I don't know why you weren't expecting a stronghold this pack, they explicitly stated there would be a stronghold in the last pack in an article a couple months ago. And when there were a bunch of rumored uni cards that included several that were later verified, one of them was a stronghold with mechanics very similar to the lion stronghold. The lion stronghold is the name of a location that is in contention between the lion and unicorn clans right now in the stories (at least, so I've heard, I haven't really been keeping up with the stories due to the annoying absence of the dragon clan in them), therefore a lot of people theorize that the stronghold in the last pack will be a uni stronghold with the same name as the lion stronghold and a similar mechanic.

Also, as for the numbers thing, not all of the clans had an equal number of cards in the core or the imperial cycle, so clearly that isn't something the devs care all that much about so long as it's close enough, and they explicitly stated that fixing uni was a design goal for this cycle, so having 1 more uni card than anyone else would make sense as far as that goal goes, and given that the stronghold is something that a lot of people says is part of why uni does so poorly (personally, I think once there's enough cav peeps it will be a decently powered stronghold, but that's just me) a new stronghold for uni makes sense. Dragon getting a stronghold here doesn't make much sense, as much as it would make me happy if we did, as we're in the top three clans, and our current stronghold works decently for both our current deck themes, voltron and monks, so giving us a new one wouldn't accomplish much other than maybe push us to simply dominating the field (assuming it was a better one than the one we've got).

Actually, all the clans did have the same number of cards in the Imperial Cycle. They were split differently between packs and Conflict/Dynasty but everyone got 14. This cycle they're all getting 15, and less Neutrals. I do grant that Unicorn are one card down from the Core, which makes Unicorn Stronghold the only other feasible option.

So I have been thinking, a large amount of the pictures used in the fiction PDFs are straight from the card game and are often cards from that cycle. Could it be that 113 (Neutral Dynasty) is one of the Lost, as depicted in the most recent fiction?

24 minutes ago, Saibot said:

So I have been thinking, a large amount of the pictures used in the fiction PDFs are straight from the card game and are often cards from that cycle. Could it be that 113 (Neutral Dynasty) is one of the Lost, as depicted in the most recent fiction?

That was the art for Daigotsu Miki in the old game.

Which means that it is an art asset FFG acquired when they bought L5R.

While it is certainly one of the old art pieces that FFG acquired, it's a fair point that most if not all of the art used in the fiction has made an appearance as card. I personally do hope that this one turns out to be a card in the cycle, even if it ends up not being one that I personally would play. (but hey, if it's good, maybe I will?)

1 hour ago, Kaito Kikaze said:

While it is certainly one of the old art pieces that FFG acquired, it's a fair point that most if not all of the art used in the fiction has made an appearance as card. I personally do hope that this one turns out to be a card in the cycle, even if it ends up not being one that I personally would play. (but hey, if it's good, maybe I will?)

I've actually been keeping track of this: there's 4 bits of art on fiction from this cycle that we haven't seen on cards yet:

• In A Crane Takes Flight there's a very fancy sword with Crane surroundings.
• In Gaze into Darkness there's a vibrant green potion bottle
• In Kurosunai Village there's that Lost you mentioned as well as the image of the farm.

I think the sword in the Crane fiction was originally The Heavenly Blade of the Crane, a Celestial-legal card.

21 hours ago, Kaito Kikaze said:

While it is certainly one of the old art pieces that FFG acquired, it's a fair point that most if not all of the art used in the fiction has made an appearance as card. I personally do hope that this one turns out to be a card in the cycle, even if it ends up not being one that I personally would play. (but hey, if it's good, maybe I will?)

YOU WILL PLAY IT AND YOU WILL LIKE IT!!!!!!

I was really excited to see Miki show up and I'm really hoping that the trend of art pieces in fiction turning into real cards continues.

37 minutes ago, Ishi Tonu said:

YOU WILL PLAY IT AND YOU WILL LIKE IT!!!!!!

I was really excited to see Miki show up and I'm really hoping that the trend of art pieces in fiction turning into real cards continues.

The trend is pretty real, a lot of the art in the fiction (most I think) has shown up as a card so far so I would not be surprised to see Miki drop.

50 minutes ago, cforfar said:

The trend is pretty real, a lot of the art in the fiction (most I think) has shown up as a card so far so I would not be surprised to see Miki drop.

I just hope that Miki doesn't get the Wandering Ronin treatment.

1 hour ago, cforfar said:

The trend is pretty real, a lot of the art in the fiction (most I think) has shown up as a card so far so I would not be surprised to see Miki drop.

There's actually more than I thought that haven't been used yet. For details, see this:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15PAhpbD0pbV-oefO1b137xHbX3xJlYBnhRi6IW5rbbE/edit?usp=sharing

I make it 18 images with no cards, out of 99, which is almost 1 in 5!

And the winner of the "Who pooped in Ishi Tonu's cornflakes award" is........

51 minutes ago, Tonbo Karasu said:

There's actually more than I thought that haven't been used yet. For details, see this:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15PAhpbD0pbV-oefO1b137xHbX3xJlYBnhRi6IW5rbbE/edit?usp=sharing

I make it 18 images with no cards, out of 99, which is almost 1 in 5!

So then 4/5 of the art have been turned into cards then!

35 minutes ago, Ishi Tonu said:

And the winner of the "Who pooped in Ishi Tonu's cornflakes award" is........

Nobody!

14 minutes ago, cforfar said:

So then 4/5 of the art have been turned into cards then!

Nobody!

I would have thought that you'd be excited that there's also art of some sort of necromancy happening.

1 minute ago, Tonbo Karasu said:

I would have thought that you'd be excited that there's also art of some sort of necromancy happening.

Wrong person to quote? I was simply pointing out that a vast majority of art has been turned into cards so that Ishi Tono would be happy about it because it seems like a real chance to get his card made ?

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And because he is so awesome (and a Champion, hehehe):

Just now, Coyote Walks said:

Holy #$%balls!

For when Rally to the Cause isn't enough.

If you want to stop visiting the unsecured CardgameDB, you can use this link: http://ffgapp.com/qr/L5C12, but replace the last two digits with the product number (Core is 01, Cycle 1 is 2-7, Phoenix is 8, Cycle 2 is 9-14, etc.

When is the skill bonus for Disguised Protector set? When the ability is triggered, or when the conflict is resolved?

The price of Pathfinder Blades just went up in Rokugan...

8 hours ago, Daigotsu Bakunin said:

When is the skill bonus for Disguised Protector set? When the ability is triggered, or when the conflict is resolved?

Most abilities have their effects set when the ability is triggered.

New spoiler:

All and Nothing

0 cost Phoenix Event

Spell Void

Interrupt: When you would resolve the effects of the Void ring , choose another ring - resolve the effect of the other ring. Draw a card.

2 Influence #95 common

4 minutes ago, BayushiFugu said:

New spoiler:

All and Nothing

0 cost Phoenix Event

Spell Void

Interrupt: When you would resolve the effects of the Void ring , choose another ring - resolve the effect of the other ring. Draw a card.

2 Influence #95 common

"Hello, I am Kaede, and I approve of this card."

Does this mean "resolve instead" or "resolve in addition to"?