Elemental Cycle

The Elemental Cycle is the second cycle published for the L5R LCG.

Promotional cards with full extended art were released with the Elemental Cycle icon .

Cards

ID	Name	Clan	Deck	Type	Traits	Text Box
100	Perfect Land Ethos		Conflict	Event	Philosophy.	Action: Discard each status token.
96	Shosuro Sadako		Conflict	Character	Bushi. Shadow. Shinobi.	While this character is dishonored, add its glory to its and skill instead of subtracting it.
99	Dispatch		Conflict	Event	—	Limited. (No more than one limited card can be played by each player each round.) Action: Move a character you control into a conflict or home from a conflict.
97	Mark of Shame		Conflict	Attachment	Condition.	Air role only. Reaction: After you play this attachment – dishonor attached character. Then, dishonor it again.
81	Raging Battleground		—	Province	—	Reaction: After this province is revealed, choose a non-unique character with no fate on it – discard that character.
85	Callow Delegate		Dynasty	Character	Courtier.	Interrupt: When this character leaves play, choose a character you control – honor that character.
89	Ethereal Dreamer		Dynasty	Character	Shugenja. Void.	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.
93	Game of Sadane		Conflict	Event	—	Action: During a conflict, choose a participating character you control and a participating character your opponent controls – your character challenges the opponent's character to a duel. Honor the duel's winner and dishonor the duel's loser.
83	Tainted Hero		Dynasty	Character	Bushi. Berserker. Shadowlands.	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).
82	Appealing to the Fortunes		—	Province	—	This province gets +2 strength while you have a Void role. Interrupt: When this province is broken – put a character into play from one of your provinces or from your hand.
94	Void Fist		Conflict	Event	Kihō. Void.	Action: During a conflict, if you have played at least 2 other cards this conflict, choose a participating character with equal or lower skill than a participating Monk character you control – move the chosen character home and bow it.
90	Bustling Academy		Dynasty	Holding	Academy.	Action: If you control a Scholar character – discard a card in a province and refill it faceup.
91	Iuchi Shahai		Dynasty	Character	Shugenja. Water.	Covert. Reduce the cost by 1 to play each Meishōdō attachment on this character or a neutral character.
88	Matsu Mitsuko		Dynasty	Character	Bushi. Cavalry. Commander.	Action: During a conflict, if you are more honorable than your opponent, choose a character you control – move that character to the conflict.
86	Togashi Mitsu		Dynasty	Character	Monk. Tattooed.	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.
95	All and Nothing		Conflict	Event	Spell. Void.	Interrupt: When you would resolve the ring effect, choose another ring – resolve that ring's effect instead. Draw 1 card.
98	Discourage Pursuit		Conflict	Event	—	Earth role only. Action: Dishonor a (friendly) Shinobi character. Choose a participating character – until the end of the conflict, that character gets -4.
92	Imperial Librarian		Dynasty	Character	Courtier. Imperial. Scholar.	Fire role only. Each other character gets +1 glory.
87	Tactician's Apprentice		Dynasty	Character	Bushi.	Reaction: After honor dials are revealed, if your bid is lower than an opponent's – draw 1 card. (Limit once per phase.)
84	Kuni Laboratory		Dynasty	Holding	Laboratory.	Each character you control gets +1 and +1. Forced Reaction: After the conflict phase begins – lose 1 honor.
11	Shinjo Shono		Dynasty	Character	Bushi. Cavalry. Commander.	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.
6	Fū Sui Disciple		Dynasty	Character	Shugenja. Air.	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.
8	Isawa Uona		Dynasty	Character	Shugenja. Air.	Reaction: After you play an Air card during a conflict, choose a non-unique participating character – bow that character.
12	Shiotome Encampment		Dynasty	Holding	Battlefield.	Action: If you have a ring in your claimed ring pool, choose a Cavalry character – ready that character.
15	The Mirror's Gaze		Conflict	Attachment	Spell. Air.	Attach to a Shugenja character you control. Reaction: After the effects of an opponent's event resolve – resolve that event again as if you had just played it, ignoring costs and triggering conditions. You may choose new targets.
1	Hisu Mori Toride (Lion Clan)		—	Stronghold	Fort.	Reaction: After you win a conflict by 5 or more skill, bow this stronghold and sacrifice a (friendly) Bushi character – you may declare an additional conflict this phase.
19	Winds of Change		Conflict	Event	Spell. Air.	Air role only. Action: Return the ring from a claimed ring pool to the unclaimed ring pool.
3	Demonstrating Excellence		—	Province	—	This province gets +2 strength while you have an Air role. Interrupt: When this province is broken – gain 1 fate and draw 1 card.
17	Hurricane Punch		Conflict	Event	Kihō. Air.	Action: During a conflict, choose a participating Monk character – that character gets +2 until the end of the conflict. Draw 1 card.
13	Kudaka		Dynasty	Character	Shugenja. Air. Mantis Clan.	Reaction: After you claim the ring – gain 1 fate and draw 1 card. (Limit twice per round.)
18	Even the Odds		Conflict	Event	Tactic.	Action: During a conflict, if you control fewer participating characters than your opponent, choose a character you control – move that character to the conflict. If that character is a Commander, honor it.
7	Matsu Seventh Legion		Dynasty	Character	Bushi. Army. Cavalry.	No attachments except Weapon. While this character is attacking, each Courtier character cannot be declared as a defender.
2	Sacred Sanctuary		—	Province	Temple.	Reaction: After an attack has been declared in this province, choose a Monk character you control – ready that character. Until the end of the conflict, that character cannot be bowed by opponents' card effects or as a result of conflict resolution.
4	Third Tower Guard		Dynasty	Character	Bushi.	This character gets +2 while you have claimed the or ring.
5	Hiruma Outpost		Dynasty	Holding	Outpost.	While this card is in an unbroken province, it gains: "Reaction: After an opponent declares a conflict against a province that does not have a holding in it – that opponent loses 1 honor."
9	Soshi Shadowshaper		Dynasty	Character	Shugenja. Air. Shadow.	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.
10	Heartless Intimidator		Dynasty	Character	Courtier.	Reaction: After an opponent loses 1 or more honor – discard the top card of that player's conflict deck. (Unlimited.)
14	Formal Invitation		Conflict	Attachment	Item.	Attach to a character with glory 2 or higher. Action: During a conflict – move attached character to the conflict. (Unlimited.)
16	Ancient Master		Conflict	Character	Monk. Tattooed.	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."
20	Maze of Illusion		Conflict	Event	Spell. Air.	Action: During a conflict, choose a participating character controlled by an opponent – secretly select a number on your honor dial. Then, the chosen character’s controller guesses whether this number is even or odd. Reveal your dial (cannot be modified). If they are wrong, bow and dishonor that character.
111	Mantis Tenkinja		Dynasty	Character	Shugenja. Water. Mantis Clan.	Water role only. Interrupt: When you play an event, lose 1 honor – reduce the cost of that event by 1.
112	Awakened Tsukumogami		Dynasty	Character	Spirit. Void.	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.
120	Unleash the Djinn		Conflict	Event	Spell. Fire. Meishōdō.	Fire role only. Action: During a conflict, lose 3 honor – set the and skill of each participating character to 3 until the end of the conflict.
110	Minami Kaze Regulars		Dynasty	Character	Bushi. Army. Cavalry.	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.
113	Pragmatism		Conflict	Attachment	Condition.	Attach to a character you control. While you are less honorable than an opponent, attached character gets +1, +1, and gains: “This character cannot be honored or dishonored.”
106	Agasha Shunsen		Dynasty	Character	Shugenja. Fire.	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.
105	Tengu Sensei		Dynasty	Character	Bushi. Creature. Duelist.	Covert. Reaction: After this character chooses a character using covert – that character cannot be declared as an attacker this phase.
109	Reclusive Zokujin		Dynasty	Character	Creature.	During conflicts, this character gains covert and is immune to enemy card effects.
108	Reader of Omens		Dynasty	Character	Shugenja. Void.	This character gets +3 while you have claimed the or ring.
118	Roving Michibiku		Conflict	Character	Monk. Scholar.	Reaction: After this character wins a conflict – take a ring from the defending player's claimed ring pool.
119	Taryū-Jiai		Conflict	Event	—	Action: During a conflict, choose a Shugenja character you control and a Shugenja character controlled by an opponent – your character challenges your opponent's character to a glory duel. The winner of the duel's controller resolves a ring effect of his or her choice as if he or she was the attacking player.
114	Specialized Defenses		Conflict	Event	—	Earth role only. Action: During a conflict, if the attacked province has an element that matches the contested ring or a ring in your claimed ring pool – double that province's strength until the end of the conflict.
103	Web of Lies		—	Province	—	X is equal to twice the bid on your honor dial.
107	Kitsu Warrior		Dynasty	Character	Bushi. Creature.	For each ring that is claimed, this character gets +2. For each ring that is claimed, this character gets +2.
117	Restored Heirloom		Conflict	Attachment	Weapon.	Water role only restricted. Interrupt: When you would resolve the ring effect, choose a character you control – instead of resolving normal ring effects, put this attachment into play from your hand or conflict discard pile, attached to that character.
102	Magistrate Station		—	Province	—	Action: Choose an honored character – ready that character.
104	Yasuki Broker		Dynasty	Character	Courtier.	While this character is participating in a conflict, each character you control gains courtesy and sincerity.
101	Hisu Mori Toride (Unicorn Clan)		—	Stronghold	Fort.	Reaction: After you win a conflict with more participating characters than your opponent, bow this stronghold and sacrifice a (friendly) Cavalry character – you may declare an additional conflict this phase.
115	Being and Becoming		Conflict	Attachment	Condition.	Void role only. Attach to a character you control. Action: Bow attached character, choose an unclaimed ring – move each fate from that ring to attached character.
116	Mantra of Earth		Conflict	Event	Kihō. Earth.	Reaction: After an opponent declares a conflict, choose a Monk character or a character with a Monk attachment – until the end of the conflict, opponents’ card abilities cannot choose that character as a target. Draw 1 card.
36	Feral Ningyo		Conflict	Character	Creature.	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.
23	Upholding Authority		—	Province	—	This province gets +2 strength while you have an Earth role. Interrupt: When this province is broken – the attacking player reveals his or her hand. Choose a card in their hand and discard any number of copies of that card from their hand.
30	Sneaky Shinjo		Dynasty	Character	Bushi.	Reaction: After you pass in the dynasty phase – play this character from your province.
24	Apprentice Earthcaller		Dynasty	Character	Shugenja. Earth.	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.
25	Kuni Yori		Dynasty	Character	Shugenja. Earth. Daimyō.	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.
31	Marauding Oni		Dynasty	Character	Oni. Shadowlands.	This character cannot be honored or dishonored. Forced Reaction: After this character is declared as an attacker or defender – lose 1 honor. (Unlimited.)
37	Oracle of Stone		Conflict	Event	Spell. Earth.	Action: Each player draws two cards. Then, each player discards 2 cards from his or her hand.
32	Spreading the Darkness		Conflict	Event	Mahō. Spell. Earth.	Action: Lose 2 honor. Choose a participating character you control – until the end of the conflict, that character gets +4 and cannot be targeted by opponents' card abilities.
21	Teachings of the Elements		—	Province	—	This province gets +1 strength for each claimed ring.
40	Sabotage		Conflict	Event	—	Earth role only. Action: During a conflict, choose a card in an opponent's province – discard that card.
35	Writ of Authority		Conflict	Attachment	Item.	Earth role only. Restricted. If an opponent is more honorable than you, discard this attachment.
33	Adopted Kin		Conflict	Attachment	Condition.	Fire role only. Limit 1 per character. Each other attachment on attached character gains ancestral.
34	Ikoma Reservist		Conflict	Character	Bushi.	This character gets +2 while you have claimed the or ring.
26	Asahina Takako		Dynasty	Character	Shugenja. Air.	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.
27	Bonsai Garden		Dynasty	Holding	Garden.	Action: During an conflict – gain 1 honor.
22	Border Fortress		—	Province	Fort.	Action: During a conflict at this province, choose a facedown province – reveal that province.
29	Court Novice		Dynasty	Character	Courtier.	This character gets +2 while you have claimed the or ring.
28	Impulsive Novice		Dynasty	Character	Courtier.	This character gets +1 and +1 while you have claimed the or ring.
39	Press of Battle		Conflict	Event	—	Water role only. Action: During a conflict, if you control more participating characters than your opponent, choose a non-unique participating character – bow that character.
38	Tainted Koku		Conflict	Attachment	Poison.	Interrupt: When attached character leaves play – move this attachment to another character controlled by the same player.
71	Nezumi Infiltrator		Conflict	Character	Creature. Scout.	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.)
76	Heroic Resolve		Conflict	Attachment	Condition.	Action: If you have 2 or more rings in your claimed ring pool – ready attached character.
69	Master of the Swift Waves		Dynasty	Character	Shugenja. Water. Cavalry.	Action: During a conflict, choose a participating character you control and a character in your home – switch the chosen characters' locations.
80	Force of the River		Conflict	Attachment	Spell. Water. Meishōdō.	Attach to a Shugenja character you control. Action: During a conflict – put each facedown card in your provinces into play facedown in the conflict as a 1, –, 0 glory character with the Cavalry and Spirit traits. Discard those characters at the end of the conflict.
63	Ikebana Artisan		Dynasty	Character	Courtier.	Interrupt: When you would lose 1 honor for an unopposed conflict – cancel that honor loss. Then, lose 1 fate. (Unlimited.)
73	Menacing Iron Warrior		Conflict	Character	Bushi.	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.
74	Soul Beyond Reproach		Conflict	Event	—	Air role only. Action: Choose a character you control – honor that character. Then, honor it again.
79	Deceptive Offer		Conflict	Event	—	Action: During a conflict, choose a participating character you control. Your opponent selects one – that character gets +2 and +2 until the end of the conflict, or your opponent gives you 1 honor.
67	Disguised Protector		Dynasty	Character	Bushi. Shinobi. Yōjimbō.	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.
75	Hawk Tattoo		Conflict	Attachment	Tattoo.	Attach to a character you control. Attached character gains Tattooed. Reaction: After you play this attachment during a conflict – move attached character to the conflict. If attached character is a Monk, you may take another action after this one.
64	Volcanic Troll		Dynasty	Character	Creature.	No attachments except Weapon. While the ring is unclaimed, this character gets +2 and +2.
65	Tireless Sōdan Senzo		Dynasty	Character	Shugenja. Water.	This character does not bow as a result of conflict resolution in conflicts in which it lost.
77	My Ancestor's Strength		Conflict	Event	Spell. Water.	Action: During a conflict, choose a participating Shugenja character you control and a character in your dynasty discard pile – until the end of the conflict, set the participating character's base and skill equal to the printed and skill of the other character.
72	Fight On		Conflict	Event	—	Water role only. Action: While you are the defending player, choose a bowed character you control – ready that character and move it to the conflict.
62	Seeking the Truth		—	Province	—	This province gets +2 strength while you have a Water role. Interrupt: When this province is broken, choose a defending character – move that character home.
70	Yoritomo		Dynasty	Character	Bushi. Champion. Mantis Clan.	This character gets +X and +X. X is equal to the number of fate in your fate pool.
66	Asako Azunami		Dynasty	Character	Shugenja. Water. Elemental Master.	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.
68	Hidden Moon Dōjō		Dynasty	Holding	Dōjō.	Limit 1 per deck. You may play characters in adjacent provinces as if they were in your hand. Action: During a conflict – turn a card in an adjacent province faceup.
61	Flooded Waste		—	Province	—	Reaction: After this province is revealed – bow each attacking character.
78	Ofushikai		Conflict	Attachment	Weapon.	Ancestral. Restricted. Attach to a unique character you control. If attached character has the Champion trait, it gains: "Action: During a conflict in which this character is participating, choose a participating character – move that character home. It cannot participate as an attacker this phase."
58	Invocation of Ash		Conflict	Attachment	Spell. Fire. Meishōdō.	Action: Lose 1 honor. Choose a character you control – move this attachment to that character. Then, remove 1 fate from that character.
44	Master Alchemist		Dynasty	Character	Shugenja. Fire.	Action: During a conflict, spend 1 fate to the ring. Choose a character – honor or dishonor that character.
51	Wicked Tetsubō		Conflict	Attachment	Weapon.	Attach to a Berserker character. Restricted. Action: During a conflict in which attached character is attacking, choose a defending character and select either or – set that character's selected skill to 0 until the end of the conflict.
57	Shiksha Scout		Conflict	Character	Creature. Scout.	While this character is participating in a conflict, you are considered to control an additional character in this conflict.
45	The Wrath of the Kami		Dynasty	Holding	Shrine.	Limit 1 per deck. Action: During a conflict at this province, lose 1 honor – this province gets +1 strength until the end of the conflict. (Unlimited.)
50	Battle Maiden Recruit		Dynasty	Character	Bushi. Battle Maiden. Cavalry.	This character gets +2 while you have claimed the or ring.
54	Smoke		Conflict	Attachment	Spell. Fire.	Action: While attached character is participating in a conflict, bow and sacrifice this attachment – until the end of the conflict, each non-unique participating character gets -2.
41	Abandoning Honor		—	Province	—	This province gets +2 strength while you have a Fire role. Interrupt: When this province is broken, choose a dishonored character – discard that character.
42	Hiruma Kogoe		Dynasty	Character	Bushi. Scout.	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.
49	Soshi Shiori		Dynasty	Character	Shugenja. Air. Daimyō.	Reaction: After you win a conflict, choose a player – that player loses 1 honor. (Unlimited.)
43	Sadane Student		Dynasty	Character	Courtier.	This character gets +2 while you have claimed the or ring.
60	Mantis Seafarer		Conflict	Character	Bushi. Mantis Clan.	Air role only. Reaction: After this character wins a conflict, lose 1 honor – gain 1 fate. (Unlimited.)
55	Jurōjin's Curse		Conflict	Attachment	Spell. Void. Curse.	Void role only. Forced Interrupt: When the fate phase ends, if attached character is ready – resolve a second fate phase after this one. (Max 1 per round.)
53	Insult to Injury		Conflict	Event	—	Reaction: After a Duelist character you control wins a duel – dishonor the losing character.
56	Infiltrator		Conflict	Attachment	Follower.	Play only if the bid on your honor dial is higher than an opponent's. Action: During a conflict, look at the top card of an opponent's conflict deck – either immediately play that card as if it were in your hand or discard it.
46	Ikoma Ikehata		Dynasty	Character	Courtier.	Covert. Reaction: After this character wins a conflict, choose a character you control – honor that character. Draw 1 card.
52	Icon of Favor		Conflict	Attachment	Item.	Fire role only. While you have the Imperial Favor, attached character gets +1 glory. Reaction: After you win a conflict – honor attached character.
48	Chikai Order Protector		Dynasty	Character	Bushi. Yōjimbō.	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.
59	Breach of Etiquette		Conflict	Event	—	Action: During a conflict – until the end of the conflict, each time a player triggers an ability on a non-Courtier character, he or she loses 1 honor. (Max 1 per conflict.)
47	Ancestral Armory		Dynasty	Holding	—	Action: Sacrifice this holding, choose a Weapon attachment in your discard pile – return that attachment to your hand.