Character

Character Stats

Character is a card type. Every character has a fate cost (), military skill (), political skill (), and a glory value ().

Characters are the only card type which can appear in the dynasty deck or the conflict deck. Characters in conflict decks can have influence () marks.

Cards

Dynasty cards

Clan	Name	Traits					Text Box
	Acolyte of Koyane	Shugenja. Air.	3	2	3	2	Action: During a conflict, choose a participating character and select one – that character either gains or loses pride until the end of the conflict.
	Obstinate Recruit	Bushi.	0	2	0	0	If an opponent is more honorable than you, discard this character.
	Persuasive Counselor	Courtier.	4	3	4	2	Action: During a conflict in which this character is participating – each event you play during this conflict cannot have its effects canceled.
	Paragon of Grace	Bushi. Courtier.	3	2	3	1	Action: During a conflict in which this character is participating on your side alone – your opponent chooses and discards 1 card from his or her hand. If this character is honored, that card is chosen at random instead.
	Palace Guard	Bushi. Imperial.	1	2	0	1	This character cannot be declared as an attacker against a less honorable player than you.
	Pacifist Philosopher	Courtier.	2	—	1	1	Reaction: After a player passes on declaring a conflict – gain 1 fate. (Limit twice per round.)
	Outskirsts Sentry	Bushi. Scout.	1	2	—	0	Reaction: After a character is moved to the conflict in which this character is participating, choose a participating character – honor that character.
	Otomo Courtier	Courtier. Imperial.	1	—	2	1	This character cannot participate in conflicts as an attacker against a player that controls the Imperial Favor.
	Origami Master	Shugenja. Air.	4	1	4	1	Pride. Action: Choose another character you control – move an honored status token from this character to the chosen character.
	Northern Wall Sensei	Bushi.	3	2	2	1	Keeper role only. Action: While this character is participating in a conflict, choose a participating character you control with 1 or more attachments – until the end of the conflict, that character is immune to events.
	Prudent Challenger	Bushi. Duelist.	2	2	2	0	Courtesy. (When this character leaves play, gain 1 fate.) Action: During a conflcit, initiate a duel – resolve the duel. Choose an attachment attached to the duel's loser and discard it.
	Niten Master	Bushi.	4	3	3	2	Reaction: After you attach a Weapon attachment to this character – ready this character. (Limit twice per round.)
	Niten Adept	Bushi.	2	2	1	1	Action: While this character is participating in a conflict, bow a (friendly) attachment on it. Choose a participating character without attachments – bow that character.
	Naive Student	Courtier. Scholar.	1	—	2	2	Sincerity. (When this character leaves play, draw 1 card.)
	Moto Youth	Bushi. Cavalry.	1	2	0	1	This character gets +1 during the first conflict each round.
	Moto Outrider	Bushi. Cavalry.	3	3	2	1	Action: During a conflict in which this character is participating – ready this character.
	Moto Nergüi	Bushi. Cavalry.	3	2	2	0	Action: While this character is participating in a conflict, choose a participating character with the highest glory in the conflict (you choose in case of a tie) – move that character home.
	Moto Juro	Bushi. Cavalry.	5	5	2	2	Action: Select one – move this character into a conflict or move this charcter home from a conflict. (Limit twice per round.)
	Moto Horde	Bushi. Army. Cavalry.	4	6	—	1	No attachments except Weapon.
	Prodigy of the Waves	Shugenja. Water.	4	3	3	2	Action: While the ring is claimed – ready this character.
	Quarrelsome Youth	Bushi.	1	1	1	1	Reaction: After this character loses a conflict as an attacker, if you have fewer cards in your hand than your opponent – your opponent discards 1 random card from his or her hand.
	Moto Ariq	Bushi. Cavalry.	3	3	2	0	Action: During a conflict in which this character is participating, if your opponent is more honorable than you, he or she must choose a ready character he or she controls – move that character to the conflict.
	Seeker Initiate	Monk.	2	1	1	2	Seeker role only. Reaction: After you claim a ring that matches the element of your role – search the top 5 cards of your conflict deck for a card and add it to your hand. Shuffle.
	Shameless Gossip	Courtier.	2	2	2	1	Action: During a conflict in which this character is participating, choose two characters controlled by the same player – move one status token from one of those characters to the other.
	Serene Warrior	Bushi.	3	3	2	4	—
	Seppun Truthseeker	Courtier. Imperial.	2	2	2	1	Forced Interrupt: When this character leaves play – each player draws 2 cards.
	Seppun Ishikawa	Bushi. Imperial.	3	2	2	2	This character gets +1 and +1 for each other Imperial card you control.
	Seppun Hidden Guard	Bushi. Imperial. Yōjimbō.	2	2	0	1	Interrupt: When the effects of a character ability that targets a unique character you control would initiate, sacrifice this character – cancel those effects. The player who initiated that ability discards 1 random card from his or her hand.
	Seppun Guardsman	Bushi. Imperial.	1	2	—	1	This character cannot participate in conflicts as an attacker against a player that controls the Imperial Favor.
	Sententious Poet	Courtier.	3	1	3	2	Reaction: After your opponent spends fate to play a card during a conflict in which this character is participating – gain 1 fate.
	Seeker of Enlightenment	Monk. Tattooed.	2	1	1	0	This character gets +1 and +1 for each fate on each unclaimed ring.
	Savvy Politician	Courtier.	2	1	2	1	Reaction: After this character is honored, choose a character – honor that character.
	Radiant Orator	Courtier.	3	1	2	2	Action: While this character is participating in a conflict, if you count more current glory than your opponent among ready participating characters, choose an enemy character – move that character home.
	Sake House Confidant	Courtier. Shinobi.	2	1	1	1	Action: While this character is participating in a conflict, discard the Imperial Favor – each Shinobi character you control gets +2 until the end of the conflict.
	Sage of Gisei Toshi	Courtier. Scholar.	3	1	3	2	Action: During a conflict, if you are more honorable than your opponent, choose a participating character your opponent controls – move this character home. Then, move that character home.
	Sadane Student	Courtier.	2	1	2	1	This character gets +2 while you have claimed the or ring.
	Saadiyah al-Mozedu	Courtier. Gaijin. Scholar.	3	0	3	2	Sincerity. Action: Discard a card from your hand and choose an unbroken province not currently being attacked – turn that province facedown.
	Righteous Magistrate	Courtier. Imperial. Magistrate.	3	3	3	1	Keeper role only. While this character is defending, players cannot gain or lose honor.
	Righteous Delegate	Courtier.	3	2	3	2	Action: While this character is participating in a conflict – each participating Bushi character gets -1 and -1 and each participating non-Bushi character gets +1 and +1 until the end of the conflict.
	Reclusive Zokujin	Creature.	3	3	1	1	During conflicts, this character gains covert and is immune to enemy card effects.
	Reader of Omens	Shugenja. Void.	2	2	0	1	This character gets +3 while you have claimed the or ring.
	Moto Chagatai	Bushi. Cavalry.	5	6	3	2	This character does not bow during the conflict resolution of conflicts in which a province your opponent controls was broken.
	Miya Satoshi	Courtier. Daimyō. Imperial.	4	2	4	2	Action: Discard cards from your dynasty deck until you discard an Imperial card. Then, discard a card in a non-stronghold province you control and put the discarded Imperial card into that province, faceup.
	Shiba Sophist	Bushi. Scholar.	2	2	1	2	Action: During a conflict in which this character is participating – search the top 5 cards of your conflict deck for a card that shares a Trait with an element of the contested ring, reveal it, and add it to your hand. Shuffle.
	Kitsuki Jusai	Courtier. Daimyō.	4	3	4	2	Reaction: After honor dials are revealed, if your honor bid is equal to an opponent's – move 1 fate from that opponent's fate pool to an unclaimed ring.
	Loyal Challenger	Courtier. Duelist.	2	1	3	0	After this character wins a conflict, gain 1 honor. After this character loses a conflict, lose 1 honor. Action: During a conflict, initiate a duel – resolve the duel. Treat the printed text box of the duel's loser as if it were blank (except for Traits) until the end of the conflict.
	Lion's Pride Brawler	Bushi. Courtier.	3	3	2	1	Action: While this character is attacking, choose a character with equal or lower skill than this character – bow that character.
	Kuni Yori	Shugenja. Earth. Daimyō.	5	4	4	1	During conflicts, each character you control gets +1 and +1. Action: During a conflict, lose 1 honor. Choose a player – that player discards 1 card at random from his or her hand.
	Kuni Ritsuko	Shugenja. Earth.	4	4	2	1	Reaction: After this character wins a conflict as a defender, choose an attacking character – remove 1 fate from that character.
	Kudaka	Shugenja. Air. Mantis Clan.	4	3	4	1	Reaction: After you claim the ring – gain 1 fate and draw 1 card. (Limit twice per round.)
	Kitsuki Yuikimi	Bushi. Champion.	3	3	3	1	Reaction: After you gain a fate from a ring during a conflict in which this character is participating – this character cannot be chosen as the target of your opponent's triggered abilities until the end of the conflict.
	Kitsuki Yaruma	Courtier.	4	2	4	2	Courtesy. No Poison attachments. Reaction: After this character enters play, choose an unbroken province – turn that province facedown.
	Kitsuki Shomon	Bushi. Duelist.	3	3	3	0	Interrupt: When another character you control would be dishonored – instead, dishonor this character. Then, ready this character.
	Kitsuki Investigator	Courtier.	3	1	3	2	Action: While this character is participating in a conflict, spend 1 fate to an unclaimed ring – look at your opponent's hand. Choose 1 of those cards and discard it. (Max 1 per conflict.)
	Maker of Keepsakes	Shugenja. Air.	3	3	3	2	This character cannot receive dishonored status tokens.
	Kitsuki Counselor	Courtier.	1	1	1	1	Composure — This character gets +1 and +1. (You have composure if your honor bid is lower than an opponent's.)
	Kitsu Warrior	Bushi. Creature.	4	2	2	0	For each ring that is claimed, this character gets +2. For each ring that is claimed, this character gets +2.
	Kitsu Spiritcaller	Shugenja. Water.	3	1	3	2	Action: During a conflict, bow this character. Choose a character in one of your discard piles – put that character into play in the conflict. If that character is still in play at the end of the conflict, return it to the bottom of its deck.
	Keeper of Secret Names	Shugenja. Water.	4	3	3	1	Action: During a conflict, choose an unbroken province – resolve that province's action ability as if the conflict were at that province.
	Keeper Initiate	Monk.	2	1	1	2	Keeper role only. Reaction: After you claim a ring that matches the element of your role – put this character into play from your dynasty discard pile or provinces. Then, put 1 fate on this character.
	Kakita Yuri	Courtier. Duelist.	3	0	3	2	Action: During a conflict, initiate a duel against a character your opponent controls of his or her choice – resolve the duel. The controller of the duel's loser cannot declare conflicts this phase.
	Kakita Yoshi	Courtier. Daimyō. Imperial.	5	2	6	3	Action: While this character is participating in a conflict, discard the Imperial Favor – draw 3 cards. Reduce the cost of each event you play during this conflict by 2.
	Kakita Toshimoko	Bushi. Duelist.	4	4	3	2	Interrupt: When this character would lose a conflict, initiate a duel against a character your opponent controls of his or her choice — resolve the duel. If this character wins, instead of resolving the conflict as normal, both players count 0 total skill in the conflict. (Return the contested ring to te unclaimed ring pool. The conflict has no winner.)
	Magistrate of Reason	Courtier. Magistrate.	4	2	4	1	As an additional cost for your opponent to trigger a character ability during a conflict in which this character is attacking, that opponent must spend 1 fate to an unclaimed ring.
	Mantis Tenkinja	Shugenja. Water. Mantis Clan.	2	1	2	2	Water role only. Interrupt: When you play an event, lose 1 honor – reduce the cost of that event by 1.
	Miya Mystic	Shugenja. Earth. Imperial.	2	1	1	1	Action: During the conflict phase, sacrifice this character. Choose an attachment – discard that attachment.
	Matsu Tsuko	Bushi. Berserker. Daimyō.	4	4	3	2	Action: During a conflict in which this character is attacking, if you are more honorable than your opponent – reduce the cost of the next card you play this conflict by 2.
	Miwaku Kabe Guard	Bushi.	1	1	0	2	Pride. (After this character wins a conflict, honor it. After this character loses a conflict, dishonor it.)
	Mirumoto Raitsugu	Bushi. Duelist.	3	3	2	1	Action: While this character is participating in a conflict, choose a participating character controlled by your opponent – challenge that character to a duel. If the loser of the duel has no fate on it, discard it. Otherwise remove 1 fate from it.
	Mirumoto Prodigy	Bushi. Duelist.	2	2	2	1	While this character is attacking alone, your opponent cannot declare more than one defender.
	Mirumoto Hitomi	Bushi. Duelist.	4	4	2	1	Action: During a conflict, initiate a duel against up to two characters your opponent controls — resolve the duel. For each character that loses the duel, its controller must either dishonor or bow it.
	Minami Kaze Regulars	Bushi. Army. Cavalry.	5	6	3	2	No attachments except Weapon. Reaction: After this character wins a conflict in which you have more participating characters than your opponent – gain 1 fate and draw 1 card.
	Midnight Prowler	Bushi. Shinobi.	2	2	1	0	Reaction: After this character wins a conflict – look at the top 2 cards of your opponent's conflict deck. You may discard 1 of those cards.
	Meishōdō Wielder	Shugenja. Water.	2	2	2	1	Reduce the cost to play this character by 1 while you are the first player.
	Meddling Mediator	Courtier.	2	0	3	1	Action: If an opponent has declared 2 or more conflicts against you this phase, select one – take 1 fate or 1 honor from that opponent.
	Matsu Swiftspear	Bushi.	2	2	2	1	While you have fewer cards in your hand than an opponent, this character gets +2.
	Marauding Oni	Oni. Shadowlands.	2	4	—	0	This character cannot be honored or dishonored. Forced Reaction: After this character is declared as an attacker or defender – lose 1 honor. (Unlimited.)
	Matsu Seventh Legion	Bushi. Army. Cavalry.	5	7	—	2	No attachments except Weapon. While this character is attacking, each Courtier character cannot be declared as a defender.
	Matsu Mitsuko	Bushi. Cavalry. Commander.	4	4	2	2	Action: During a conflict, if you are more honorable than your opponent, choose a character you control – move that character to the conflict.
	Matsu Gohei	Bushi.	2	3	1	1	This character does not bow as the result of conflict resolution during conflicts in which it is attacking with 2 or more other Bushi characters.
	Matsu Berserker	Bushi. Berserker.	1	3	—	1	—
	Matsu Beiona	Bushi.	3	3	2	2	Reaction: After this character enters play, if you control 3 or more other Bushi characters – place 2 fate on this character.
	Master of the Swift Waves	Shugenja. Water. Cavalry.	3	3	2	1	Action: During a conflict, choose a participating character you control and a character in your home – switch the chosen characters' locations.
	Master of Gisei Toshi	Shugenja. Earth.	4	2	4	1	Reaction: After the conflict phase begins, chose a ring – while that ring is contested this phase, non-Spell events cannot be played.
	Master Alchemist	Shugenja. Fire.	4	3	1	2	Action: During a conflict, spend 1 fate to the ring. Choose a character – honor or dishonor that character.
	Shiba Peacemaker	Bushi.	1	4	1	1	This character cannot participate in conflicts as an attacker.
	Shiba Tetsu	Bushi.	2	2	1	1	Reaction: After you play a Spell card during a conflict – until the end of the conflict this character gets +1 and +1 . (Unlimited.)
	Kakita Kaezin	Bushi. Duelist. Kenshinzen.	3	3	2	2	Action: While this character is participating in a conflict, your opponent must choose a participating character he or she controls – challenge that character to a duel. If this character wins, move each character not involved in the duel home. If it loses, send it home.
	Unified Company	Bushi. Army.	5	6	2	2	No attachments except Weapon. Reaction: After this character wins a conflict, if you have fewer cards in you hand than your opponent – put a non-unique Bushi character with printed cost 2 or less into play from your dynasty discard pile.
	Valiant Oathkeeper	Bushi.	1	2	2	1	—
	Utaku Yumino	Bushi. Battle Maiden. Cavalry.	3	2	2	3	Action: During a conflict, discard a card from your hand – this character gets +2 and +2 until the end of the conflict. (Limit once per conflict.)
	Utaku Tetsuko	Bushi. Cavalry. Imperial. Magistrate.	3	3	1	1	While this character is attacking, increase the cost for your opponent to play cards from his or her hand by 1.
	Utaku Rumaru	Bushi. Cavalry. Battle Maiden. Daimyō.	5	4	4	3	Each honored character you control gets +1 glory. Each dishonored character you control gets -1 glory. Reaction: After this character wins a conflict, discard a card from your hand. Choose another participating character – honor that character.
	Utaku Mediator	Courtier.	1	0	1	0	This character gets +1 and +1 while you do not have the Imperial Favor.
	Utaku Kamoko	Bushi. Cavalry. Battle Maiden.	4	3	3	3	While this character is dishonored, do not substract its glory from its skills. Reaction: After an opponent breaks one of your provinces, choose and discard a card from your hand – ready and honor this character.
	Utaku Infantry	Bushi.	1	0	0	1	While this character is participating in a conflict, it gets +1 and +1 for each participating character you control.
	Truthseeker	Courtier.	2	1	3	1	Reaction: After this character enters play, choose a deck – look at the top 3 cards of that deck and put them back in any order.
	Venerable Historian	Courtier. Scholar.	2	—	1	3	Action: While this character is participating in a conflict, if you are more honorable than your opponent – honor this character.
	Trusted Advisor	Courtier.	3	2	3	1	Reaction: After you gain fate from a ring during a conflict in which this character is participating – draw 1 card.
	Tranquil Philosopher	Monk.	3	2	2	2	Action: Choose an unclaimed ring – move 1 fate from that ring to another unclaimed ring. Then, gain 1 honor.
	Togashi Yoshi	Monk. Tattooed.	1	1	1	1	Reaction: After this character wins a conflict – gain 1 fate from an unclaimed ring.
	Togashi Yokuni	Bushi. Shugenja. Champion.	5	5	5	3	Action: Choose a triggered ability printed on another character – this character gains that ability until the end of the phase. (Max 1 per round.)
	Togashi Tadakatsu	Monk. Heretic.	4	4	3	0	The defending player chooses the element (but not the type) during each conflict declared against him or her. This choice is made before conflict type, attacking characters, and the attacked province are chosen.
	Togashi Mitsu	Monk. Tattooed.	5	4	3	3	Covert. Action: During a conflict in which this character is participating, choose a Monk, Tattoo, or Kihō card in your conflict discard pile – play that card as if it were in your hand. If it is an event, put it on the bottom of your conflict deck instead of into your discard pile after resolving its effects.
	Togashi Mendicant	Monk. Tattooed.	1	1	1	1	Reaction: After the fate phase begins – look at the top 3 cards of your dynasty deck. Then, put them back in any order.
	Togashi Initiate	Monk. Tattooed.	1	1	1	2	Action: While this character is attacking, spend 1 fate to an unclaimed ring – honor this character.
	Vanguard Warrior	Bushi.	2	2	1	1	Action: Sacrifice this character. Choose a character – place 1 fate on that character.
	Vengeful Berserker	Bushi. Berserker.	3	3	—	0	Reaction: After another character you control leaves play during a conflict – double this character's skill until the end of the conflict.
	Tireless Sōdan Senzo	Shugenja. Water.	2	1	2	0	This character does not bow as a result of conflict resolution in conflicts in which it lost.
	Yasuki Hikaru	Bushi. Magistrate.	3	3	2	0	Action: During a conflict in which this character is defending, choose an attacking character with higher skill than this character – move the chosen character home.
	Young Rumormonger	Courtier.	2	2	2	1	Interrupt: When a character would be honored or dishonored, choose another character controlled by the same player – that character receives the honor or dishonor instead.
	Yoritomo	Bushi. Champion. Mantis Clan.	5	3	3	2	This character gets +X and +X. X is equal to the number of fate in your fate pool.
	Yogo Preserver	Shugenja. Air.	3	2	3	—	Each dishonored character you control gains sincerity.
	Yogo Outcast	Shugenja. Air.	2	2	2	1	This character gets +1 and +1 while you are less honorable than an opponent.
	Yogo Hiroue	Courtier.	4	0	4	2	Action: While this character is participating in a conflict, choose a non-participating character – move that character to this conflict. Then, if you win the conflict, you may dishonor that character.
	Yasuki Taka	Wily Trader. Daimyō.	5	3	4	2	Reaction: After a character leaves play during the conflict phase – gain 1 fate. (Unlimited.)
	Yasuki Procurer	Courtier.	2	2	2	0	Action: Dishonor this character – reduce the cost of the next attachment or character you play this phase by 1.
	Yasuki Oguri	Courtier.	2	1	1	1	Covert. Reaction: After an opponent plays an event during a conflict in which this character is defending – until the end of the conflict, this character gets +1 and +1 . (Unlimited.)
	Yasuki Hatsu	Courtier.	3	1	3	2	Action: During a conflict in which this character is participating, if you are less honorable than your opponent – search the top 5 cards of your conflict deck for an attachment, reveal it, and add it to your hand. Shuffle.
	Voice of the Ancestors	Shugenja. Water.	4	3	3	2	Action: Choose a character you control – play a character from your dynasty discard pile as an attachment on the chosen character, reducing its cost by 1. Treat this attachment as if its printed text box were blank. It gains the Spirit trait and the text: "Limit 1 Spirit per character. Add this card's printed and skill values to those of attached character."
	Yasuki Fuzake	Shugenja. Earth.	3	2	3	0	Interrupt: When this character leaves play, choose up to one character controlled by each player – discard each status token from each of those characters.
	Yasuki Broker	Courtier.	4	2	3	2	While this character is participating in a conflict, each character you control gains courtesy and sincerity.
	Winter Court Hosts	Courtier.	6	2	7	3	No attachments. Action: After your opponent plays a card during a conflict in which this character is participating, if you are more honorable than that opponent – draw 1 card. (Unlimited.)
	Wild Stallion	Creature.	1	1	0	0	No attachments. Action: During a conflict in which this character is not participating, choose up to 1 other character you control – move this character and that character to the conflict.
	Warrior Poet	Bushi. Cavalry.	3	2	2	2	Action: While this character is participating in a conflict – each participating character controlled by your opponent gets -1 and -1 until the end of the conflict.
	War Dog Master	Bushi.	3	2	—	2	Reaction: After this character is declared as an attacker, discard the top card of your dynasty deck – this character gets +X until the end of the conflict. X is the printed cost of the discarded card.
	Wandering Ronin	Bushi. Ronin.	3	2	2	0	Action: During a conflict, remove 1 fate from this character – it gets +2 and +2 until the end of the conflict. (Limit twice per conflict.)
	Volcanic Troll	Creature.	3	3	3	0	No attachments except Weapon. While the ring is unclaimed, this character gets +2 and +2.
	Togashi Ichi	Monk. Tattooed.	4	4	2	2	Disguised Monk. Action: During a conflict in which this character is attacking, if 10 or more cards have been played during this conflict and if the attacked province is not a stronghold province – break that province.
	Third Tower Guard	Bushi.	1	1	1	0	This character gets +2 while you have claimed the or ring.
	Shiba Tsukune	Bushi. Champion.	5	4	4	4	Interrupt: When the conflict phase ends – resolve the ring effects of up to 2 unclaimed rings as if you were the attacking player.
	Shiotome Heroine	Bushi. Cavalry. Battle Maiden.	3	3	1	2	Reaction: After an opponent gains 1 or more honor through a card effect – ready this character.
	Shrewd Yasuki	Courtier.	2	1	2	1	Action: While this character is participating in a conflict, if there is a holding in play – look at the top 2 cards of your conflict deck. Add 1 of those cards to your hand and place the other on the bottom of your conflict deck.
	Shosuro Takao	Bushi. Shadow. Shinobi.	2	3	1	0	Action: While a dishonored character is participating in a conflict – move this character into or out of that conflict.
	Shosuro Miyako	Bushi. Shinobi.	3	3	2	1	Reaction: After you play a character from your hand, your opponent must select one – discard 1 card at random from his or her hand or choose and dishonor a character he or she controls.
	Shosuro Ibuki	Bushi. Yōjimbō.	4	4	3	2	Disguised Courtier. Reaction: After this character wins a conflict – remove 1 fate from each other participating character.
	Shosuro Hyobu	Courtier.	3	3	2	1	Action: After an opponent discards 1 or more cards from his or her hand due to the cost or effect of a card ability, choose a character – dishonor that character.
	Shosuro Hametsu	Daimyō. Shinobi.	4	2	3	0	Action: Lose 1 honor – search your conflict deck for a Poison card, reveal it, and add it to your hand. Shuffle.
	Shosuro Denmaru	Bushi. Commander.	2	2	1	1	Each honored character controlled by an opponent has a base glory of 0.
	Shosuro Actress	Courtier. Shinobi.	3	1	3	1	Action: During a conflict, sacrifice this character. Choose a non-Shinobi character with printed cost 3 or lower in an opponent's discard pile – put that character into play in the conflict under your control.
	Shinjo Trailblazer	Bushi. Cavalry.	2	2	1	1	Reaction: After an opponent's province is revealed during a conflict – this character gets +2 and +2 until the end of the conflict.
	Silver-Tongued Magistrate	Bushi. Imperial. Magistrate.	3	2	2	1	While this character is attacking, each other character that has no fate on it does not count its skill towards the resolution of this conflict.
	Shinjo Tatsuo	Bushi. Cavalry. Scout.	4	3	3	2	Action: During a conflict, choose this character and up to 1 other character you control – move those characters to the conflict.
	Shinjo Shono	Bushi. Cavalry. Commander.	4	4	3	2	Pride. Action: While this character is participating in a conflict, if you control more participating characters than your opponent – each participating Cavalry character you control gets +1 and +1 until the end of the conflict.
	Shinjo Scout	Bushi. Cavalry. Scout.	2	2	1	1	Rection: After you gain fate for passing in the dynasty phase – gain 1 fate.
	Shinjo Outrider	Bushi. Cavalry. Scout.	2	2	2	2	Action: During a conflict – move this character to the conflict.
	Shinjo Kyōra	Bushi. Cavalry.	4	4	2	1	Disguised Cavalry. Action: During a conflict in which this character is participating – switch the contested ring with a ring in the unclaimed ring pool. (The attacking player gains all fate on that ring. Retain the ring's conflict type.)
	Shinjo Gunsō	Bushi. Cavalry.	2	1	1	1	Reaction: After you play this character from your provinces – look at the top 5 cards of your dynasty deck. You may put a character with cost 2 or lower from among those cards into play. Discard the rest.
	Shinjo Altansarnai	Bushi. Cavalry. Champion.	5	5	4	2	Reaction: After you break a province during a conflict in which this character is participating, your opponent chooses a character he or she controls – discard that character.
	Shiba Yōjimbō	Bushi. Yōjimbō.	3	3	2	2	Interrupt: When the effects of a triggered ability that targets a Shugenja you control would initiate – cancel those effects.
	Siege Captain	Bushi. Commander. Engineer.	3	5	1	2	—
	Sincere Challenger	Courtier. Duelist.	2	1	2	2	Composure — This character gets +2. (You have composure if your honor bid is lower than an opponent's.) Action: During a conflict, initiate a duel – resolve the duel. The duel's winner is immune to events until the end of the conflict.
	Tengu Sensei	Bushi. Creature. Duelist.	5	4	2	2	Covert. Reaction: After this character chooses a character using covert – that character cannot be declared as an attacker this phase.
	Steadfast Witch Hunter	Shugenja. Earth.	4	4	2	0	Action: Sacrifice a (friendly) character. Choose a character – ready that character.
	Tainted Hero	Bushi. Berserker. Shadowlands.	3	6	—	0	This character cannot be declared as an attacker or defender. Action: Sacrifice a (friendly) character – until the end of the phase, treat this character's printed text box as if it were blank (except for Traits).
	Tactician's Apprentice	Bushi.	1	1	0	1	Reaction: After honor dials are revealed, if your bid is lower than an opponent's – draw 1 card. (Limit once per phase.)
	Swift Magistrate	Bushi. Imperial. Magistrate.	3	2	2	1	While this character is attacking, each other character that has 1 or more fate on it does not count its skill toward the resolution of this conflict.
	Student of War	Bushi.	3	3	2	1	Composure — This character cannot lose fate or be discarded. (You have composure if your honor bid is lower than an opponent's.)
	Student of Esoterica	Shugenja. Earth. Scholar.	2	1	1	3	You may spend fate from this character to pay for Spell cards.
	Student of Anatomies	Shugenja. Earth.	2	1	2	0	Action: Sacrifice a (friendly) character. Choose a character – until the end of the phase, treat that character as if its printed text box were blank (except for Traits).
	Stoic Magistrate	Bushi. Imperial. Magistrate.	3	2	2	1	While this character is defending, each character with printed cost 2 or lower does not count its skill toward the resolution of this conflict.
	Steward of the Rich Frog	Courtier.	2	1	3	1	While you have fewer cards in your hand than an opponent, characters you control cannot receive dishonored status tokens.
	Steadfast Samurai	Bushi.	1	1	1	1	Forced Reaction: After the fate phase begins, if you have at least 5 more honor than an opponent – this character cannot be discarded or lose fate this phase.
	Sinister Soshi	Shugenja. Air.	1	—	—	0	Action: During a conflict, choose a participating character – that character gets -2 and -2 until the end of the conflict.
	Staunch Hida	Bushi. Yōjimbō.	2	2	—	1	Reaction: After this character wins a conflict as a defender – resolve the ring effect of that conflict as if you were the attacking player. (Max 1 per conflict.)
	Soshi Shiori	Shugenja. Air. Daimyō.	5	2	5	2	Reaction: After you win a conflict, choose a player – that player loses 1 honor. (Unlimited.)
	Soshi Shadowshaper	Shugenja. Air. Shadow.	2	1	2	1	Action: During the conflict phase, lose 1 honor. Choose a character with cost 2 or lower that has entered play from a player's hand this phase – return that character to its owner's hand.
	Soshi Illusionist	Shugenja. Air.	2	1	3	1	Action: Spend 1 fate, choose a character – discard a status token from that character.
	Soshi Aoi	Shugenja. Air.	3	2	3	1	Action: Lose 1 honor and choose a personality you control. Select an effect – until the end of the phase that character gets +1 and the Bushi trait; until the end of the phase that character gains +1 and the Courtier trait.
	Solemn Scholar	Shugenja. Earth. Scholar.	1	1	1	1	Action: During a conflict, if the ring is in your claimed ring pool, choose an attacking character – bow that character.
	Social Puppeteer	Courtier.	3	1	3	1	Composure — This character must be chosen as a target of an opponent's event, if able. (You have composure if your honor bid is lower than an opponent's.) Action: During a conflict in which this character is participating – switch honor dials with your opponent until your next honor bid.
	Sneaky Shinjo	Bushi.	1	1	1	1	Reaction: After you pass in the dynasty phase – play this character from your province.
	Kakita Ryoku	Courtier. Imperial.	3	1	3	1	Reaction: After a phase begins, if you have the Imperial Favor, choose a character – honor that character.
	Kakita Favorite	Bushi. Duelist.	2	3	1	1	The character gets +2 while it is involved in a duel.
	Adept of the Waves	Shugenja. Water.	2	2	2	2	Action: Choose a character – until the end of the phase, that character gains covert during conflicts.
	Chikai Order Protector	Bushi. Yōjimbō.	4	4	3	1	While this character is defending, if you control a participating Courtier or Shugenja character, this character does not bow as a result of conflict resolution.
	Crisis Breaker	Bushi. Berserker.	3	3	1	1	Keeper role only. Action: During a conflict, if your opponent counts more current skill than you, choose a Berserker character you control – ready that character and move it to the conflict.
	Courtly Challenger	Courtier. Duelist.	2	—	2	2	After this character wins a duel, honor it. After this character loses a duel, dishonor it. Action: During a conflict, initiate a duel – resolve the duel. The controller of the duel's winner draw 2 cards.
	Court Novice	Courtier.	1	1	1	0	This character gets +2 while you have claimed the or ring.
	Court Musician	Courtier.	2	0	3	2	Action: During a conflict in which this character is participating – during each player's next action opportunity in this conflict, decrease the cost to play cards by 1.
	Chukan Nobue	Courtier. Scholar.	2	1	2	2	Card abilities triggered by your opponents cannot cause cards to be discarded from your hand.
	Chrysanthemum Steward	Courtier. Imperial.	2	1	2	2	Action: During a conflict in which this character is participating, choose a card in your opponent's conflict discard pile – put that card on top of its owner's conflict deck.
	Child of the Plains	Cavalry. Scout.	1	1	0	0	Reaction: After a province this character is attacking is revealed – the attacker has the first action opportunity this conflict.
	Cautious Scout	Bushi. Scout.	2	2	0	1	While this character is attacking alone, treat the defending province as if its printed text box were blank (except for Traits).
	Daidoji Kageyu	Courtier. Shinobi.	3	2	2	2	Disguised Courtier. Action: During a conflict in which this character is participating – draw 1 card for each card you opponent has played in this conflict.
	Caravan Guard	Bushi. Rōnin.	1	3	2	0	Keeper role only. This character cannot be declared as an attacker unless you spend 1 fate.
	Callow Delegate	Courtier.	1	0	1	1	Interrupt: When this character leaves play, choose a character you control – honor that character.
	Brash Samurai	Bushi.	2	2	1	2	Action: While this character is your only participating character in a conflict – honor this character.
	Borderlands Defender	Bushi.	3	3	3	1	While this character is defending, opponents' card effects cannot bow it or move it.
	Border Rider	Bushi. Cavalry.	2	2	1	1	Action: Ready this character.
	Blackmail Artist	Courtier.	2	1	2	1	Reaction: After this character wins a conflict – take 1 honor from your opponent.
	Benevolent Host	Courtier.	4	2	2	2	Reaction: After you play this character, choose a Courtier in your provinces – put that character into play. If that character has a printed cost of 2 or lower, put 1 fate on it.
	Benevolent Ambassador	Courtier.	2	1	2	1	Courtesy. (When this character leaves play, gain 1 fate.) Reaction: After this character wins a conflict – you and your opponent each gain 1 honor.
	Daidoji Harrier	Bushi. Shinobi.	2	2	1	1	Reaction: After this character wins a conflict, your opponent chooses 2 cards in his or her hand – reveal those cards. You choose and discard one of them.
	Daidoji Nerishma	Bushi. Scout.	2	3	1	1	Action: Choose a facedown card in one of your provinces – turn that card faceup.
	Beastmaster Matriarch	Bushi.	4	3	2	2	This character gets +2 for each ring in each opponent’s claimed ring pool.
	Doji Kuzunobu	—	4	3	4	—	—
	Enigmatic Magistrate	Bushi. Imperial. Magistrate.	3	2	2	1	While this character is attacking, only characters that have an odd printed cost count their skill toward the resolution of this conflict.
	Emissary of Lies	Courtier.	3	2	3	1	Action: During a conflict in which this character is participating, choose a participating character controlled by your opponent – your opponent guesses the name of a card. You may reveal your hand. If you do, and the named card is not in your hand, move the chosen character home.
	Eager Scout	Bushi. Scout.	0	0	0	0	—
	Doomed Shugenja	Shugenja. Fire.	1	3	3	0	Limited. (No more than one limited card can be played by each player each round.) You cannot place fate on this character when it is played from one of your provinces.
	Doji Whisperer	Courtier.	1	0	3	1	—
	Doji Shizue	Courtier. Storyteller.	2	1	1	1	During the fate phase, if you have the Imperial Favor, this character cannot lose fate or be discarded.
	Doji Shigeru	Courtier.	3	—	3	2	Reaction: After your opponent plays an event during a conflict in which this character is participating – that opponent chooses and discards a card from his or her hand. (Unlimited.)
	Doji Representative	Courtier.	3	1	3	2	Action: During a conflict – move this character home.
	Doji Kuwanan	Bushi. Champion.	5	5	4	3	If you control Doji Hotaru, discard her. Action: During a conflict in which this character is participating, choose a participating character with lower skill than this character – bow that character.
	Daidoji Netsu	Bushi. Commander.	2	2	1	1	Other characters cannot leave play during the the conflict phase except by the effect of keywords.
	Doji Hotaru (JfS)	Bushi. Courtier. Champion.	5	3	6	3	If you control Doji Kuwanan, discard him. Reaction: After an opponent plays a card during a conflict in which this character is participating – gain 1 honor. (Unlimited.)
	Doji Hotaru	Bushi. Champion.	5	3	6	3	Reaction: After you claim a ring during a conflict in which this character is participating – resolve that ring's effect.
	Doji Gift Giver	Courtier.	2	0	2	1	Action: While this character is participating in a conflict, give your opponent 1 fate. That opponent must choose a ready participating character he or she controls – bow that character.
	Doji Challenger	Bushi. Duelist.	3	3	3	2	Action: While this character is attacking, choose a character controlled by your opponent – move that character to this conflict.
	Disguised Protector	Bushi. Shinobi. Yōjimbō.	4	3	3	1	Action: During a conflict in which this character is participating – each player adds the bid on his or her honor dial to his or her skill total during this conflict's resolution.
	Deathseeker	Bushi.	2	2	1	0	Reaction: After this character loses a conflict as an attacker, sacrifice this character. Choose a character controlled by your opponent – if that character has no fate on it, discard it. Otherwise, remove 1 fate from that character.
	Daring Challenger	Bushi. Duelist.	2	2	—	1	While you are less honorable than an opponent, this character gets +1. Action: During a conflcit, initiate a duel – resolve the duel. Put 1 fate on the duel's winner.
	Daidoji Uji	Bushi. Daimyō. Shinobi.	5	6	2	2	While this character is honored, you may play each character in your provinces as if it were in your hand, reducing its cost by 1.
	Beloved Advisor	Courtier.	2	1	3	1	Action: Choose an opponent – you and that opponent each draw 1 card.
	Bayushi's Whisperers	Informant.	6	3	6	0	No attachments. Action: During a conflict – look at an opponent's hand, then name a card. That player cannot play copies of the named card this phase.
	Ethereal Dreamer	Shugenja. Void.	1	1	1	0	Reaction: After the conflict phase begins, choose a ring – until the end of the phase, this character gets +2 and +2 while that ring is being contested.
	Akodo Toshiro	Bushi.	2	2	1	2	Action: While this character is attacking – it gets +5 until the end of the conflict. Provinces cannot be broken during this conflict. At the end of the conflict, if you do not control a Commander character, discard this character.
	Army of the Rising Wave	Bushi. Army.	5	6	3	2	No attachment except Weapon. Reaction: After this character enters play – place 1 fate on each unclaimed ring.
	Armament Artisan	Bushi. Mantis Clan.	2	2	0	1	Reaction: After another character you control is honored – honor this character.
	Aranat	Creature. Air. Mythic. Spirit.	6	6	6	0	No attachments. Reaction: After you play this character, choose an opponent – that player may reveal any number of his or her facedown non-stronghold provinces. Then, place 1 fate on this character for each facedown province that player controls (including their stronghold province).
	Apprentice Earthcaller	Shugenja. Earth.	3	3	1	1	Action: During a conflict, choose an attacking character without attachments – until the end of the conflict, set that character's skill values to its printed values.
	Alibi Artist	Courtier. Shinobi.	1	—	2	1	Action: If you have 6 or fewer honor – look at the top 2 cards of your conflict deck. Put 1 of those cards into your hand and the other on the bottom of your conflict deck.
	Akodo Zentarō	Bushi. Commander.	3	3	1	2	Disguised Bushi. Action: During a conflict in which this character is attacking, choose a non-unique holding in the attacked province – gain control of that holding and move it to one of your unbroken non-stronghold provinces, if able, discarding each other card in that province. Otherwise, discard it.
	Akodo Toturi (Lion Clan)	Bushi. Champion.	5	6	3	3	Reaction: After you claim a ring during a conflict in which this character is participating – resolve that ring's effect.
	Akodo Toturi	Bushi. Champion. Imperial.	5	6	3	3	Action: During a conflict in which this character is participating, if you have the Imperial Favor – each player cannot play cards from his or her hand until the end of the conflict.
	Akodo Makoto	Bushi.	3	4	1	1	Reaction: After this character wins a conflict, choose a participating Courtier character – if that character has no fate on it, discard it. Otherwise, remove 1 fate from it.
	Asahina Storyteller	Courtier. Shugenja. Air.	4	2	4	2	Sincerity. (When this character leaves play, draw 1 card.) Each honored character you control gains sincerity.
	Akodo Kage	Courtier.	4	2	4	2	Reaction: After honor dials are revealed for an honor bid, if your bid is lower than an opponent's and you are more honorable than that opponent – set that opponent's honor dial to be equal to yours.
	Akodo Kaede	Shugenja. Void.	4	3	4	2	Immune to opponents' ring effects. Interrupt: When another character would leave play – remove 1 fate from this character instead.
	Akodo Gunsō	Bushi.	2	2	1	2	Pride. (After this character wins a conflict, honor it. After this character loses a conflict, dishonor it.) Reaction: After this character enters play from a province – refill that province faceup.
	Aggressive Moto	Bushi. Cavalry.	2	3	0	0	This character cannot be declared as a defender.
	Agasha Taiko	Bushi.	2	2	2	0	Reaction: After you play this character, choose a non-strnoghold province – that province cannot be attacked this round.
	Agasha Swordsmith	Shugenja. Fire.	2	1	2	1	Action: Search the top 5 cards of your conflict deck for an attachment, reveal it, and add it to your hand. Shuffle.
	Agasha Sumiko	Bushi. Champion.	5	4	4	1	While you have the Imperial Favor, this character does not bow as a result of conflict resolution while attacking.
	Agasha Shunsen	Shugenja. Fire.	3	1	2	2	Action: During a conflict, return 1 or more rings you have claimed to the unclaimed ring pool. Choose a character you control – search your conflict deck for an attachment with printed cost equal to or lower than the number of rings returned and attach it to that character. Shuffle.
	Asahina Artisan	Shugenja. Air.	1	0	0	2	Action: During a conflict, bow this character. Choose another character – that character gets +3 until the end of the conflict.
	Asahina Takako	Shugenja. Air.	4	—	5	2	You may look at facedown cards in each province you control. Action: Choose a card in one of your provinces – switch that card with a card in another of your provinces or discard it.
	Bayushi Yunako	Bushi. Commander.	4	4	2	2	Action: While this character is participating in a conflict, choose a character – switch that character's base and skill until the end of the conflict.
	Awakened Tsukumogami	Spirit. Void.	2	1	1	0	Void role only. You may use fate on a ring to pay the cost of a conflict card that has a Trait that matches an element of that ring.
	Bayushi Yojiro	Bushi. Imperial. Magistrate.	3	3	1	2	While this character is participating in a conflict, ignore the effects of each status token on each participating character.
	Bayushi Shoju (SD)	Courtier. Champion. Imperial.	5	-	7	4	Your opponent cannot have the Imperial Favor. Forced Reaction: After the conflict phase begins – each player draws 2 cards and loses 1 honor.
	Bayushi Shoju	Bushi. Courtier. Champion.	5	3	7	2	Action: While this character is participating in a conflict, choose a participating character controlled by your opponent – until the end of the conflict, that character gets -1 and is discarded if its skill is 0. (Limit twice per round.)
	Bayushi Manipulator	Courtier.	1	1	1	1	Reaction: After honor dials are revealed – increase the value of your bid by 1.
	Bayushi Liar	Courtier.	1	—	3	0	Sincerity. (When this character leaves play, draw 1 card.)
	Bayushi Dairu	Courtier. Scholar.	3	2	2	2	Action: During a conflict in which this character is participating, choose a status token on another character in play – move that token to this character.
	Bayushi Aramoro	Bushi. Shinobi.	4	5	2	2	Action: While this character is participating in a conflict, dishonor this character and choose a participating character controlled by your opponent – until the end of the conflict, that character gets -2 and is discarded if its skill is 0.
	Battle Maiden Recruit	Bushi. Battle Maiden. Cavalry.	0	0	0	0	This character gets +2 while you have claimed the or ring.
	Attendant to the Emperor	Courtier. Imperial.	3	1	5	2	—
	Asahina Takamori	Courtier. Shugenja. Air. Daimyō.	4	0	0	3	Reaction: After you play a character, choose an opponent's character with equal or lower printed cost – that character cannot be declared as an attacker of defender this round.
	Aspiring Challenger	Bushi. Duelist. Mantis Clan.	2	2	2	1	Composure — This character gets +2 glory. (You have composure if your honor bid is lower than an opponent's.) Action: During a conflict, initiate a duel – resolve the duel. Honor the duel's winner.
	Ashigaru Levy	Peasant.	0	1	-	0	Reaction: After this character enters play, choose another copy of this card in your provinces or discard pile – put that character into play.
	Ascetic Visionary	Monk. Tattooed.	4	3	4	1	No attachments except Monk or Tattoo. Action: While this character is attacking, spend 1 fate to an unclaimed ring. Choose a Monk character or a character with a Monk attachment – ready that character.
	Asako Tsuki	Courtier. Scholar. Shugenja. Water.	2	1	2	2	Reaction: After the ring is claimed, choose a Scholar character – honor that character.
	Asako Takahiro	Courtier.	2	1	1	2	Pride. During a conflict in which this character is participating, it gains +2 for each other participating dishonored character and +2 for each other participating honored character.
	Asako Maezawa	Courtier.	3	2	3	2	Action: While this character is participating in a conflict, if you count more current glory than your opponent among ready participating characters, choose a participating character – double that character's base until the end of the conflict.
	Asako Diplomat	Courtier.	2	1	2	1	Reaction: After this character wins a conflict, choose a character – honor or dishonor that character.
	Asako Azunami	Shugenja. Water. Elemental Master.	5	4	4	3	Interrupt: When you would resolve the ring – instead of the normal ring effect, you may choose and bow any character and you may choose and ready a different character.
	Enlightened Warrior	Bushi.	3	2	2	1	Reaction: After an opponent selects a ring with fate on it – place 1 fate on this character.
	Favored Niece	Courtier.	3	2	2	2	Action: Choose and discard 1 card from your hand – draw 1 card. (Limit twice per round.)
	Kakita Asami	Courtier.	3	1	3	2	Action: While this character is participating in a conflict, if you count more current skill in the conflict than your opponent – take 1 honor from that opponent.
	Imperial Librarian	Courtier. Imperial. Scholar.	2	2	2	2	Fire role only. Each other character gets +1 glory.
	Intimidating Hida	Bushi.	3	4	2	1	Reaction: After an opponent passes on declaring a conflict – that player loses 1 honor.
	Insolent Rival	Bushi. Duelist.	3	2	1	2	While the bid on your honor dial is higher than an opponent's, this character gains +2 and +2 . Action: While this character is participating in a conflict, choose a participating character controlled by an opponent – challenge that character to a duel. Dishonor the loser of the duel.
	Insolent Outcast	Bushi. Rōnin.	2	1	1	0	Seeker role only. This character gets +1 and +1 for each honored character an opponent controls.
	Inquisitive Ishika	Shugenja. Void.	3	2	2	2	During a conflict, each card that has a Trait that matches an element of the contested ring has its cost to play reduced by 1.
	Inferno Guard Invoker	Shugenja. Fire.	4	3	2	4	Action: During a conflict, choose a participating character you control – honor that character. If a province is broken during this conflict, sacrifice this character at the end of the conflict.
	Impulsive Novice	Courtier.	2	2	2	0	This character gets +1 and +1 while you have claimed the or ring.
	Implacable Magistrate	Bushi. Imperial. Magistrate.	3	2	2	1	While this character is attacking, only this character and honored characters count their skill toward the resolution of this conflict.
	Illustrious Plagiarist	Courtier. Shugenja. Air.	4	1	3	1	Action: Choose the topmost event in an opponent's conflict discard pile – this character gains each of that event's action abilities until the end of the phase.
	Isawa Atsuko	Shugenja. Void.	4	3	3	2	Action: During a conflict – until the end of the conflict, each participating character you control gets +1 and +1 and each participating character your opponent controls gets -1 and -1.
	Ikoma Ujiaki	Bushi. Courtier.	5	3	5	2	Action: While this character is participating in a conflict, discard the Imperial Favor – turn each facedown card in each of your provinces faceup. Then, put up to 2 characters from your provinces into play participating in this conflict.
	Ikoma Tsanuri	Bushi. Commander.	2	2	1	2	Action: During a conflict in which this character is participating, if you control 3 or more participating Bushi characters – until the end of the conflict, each participating character you control gets +1 and +1 .
	Ikoma Prodigy	Courtier.	1	0	2	1	Reaction: After 1 or more fate is placed on this character – gain 1 honor.
	Ikoma Orator	Courtier.	2	2	1	1	While you are more honorable than an opponent, this character gets +2.
	Ikoma Kiyono	Courtier. Storyteller.	2	1	2	3	Interrupt: When a glory count would begin, if you are more honorable than your opponent – ready this character.
	Ikoma Ikehata	Courtier.	3	1	2	2	Covert. Reaction: After this character wins a conflict, choose a character you control – honor that character. Draw 1 card.
	Ikoma Eiji	Courtier.	4	1	3	3	Reaction: After you lose a conflict – put a Bushi character with printed cost 3 or lower into play from your dynasty discard pile or provinces.
	Ikebana Artisan	Courtier.	2	0	2	1	Interrupt: When you would lose 1 honor for an unopposed conflict – cancel that honor loss. Then, lose 1 fate. (Unlimited.)
	Iron Crane Legion	Bushi. Army.	4	X	3	2	No attachments except Weapon. During conflicts in which you are the attacking or defending player, X is equal to the number of cards in your opponent's hand. (Otherwise, X is zero.)
	Isawa Heiko	Shugenja. Water.	4	0	5	2	Reaction: After you play a Water card during a conflict, choose a participating character – swap the base and stats of that character.
	Ide Trader	Courtier.	3	1	3	1	Reaction: After 1 or more characters move to a conflict in which this character is participating, select one – gain 1 fate or draw 1 card. (Limit once per conflict.)
	Ivory Kingdoms Unicorn	Creature. Gaijin.	3	4	-	0	No attachments. Reaction: After the resolution of a conflict in which this character was attacking, if a province was broken in the conflict – immediately declare your next conflict for the phase. That conflict is instead of its normal type.
	Kaiu Shuichi	Bushi. Engineer.	4	3	3	2	Covert. (When this character attacks, choose one character without covert. That character cannot be declared as a defender.) Action: During a conflict in which this character is participating, if there is a holding in play – gain 1 fate.
	Kaiu Shihobu	Bushi. Daimyō. Engineer.	5	5	3	2	Reaction: After this character enters play – search your dynasty deck for any number of holdings, reveal them, and put them facedown underneath your stronghold province (out of play). Shuffle. Action: Put a facedown holding under your stronghold province into an unbroken province you control, discarding each other card in your province.
	Kaiu Inventor	Bushi. Engineer.	2	2	1	0	Action: Choose a holding you control – you may trigger each of that holding's triggered abilities an additional time this round (or specified period).
	Kaiu Envoy	Bushi.	1	1	0	1	Courtesy. (When this character leaves play, gain 1 fate.) Sincerity. (When this character leaves play, draw 1 card.)
	Kaito Temple Protector	Monk.	4	3	3	2	While this character is defending, opponents’ card effects cannot move it. Action: While this character is defending, choose another participating character – until the end of the conflict, set this character’s base and skill to the chosen character’s current skill values.
	Kaito Nobukai	Courtier. Daimyō.	3	2	2	2	Action: During a conflict in which this character is participating, sacrifice this character – bow each participating character. Characters cannot be moved to this conflict.
	Kabuki Hero	Courtier. Actor.	2	0	2	1	Action: Spend 1 fate – this character gets +X until the end of the conflict. X is equal to its skill.
	Iwasaki Pupil	Geisha.	1	1	1	0	Each player draws 2 fewer cards from honor bids during the draw phase (to a minimum of 1).
	Iuchi Shahai	Shugenja. Water.	4	2	4	1	Covert. Reduce the cost by 1 to play each Meishōdō attachment on this character or a neutral character.
	Isawa Kaede	Shugenja. Void.	5	3	4	3	Immune to opponents' ring effects. While this character is attacking, the contested ring gains the element. If this character wins the conflict as an attacker, instead of choosing an element to resolve, resolve each of that ring's effects.
	Iuchi Farseer	Shugenja. Water.	3	2	3	1	Reaction: After this character enters play, choose an opponent's facedown province – reveal that province.
	Iuchi Daiyu	Shugenja. Water. Cavalry. Daimyō.	4	3	3	2	Action: During a conflict, choose a character – that character gets +1 until the end of the conflict for each faceup non-stronghold provinces your opponent controls.
	Itinerant Philosopher	Monk.	2	1	1	2	Action: While this character is participating in a conflict, discard the Imperial Favor. Choose an opponent's participating character with 1 or more attachments – bow that character.
	Isawa Uona	Shugenja. Air.	2	2	—	1	Reaction: After you play an Air card during a conflict, choose a non-unique participating character – bow that character.
	Isawa Ujina	Shugenja. Void. Elemental Master.	4	2	4	2	Forced Reaction: After the ring is claimed, choose a character with no fate – remove that character from the game. (Unlimited.)
	Isawa Tsuke	Shugenja. Fire. Elemental Master.	4	3	3	2	Reaction: After you honor or dishonor a character by the effect of the ring – each other character with the same printed cost as the chosen character controlled by the same player receives the same ring effect as the character.
	Isawa Tadaka	Shugenja. Earth. Elemental Master.	5	5	3	2	While the ring is contested or in your claimed ring pool, each opponent cannot play copies of event cards that are in their conflict discard pile.
	Isawa Masahiro	Shugenja. Fire.	3	3	2	2	Action: During a conflict, bow this character. Choose a participating character with printed cost 2 or lower – discard that character.
	Ignoble Enforcers	Bushi.	5	4	4	1	Reaction: After you play this character, you may lose up to 3 honor – for each honor you lost by this ability, put 1 fate in this character.
	Ide Tadaji	Courtier. Daimyō.	4	1	4	2	Action: While this character is participating in a conflict, choose a ready non-participating character with printed cost 2 or lower controlled by each player – move each chosen character to the conflict.
	Fawning Diplomat	Courtier.	3	1	3	0	Interrupt: When this character leaves play – claim the Imperial Favor.
	Gifted Tactician	Bushi. Commander.	2	2	1	1	Reaction: After this character wins a conflict – draw 1 card.
	Haughty Magistrate	Bushi. Imperial. Magistrate.	3	2	2	1	While this character is attacking, characters with lower glory than this character do not count their skill toward the resolution of this conflict.
	Hantei XXXVIII	Imperial. Emperor. Mythic.	6	-	-	6	No attachments. If an opponent has the Imperial Favor, discard this character. Action: During a conflict, choose a participating character — bow that character. Interrupt: When an opponent triggers an ability that chooses 1 or more targets — you choose thoseat targets instead.
	Hantei Sotorii	Bushi. Imperial. Crown Prince.	4	4	3	3	Pride. Action: During a conflict in which this character is participating, choose a participating character — that character gets +3 glory until the end of the conflict.
	Hantei Daisetsu	Courtier. Imperial. Crown Prince.	4	3	4	3	Sincerity Action: During a conflict in which this character is participating, choose a participating character – until the end of the conflict, treat that character as if its printed text box were blank (except for Traits).
	Guest of Honor	Courtier.	4	1	4	1	While this character is participating in a conflict, opponents cannot play events.
	Graceful Guardian	Bushi.	1	2	0	1	Action: During a conflict in which this character is participating – during each player's next action opportunity in this conflict, increase the cost to play cards by 1.
	Golden Plains Raider	Bushi.	1	2	0	0	Action: After this character wins a conflict as an attacker, choose a faceup card in a province controlled by your opponent – discard that card.
	Giver of Gifts	Courtier.	3	2	3	2	Action: Choose an attachment you control – move that attachment to an eligible character you control.
	Gallant Quartermaster	Courtier.	1	0	1	1	Interrupt: When this character is sacrificed – gain 2 fate.
	Henshin Disciple	Monk. Scholar.	3	2	2	2	While you have claimed or are contesting: the ring, this character gets +2. the ring, this character gets +2. the ring, this character gains pride.
	Fū Sui Disciple	Shugenja. Air.	3	1	2	2	Action: The player that has the ring in his or her ring pool chooses an ordinary character he or she controls. You select one – honor or dishonor that character.
	Fushichō	Creature. Fire. Mythic. Spirit.	6	6	6	0	No attachments. Interrupt: When this character leaves play, choose a character in your dynasty discard pile – put that character into play with 1 fate on it.
	Frontline Engineer	Bushi. Engineer.	4	4	2	0	This character gets +1 glory for each holding in play. Action: During a conflict in which this character is defending – search the top 5 cards of your dynasty deck for a holding and put it into play in the attacked province, discarding each other card in that province. Shuffle.
	Fire Tensai Initiate	Shugenja. Fire. Scholar.	1	0	0	2	—
	Fire Tensai Acolyte	Shugenja. Fire.	2	3	2	1	This character cannot be declared as an attacker except during conflicts.
	Fire Elemental Guard	Shugenja. Fire. Army.	4	4	2	2	No attachments except Spell. Action: During a conflict in which you have played 3 or more Spell cards, choose an attachment – discard that attachment.
	Fifth Tower Watch	Bushi. Army.	5	5	4	1	No attachments except Weapon. Interrupt: When you sacrifice a character, choose an opponent. That opponent must choose a character he or she controls with lower skill than the sacrificed character – bow that character.
	Fearsome Mystic	Shugenja. Air.	4	2	4	1	This character gets +2 glory during conflicts. Action: While this character is participating in a conflict – remove 1 fate from each participating character your opponent controls with lower glory than this character.
	Heartless Intimidator	Courtier.	3	1	3	1	Reaction: After an opponent loses 1 or more honor – discard the top card of that player's conflict deck. (Unlimited.)
	Hero of Three Trees	Bushi.	3	3	2	2	Action: During a conflict in which this character is participating, if you have fewer cards in your hand than your opponent, select one – either gain 1 honor, or the attacked province gets -1 strength until the end of the conflict (to a minimum of 0.)
	Ide Ryōma	Courtier. Cavalry.	3	0	4	1	Action: During a conflict in which this character is participating, choose a character and a non- character controlled by the same player – bow one of the characters. Then, ready the other.
	Hiruma Yoshino	Bushi. Daimyō. Scout.	4	3	3	2	Disguised Bushi. Action: During a conflict in which this character is participating, choose a character card in the attacked province – that character contributes its printed skill towards your side during the resolution of this conflict.
	Ide Negotiator	Courtier. Cavalry.	3	2	3	1	Reaction: After you reveal your honor dial – change the bid on your dial to a value 1 higher or lower than its current value (to a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 5).
	Ichigenkin Soloist	Courtier.	1	0	2	1	Composure — This character cannot be chosen as the target of an opponent's triggered ability. (You have composure if your honor bid is lower than an opponent's.)
	Humble Magistrate	Courtier. Imperial. Magistrate.	3	2	2	2	Seeker role only. While this character is attacking, each character with printed cost 4 or higher does not count its skill towards the resolution of this conflict.
	Honored General	Bushi. Commander.	4	3	1	2	During a conflict in which this character is participating, each other participating character you control gets +1. Reaction: After this character enters play – honor it.
	Honorable Challenger	Bushi. Duelist.	2	2	1	2	Pride. Action: During a conflict, initiate a duel – resolve the duel. The duel's winner does not bow as a result of this conflict's resolution.
	Honest Challenger	Bushi. Cavalry. Duelist.	2	2	2	1	Composure — This character gets +2. (You have composure if your honor bid is lower than an opponent's.) Action: During a conflict, initiate a duel – resolve the duel. The controller of the duel's winner moves a character from his or her home area to the conflict.
	Hitsu-do Disciple	Monk. Tattooed.	2	2	1	1	Action: During a conflict in which this character is participating, if you have played 3 or more cards during this conflict, choose another participating character – dishonor that character.
	Hiruma Yōjimbō	Bushi. Yōjimbō.	2	4	3	2	This character cannot be declared as an attacker.
	Hiruma Signaller	Bushi. Scout.	2	2	2	1	Action: During a conflict in which this character is defending, sacrifice this character and choose a character you control – ready that character and move it to the conflict.
	Hida Amoro	Bushi. Berserker.	3	4	—	1	Forced Reaction: After a player passes on declaring a conflict – that playrer must sacrifice a character he or she controls. (Unlimited.)
	Hiruma Kogoe	Bushi. Scout.	2	2	1	1	Sincerity. Reaction: After the draw phase begins, if you have lower honor than an opponent – look at the top 3 cards of your conflict deck and put them back in any order.
	Hida Yakamo	Bushi. Berserker. Duelist.	4	4	2	1	While you are less honorable than an opponent, this character does not bow as a result of a conflict resolution and cannot lose duels. (This character is not the loser of the duel, but the character of its opponent remains the winner of the duel.)
	Hida Tsuru	Bushi. Cavalry.	4	4	3	1	Reaction: After a character is moved to or played into a conflict in which this character is participating – until the end of the conflict, this character gets +1 and +1. (Unlimited.)
	Hida Tomonatsu	Bushi.	3	3	2	2	Reaction: After this character wins a conflict as a defender, sacrifice it. Choose a non-unique attacking character – return that character to the top of its owner's deck.
	Hida Sugi	Bushi.	1	2	1	1	Reaction: After this character wins a conflict, choose a card in a dynasty discard pile – put that card on the bottom of its owner's dynasty deck.
	Hida O-Ushi	Bushi.	3	3	3	1	Reaction: After you win a conflict as the defending player – you may declare an additional conflict this phase. (Max 1 per phase.)
	Hida Kisada	Bushi. Champion.	5	7	2	0	While you have not lost a conflict this phase, cancel the effects of the first action ability your opponent triggers from a card during each conflict.
	Hida Guardian	Bushi.	1	1	1	1	Action: While this character is participating in a conflict, choose another participating character – until the end of the conflict, that character gets +2 and +2 for each holding you control.
	Young Warrior	Bushi. Cavalry. Battle Maiden.	2	3	3	2	This character must be declared as an attacker or defender on the first conflict declared each round.

Conflict cards

Clan	Name	Traits						Text Box
	Adept of Shadows	Bushi. Shinobi.	2	2	2	0	3	Action: Lose 1 honor – return this character to your hand.
	Shinomen Wayfinders	Bushi. Cavalry. Scout.	4	3	1	1	1	No attachments except Weapon Action: During a conflict, reduce the cost to play this character by 1 for each participating character you control.
	Midnight Prowler	Bushi. Shinobi.	2	2	1	0	—	Reaction: After this character wins a conflict – look at the top 2 cards of your opponent's conflict deck. You may discard 1 of those cards.
	Nezumi Infiltrator	Creature. Scout.	1	1	1	0	2	Immune to Shadowlands and Mahō card effects. Reaction: After this character enters play during a conflict – until the end of the conflict, raise or lower the strength of the attacked province by 1 (to a minimum of 1). (Max 1 per conflict.)
	Niten Pupil	Bushi. Duelist.	2	2	2	1	1	Water role only. Reaction: After honor dials are revealed for a duel, if this character is involved in the duel – double this character's base and skills until the end of the phase.
	Opium Wastrel	Peasant.	1	1	1	0	2	Play only if you are less honorable than an opponent. Reaction: After this character enters play during a conflict, choose a participating character – set that character's glory to 0 until the end of the conflict.
	Political Rival	Courtier.	3	—	3	0	2	Covert. (When this character attacks, choose one character without covert. That character cannot be declared as a defender.) This character gets +3 while defending.
	Roving Michibiku	Monk. Scholar.	3	2	2	1	2	Reaction: After this character wins a conflict – take a ring from the defending player's claimed ring pool.
	Seeker of Knowledge	Courtier. Shugenja. Air.	2	0	2	1	1	While this character is attacking, the contested ring gains the element. If this character wins the conflict as an attacker, you may choose which of its ring effects to resolve.
	Shiksha Scout	Creature. Scout.	2	2	2	1	2	While this character is participating in a conflict, you are considered to control an additional character in this conflict.
	Shinjo Ambusher	Bushi. Cavalry.	1	2	0	1	2	Reaction: After you play this character into a conflict – the attacked province cannot trigger its abilities this conflict.
	Shinjo Haruko	Bushi. Cavalry.	3	3	2	1	3	Action: During a conflict in which this character is participating, choose an honored character – move that character to the conflict.
	Shosuro Miyako	Bushi. Shinobi.	3	3	2	1	2	Disguised non- character. This character can only be played by the disguised keyword. Reaction: After you play this character, choose a non-unique character an opponent controls – dishonor that character.
	Meek Informant	Peasant. Shinobi.	1	—	1	0	1	Reaction: After you play this character – look at an opponent's hand.
	Shosuro Sadako	Bushi. Shadow. Shinobi.	2	1	1	3	3	While this character is dishonored, add its glory to its and skill instead of subtracting it.
	Shrine Maiden	Monk.	1	1	1	0	1	Reaction: After this character enters play, reveal the top 3 cards of your conflict deck – add each Spell and each Kihō card revealed by this ability to your hand and discard the rest.
	Steward of Law	Courtier. Scholar.	1	1	1	0	1	While this character is participating in a conflict, characters cannot become dishonored.
	Stoic Gunsō	Bushi.	2	2	1	1	1	Action: During a conflict, sacrifice a (friendly) character – this character gets +3 until the end of the conflict.
	Tattooed Wanderer	Monk. Tattooed.	1	2	1	0	2	You may play this character as an attachment with the text: "Attached character gains covert."
	Togashi Kazue	Monk. Tattooed.	3	3	3	1	2	You may play this character as an attachment with the text: "Action: During a conflict in which attached character is participating, choose another participating character – move 1 fate from that character to the attached character."
	Unassuming Yōjimbō	Bushi. Yōjimbō.	3	3	1	0	2	Covert. (When this character attacks, choose one character without covert. That character cannot be declared as a defender.)
	Vengeful Oathkeeper	Bushi.	2	2	1	0	2	Reaction: After you lose a conflict – put this character into play from your hand.
	Visiting Advisor	Courtier. Cavalry.	2	0	2	1	2	Action: During a conflict in which this character is participating, choose up to 1 other character you control – move this character and that character home.
	Warden of the Damned	Monk.	3	2	2	1	3	Forced Interrupt: When the conflict phase ends – each player must sacrifice a dishonored character, if able.
	Yogo Kikuyo	Shugenja. Earth.	3	2	2	1	2	Interrupt: When the effects of a Spell event your opponent plays during a conflict would initiate, put this card into play from your hand – cancel those effects.
	Menacing Iron Warrior	Bushi.	3	3	1	2	2	Action: While this character is participating in a conflict – until the end of the conflict, each participating character your opponent controls with equal or lower skill than this character cannot trigger abilities.
	Master of the Spear	Bushi.	3	2	2	1	3	Action: While this character is attacking, your opponent must choose a participating character he or she controls – move that character home.
	Ageless Crone	Courtier.	1	0	1	0	1	During a conflict in which this character is participating, increase the cost for each player to play each event by 1.
	Hiruma Ambusher	Bushi. Scout.	2	2	2	0	1	Reaction: After this character enters play as a defender, choose a character – that character's abilities cannot be triggered during this conflict.
	Alluring Patron	Courtier.	4	1	4	2	2	Fire role only. Action: During a conflict in which this character is participating, choose a character your opponent controls in his or her home. Your opponent selects one – either move that character to the conflict, or dishonor it.
	Ancient Master	Monk. Tattooed.	1	1	1	2	1	You may play this character as an attachment with the text: "Reaction: After attached character is declared as an attacker or defender – search the top 5 cards of your conflict deck for a Kihō or Tattoo card, reveal it, and add it to your hand. Shuffle."
	Arbiter of Authority	Courtier. Duelist.	2	0	2	2	2	Action: During a conflict, initiate a duel – your opponent may dishonor his or her character to refuse the duel. Otherwise, resolve the duel. Bow and move home the duel's loser.
	Bayushi Collector	Courtier.	2	1	2	1	1	Action: Choose an attachment attached to a dishonored character – discard both that attachment and that character's status token.
	Bayushi Kachiko	Courtier. Imperial.	5	3	6	3	—	Action: While this character is participating in a conflict, choose a participating character with lower skill than this character – move the chosen character home. Then, you may bow it.
	Cunning Magistrate	Bushi. Imperial. Magistrate.	3	2	2	1	—	While this character is participating in a conflict, each other character that is dishonored does not count its skill toward the resolution of this conflict.
	Doji Fumiki	Courtier.	2	0	3	2	—	Action: During a conflict in which this character is participating, choose a dishonored participating character – bow that character.
	Feral Ningyo	Creature.	3	3	2	0	3	Action: During a conflict – put this character into play from your hand in the conflict. At the end of the conflict, shuffle it into your conflict deck.
	Goblin Sneak	Goblin. Shadowlands.	2	1	—	0	—	Reaction: After this character enters play – place 1 fate from an opponent's fate pool on it.
	Guardian Kami	Spirit.	2	1	1	0	—	Keeper role only. Action: While this character is defending, sacrifice it – resolve the ring effect of the contested ring as if you won the the conflict as the attacking player. (Max 1 per conflict.)
	Guardian of Virtue	Bushi.	2	2	2	1	1	Air role only. Composure — This character does not bow as a result of conflict resolution in conflicts in which it is defending. (You have composure if your honor bid is lower than an opponent's.)
	Hiruma Kogoe	Bushi. Scout.	2	2	1	1	—	Sincerity. Reaction: After the draw phase begins, if you have lower honor than an opponent – look at the top 3 cards of your conflict deck and put them back in any order.
	Mantis Seafarer	Bushi. Mantis Clan.	2	2	1	0	—	Air role only. Reaction: After this character wins a conflict, lose 1 honor – gain 1 fate. (Unlimited.)
	Hiruma Skirmisher	Bushi. Scout.	1	1	—	1	2	Reaction: After you play this character – it gains covert until the end of the phase.
	Ide Messenger	Courtier.	2	1	2	0	1	Action: During a conflict, spend 1 fate. Choose a character you control – move that character to the conflict.
	Ikoma Anakazu	Bushi. Daimyō.	4	3	3	2	4	During each conflict in which this character is participating, it gets +3 and +3 if your opponent has broken one or more of your provinces this phase.
	Ikoma Reservist	Bushi.	1	1	1	0	2	This character gets +2 while you have claimed the or ring.
	Isawa Tadaka	Shugenja. Earth. Elemental Master.	5	5	3	2	2	and clan only. Disguised Shugenja. Action: During a conflict, remove one or more characters in your dynasty discard pile from the game – look at that many random cards from your opponent's hand. Choose and discard one of those cards.
	Ishiken Initiate	Shugenja. Void.	2	1	1	0	2	This character gets +1 and +1 for each claimed ring.
	Iuchi Wayfinder	Shugenja. Water. Cavalry.	1	1	1	0	1	Reaction: After this character enters play – look at a facedown province.
	Kaito Kosori	Monk. Shugenja. Air.	3	2	2	1	2	During each conflict, if you control at least 1 participating character and this character is in your home area and ready, it contributes its skill to your side.
	Kami Unleashed	Spirit.	2	1	1	0	—	Seeker role only. Action: While this character is attacking, sacrifice it – resolve the ring effect of the contested ring as if you won the the conflict as the attacking player. (Max 1 per conflict.)
	Kitsuki Kāgi	Courtier. Imperial.	2	1	2	1	1	Reaction: After this character wins a conflict, choose up to 3 cards in a player's discard pile – remove them from the game.
	Kujira's Hireling	Bushi. Rōnin.	1	1	1	0	—	Action: Spend 1 fate and select one – this character gets +1 and +1 until the end of the phase, or this character gets -1 and -1 until the end of the phase. Any player may trigger this ability. (Unlimited.)
	Young Harrier	Bushi. Scout. Shinobi.	1	1	1	1	1	Action: Dishonor this character – each character you control cannot be dishonored until the end of the phase.