. My follower is destroyed(Sundering Strike). Can I put the follower under the Tachikaze? At the time of its destruction it has zero gold cost, but when it is destroyed it then leaves play, so its gold cost goes back to 2 and then I can slide it underneath?
  Paul Ashman
  A: Cards under another card are out of play
  Cards out of play may not be targeted by actions (unless specifically overriden). Heiwa is gonna have to hit something else.
  The trigger on Tachikaze is "After an action resolves whose effects destroyed your follower with a Gold Cost of 1 or more". That's an entire condition, and it's dependent on the cost at the time of destruction. So Kanahashi will hurt (or in some situations, help) your use of the Tachikaze. Jon Palmer, "Tachikaze", 2 Jul 2013
• Q: In regards to this question: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=101121#p1331614
  In the case stated with the Imperial Favor, isn't the answer actually #1: The Imperial Favor is a rulebook effect, not a card effect.
  However, for Yoritomo Kanahashi (or any other card effect), the answer is Scenario 3, as Palmer specified.
  A: Yup, you're correct, and my bad for not double-reading Blessings. Edited the original answer. Jon Palmer, "Double negation", 20 Jan 2013