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Btw, shouldn't the cards be up on CardGameDB, since they come out next week in stores?

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Ikoma Ikehata* 3 cost lion 1/2 glory2 Courtier Covert Reaction: After this character wins a POL conflict, choose a character you control - honor that character. Draw 1 card.

Ancestral Armory +2 Str Lion holding Action: Sacrifice this holding, choose a Weapon attachment in your discard pile - return that attachment to your hand.

Chikai Order Protector 4 cost Phoenix 4/3 glory 1 Bushi Yojimbo 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.

Soshi Shiori * 5 cost Scorpion 2/5 glory 2 Shugenja Air Daimyo Reaction: After you win a conflict, choose a player - that player loses 1 honor. (Unlimited)

Icon of Favor 0 cost Crane attachment +0/+0 Item Fire role only. While you have the Imperial Favor, attached character has +1 Glory. Reaction: After you win a Fire conflict - honor attached character.

Jurojin's Curse 0 cost Phoenix attachment +0/+1 Spell Void Curse Void role only. Forced Interrupt: When the Fate phase ends, if attached character is ready - resolve another Fate phase after this one. (Max 1 per round)

Insult to Injury 0 cost Crane event Reaction: After a Duelist character you control wins a duel - Dishonor the losing character.

Infilitrator (shown in scorpion novel)

Breach of Etiquette 0 cost Neutral event Action: During a POL 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)

Mantis Seafarer 2 cost Neutral 2/1 glory 0 Bushi Mantis Clan Air role only. Reaction: After this character wins a conflict, lose 1 honor - gain 1 fate. (Unlimited)

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9 minutes ago, Danwarr said:

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First off, thanks; this is really helpful.

Second... * Ikoma Ikehata needs to die for that pun!

13 minutes ago, Mangod said:

Second... * Ikoma Ikehata needs to die for that pun!

I agree. Only Unicorns are allowed to make pony jokes.

Cards are now up on CardGameDB.

That Soshi is f-ing busted man.

Also, free Mono-No-Aware off that Phoenix attachment.

1 minute ago, shineyorkboy said:

That Soshi is f-ing busted man.

Really, how often are there resources enough to win all 4 conflicts? Realistically, you may get 1-2 per turn. That is assuming your opponent doesn't whiff on the dynasty phase.

But it's a guaranteed 1-2 per turn. On top of Scorpion's existing dishonor tech. It's like Backhanded Compliments that you don't get to draw cards from.

I guess thank the Kami Crab finally got decent access to Cloud the Mind this cycle.

People are going to have to change their bidding strategy...the always bid 5 has to be reigned in.

1 minute ago, Tomello said:

People are going to have to change their bidding strategy...the always bid 5 has to be reigned in.

The problem is if you give your Scorpion opponent that much of a hand advantage this card alone will end up draining most of the honor bump you get from it. What we need are more cards that punish your opponent for having a higher bid than you. Since that is the rumored sub-theme for next cycle maybe after it we'll see a change but until then it will be hard to break that meta.

So the Mantis that was mentioned, but not seen....

Not a bad card. Annoying that it is locked behind the Air Role (I will not sully my person with Crane Dynasty cards). Amusing that the Clan with an Air Role probably won't run it.

It'll be a fun card once we have a stronghold that lets us play all Mantis, regardless of Role.

No, my biggest problem is with the Art. I've been wondering for a while if FFG is dumping unused GoT art pieces on us. Seeker Initiate looks like a battle ready Spider and the first thing I thought of when I saw Kudaka was that Missandei had joined our Clan.

The only Mantis that the fictions/Art dept agree on is Yoritomo.

I have no problem with our beloved Mantis not looking Rokugani. But that hat has no business being anywhere near the Islands of Spice and Silk.

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The problem is if you give your Scorpion opponent that much of a hand advantage this card alone will end up draining most of the honor bump you get from it. What we need are more cards that punish your opponent for having a higher bid than you. Since that is the rumored sub-theme for next cycle maybe after it we'll see a change but until then it will be hard to break that meta.

Perhaps. Though some clans have character abilities that need to be supplemented with the conflict cards.

What I am getting at is bid 4 instead of 5 (depending on situation of course). You will see that character coming before the draw phase, so you can plan your bid accordingly. You know your hand and your board and not losing conflicts is a big part of the game generally.

6 minutes ago, Coyote Walks said:

I have no problem with our beloved Mantis not looking Rokugani. But that hat has no business being anywhere near the Islands of Spice and Silk.

My guess is its an attempt at one of these. I realize that they should be worn much lower on the head and cover most of the face, but closest analog i could find that could sort of fit for it.

Honestly, it looks similar to Korean style hats, which fits in with the darker skinned, less "traditional" (read: Western / American depictions of) Japanese feel that they have been using for the Mantis Clan. Which I like. Showing Rokugan to be a more ethnically diverse place is a good thing, as it moves the game further from the Orientalism hard-coded into it.

4 minutes ago, sndwurks said:

Honestly, it looks similar to Korean style hats, which fits in with the darker skinned, less "traditional" (read: Western / American depictions of) Japanese feel that they have been using for the Mantis Clan. Which I like. Showing Rokugan to be a more ethnically diverse place is a good thing, as it moves the game further from the Orientalism hard-coded into it.

Possibly a hybrid as Korean hats did tend towards flatter and smoother brims.

But that ki

16 minutes ago, sndwurks said:

Showing Rokugan to be a more ethnically diverse place is a good thing, as it moves the game further from the Orientalism hard-coded into it.

Is not about East vs. West. It's about being on a boat.

Unless you are sailing in arctic waters, why would anyone wear a (apparently) fur brimmed hat like this on a ship? On a mountain lake? Sure (during winter). Honestly, the only places I would think that hat fits in would be a mountain village or high altitude plains.

3 hours ago, Mangod said:

First off, thanks; this is really helpful.

Second... * Ikoma Ikehata needs to die for that pun!

Och, he's a bard in the mold of Ikoma himself.

15 hours ago, Coyote Walks said:

But that ki

Is not about East vs. West. It's about being on a boat.

Unless you are sailing in arctic waters, why would anyone wear a (apparently) fur brimmed hat like this on a ship? On a mountain lake? Sure (during winter). Honestly, the only places I would think that hat fits in would be a mountain village or high altitude plains.

Oh, so that’s a furry hat? I thought he has really big afro hair, and a fez on top of his head.

I think it's a combination of the odd angle we're seeing the hat and the art style...I believe our Mantis friend is wearing a form of Korean gat which was a (usually) wide-brimmed hat with conical top. It would probably be relatively lightweight and provide some protection from the sun, assuming it's a less translucent variant of the style.

ADD: Maybe we can ask the artist where they drew inspiration for the hat from. In a more tactful manner than straight up asking "what's wrong with his head/hat?"

14 hours ago, Tabris2k said:

Oh, so that’s a furry hat? I thought he has really big afro hair, and a fez on top of his head.

14 hours ago, Kaito Kikaze said:

I think it's a combination of the odd angle we're seeing the hat and the art style...I believe our Mantis friend is wearing a form of Korean gat which was a (usually) wide-brimmed hat with conical top. It would probably be relatively lightweight and provide some protection from the sun, assuming it's a less translucent variant of the style.

ADD: Maybe we can ask the artist where they drew inspiration for the hat from. In a more tactful manner than straight up asking "what's wrong with his head/hat?"

I think the angle of the piece, combined with the resolution, makes it difficult to tell if it's actually furred, or if we're just seeing the (smudged) inside of the brim.

I'm a little surprised he'd wear a gat instead of an ngob or plain sugegasa, though; it feels like the gat is associated with more "well-to-do" people than the Mantis are meant to invoke, if that makes sense.

8 hours ago, Mangod said:

I think the angle of the piece, combined with the resolution, makes it difficult to tell if it's actually furred, or if we're just seeing the (smudged) inside of the brim.

I'm a little surprised he'd wear a gat instead of an ngob or plain sugegasa, though; it feels like the gat is associated with more "well-to-do" people than the Mantis are meant to invoke, if that makes sense.

Despite everything, Mantis are still Samurai, which makes them upper class.