These might not get posted to the official site until after GenCon, so here
they are!
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Clarifications:
Not cumulative: Similarly to States, (see Year of the Dragon Rulebook, p. 85) an Event (or other effect) that is not cumulative gives no
additional benefit to a card that is currently affected by another
copy of that Event.
If the effect does not have a duration, (for instance, if it lets you draw cards) then no extra benefit is gained if more than one copy
resolves in a single scene.
New Restrictions:
No Max: You may have more than 5 copies of this card in a deck.
New Rules:
Faceoff: A Faceoff represents one Character seeking out another to fight in one-on-one combat for personal reasons, without anybody else
getting involved.
An effect that creates a Faceoff may not be played during an attack. When a Faceoff effect resolves, the game cuts away from the main
action, and the two Characters enter combat. Once the combat has ended, and anything resulting from it has resolved, the game cuts back
to the main action, which resumes where it left off.
If one of the Characters is in play at the end of combat, and the other was smoked by combat damage, then the controller of the survivor
is the winner, and a beneficial effect will usually be triggered.
For answers to some possible questions on Faceoffs, see the other rules card.
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Answers to Your Faceoff Questions
For the basic information on Faceoffs, see the other rules card.
Unlike combat during attacks, there is only one scene before the Characters actually enter combat. In addition to normal effects,
effects that can only be played prior to combat, such as redirecting combat damage, can be played at this time.
If, before combat damage is inflicted, either Character leaves play or changes controllers, the Faceoff ends immediately.
A Faceoff is not an attack, and neither Character is attacking or intercepting. (So Ambush, Tactics, and other abilities that require
you to be attacking or intercepting won't work.)
The combat takes place at the location of the opponent's Character. Your character moves to that location at the beginning of
the Faceoff, and returns to its prior location at the end. This is not considered to be "changing location" for the purposes of other game
effects. (Your Character will also move to follow the other if it changes location during the
Faceoff.)
Any unresolved effects remaining in the Faceoff's original scene resolve normally after the Faceoff is completed. During the
Faceoff, they cannot be canceled or otherwise directly interfered with. (So,
Confucian Stability and Brain Fire could not be used on them, but you could still smoke a Vivisector's victim to prevent the power being
gained.)
The Cards
18 Bronze Men
Type: State
Subtitle: State
Faction: Guiding Hand
Cost: [Hand] [Hand] 2
Limited. Play on a front-row Site. All non-Unique <Shaolin>, <Martial>, and
<Kung> <Fu> Characters you control gain +1 Fighting.
Artist: Aaron Boyd
Rarity: Uncommon
Ancient Grove
Type: Site
Subtitle: Site
Cost: 2
Provides: [Chi] [Chi]
Generates: 1
Body: 5
Tag: These bamboo shoots are the mirror of your soul, warrior. When you
understand why, you will find the path to mastery.
Artist: Nene Thomas
Rarity: Common
Ancient Monument
Type: Feng Shui Site
Subtitle: Feng Shui Site
Generates: 1
Body: 12
Inflict 1 damage on this Site when an attack is declared against it.
Tag: Its placid beauty is camouflage for the danger that lies within.
Artist: Andrew Baker
Rarity: Common
Bear vs. Fox
Type: Event
Subtitle: Event
Faction: Guiding Hand
Cost: [Hand] [Hand] 1
Faceoff. Turn a Character you control and target an opponent's Character with
Fighting no lower than two less than yours. The winner may play one Event
this turn, at no cost and ignoring resource conditions, from the loser's
smoked pile.
Artist: Kenneth Waters
Rarity: Uncommon
Big Mack
Type: Character
Subtitle: Bar-Room Brawler
Faction: Dragons
Cost: [Dra] [Dra] [Dra] 4
Provides: [Dra]
Fighting: 6
Unique. Toughness: 1. Inflicts +3 damage on Sites.
Tag: "Put it on my tab."
Artist: Mark Poole
Rarity: Rare
Butterfly Swords
Type: State
Subtitle: State
Cost: [Chi] 1
Weapon. Subject Character inflicts +3 damage.
Tag: Deadly in trained hands.
Artist: Steve Bryant
Rarity: Common
Carnival of Carnage
Type: Event
Subtitle: Event
Faction: Dragons
Cost: [Dra] 1
Until the end of the turn, when any Character is smoked, you may inflict 1
damage on any Character in play. Each damage inflicted by Carnival of Carnage
is considered a separate source of damage.
Tag: There's always one more guy to kill.
Artist: Drew Tucker
Rarity: Common
Charge of the Rhino
Type: Character
Subtitle: Lodge Enforcer
Faction: Ascended
Cost: [Asc] [Asc] 4
Provides: [Asc]
Fighting: 6
When Charge of the Rhino smokes a Character by inflicting combat damage, you
may inflict 1 damage on any card at its location.
Tag: They bring new meaning to the word "unsubtle".
Artist: Paul "Prof" Herbert
Rarity: Uncommon
Charmed Life
Type: State
Subtitle: State
Faction: Dragons
Cost: [Dra] 1
Subject Character is not affected by effects that would smoke it. Subject can
still be smoked due to damage.
Tag: Dragons have to be lucky _and_ good to last long.
Artist: Kaja Foglio
Rarity: Uncommon
Chen Sho Kung
Type: Character
Subtitle: Master Swordsman
Faction: Guiding Hand
Cost: [Hand] [Hand] [Hand] [Hand] 5
Provides: [Hand]
Fighting: 6
Unique. Once per turn, you may sacrifice a <Sword> State on Chen Sho Kung to
reduce all damage dealt to him by a single source to 0. All <Swordsman>
Characters you control gain +1 Fighting.
Artist: Paul "Prof" Herbert
Rarity: Rare
Chinese Doctor
Type: Character
Subtitle: Wise Physician
Faction: Dragons
Cost: [Dra] 1
Provides: [Dra]
Fighting: 1
Turn to heal target Character.
Tag: "Lucky they only shot you in the head. Next time they might hit
something important."
Artist: Andi Rusu
Rarity: Common
Coil of the Snake
Type: Character
Subtitle: Lodge Assassin
Faction: Ascended
Cost: [Asc] [Asc] 3
Provides: [Asc]
Fighting: 4
Stealth. When you turn Coil of the Snake to attack, you may discard and draw a card.
Tag: Quick, clean, lethal.
Artist: Brian Rood
Rarity: Common
Commander Corliss
Type: Character
Subtitle: TacOps Officer
Faction: Architects of the Flesh
Cost: [Arch] [Arch] [Arch] 2
Provides: [Arch]
Fighting: 6
Unique. Can only be played at any time during an opponent's Main Shot. You do
not generate any Power during your next Establishing Shot after you play this card.
Artist: Mark Evans
Rarity: Rare
Contingency Plans
Type: Event
Subtitle: Event
Faction: Ascended
Cost: [Asc] [Asc] [Asc] 0
Limited. Play when a Feng Shui Site you control is seized or burned :: Play a
Feng Shui Site face-up at no cost.
Tag: "To be prepared for any contingency is the greatest of virtues." - Sun Tzu
Artist: Andrew Baker
Rarity: Uncommon
Dark's Soft Whisper
Type: Event
Subtitle: Event
Cost: [Chi] 0
Play when an attack you declared fails and an opponent is one Feng Shui Site
away from victory or closer to victory than you. Gain 2 Power.
Tag: Defeat becomes victory. The wheel turns.
Artist: Heather Hudson
Rarity: Common
Doctor Shen
Type: Character
Subtitle: Martial Artist
Faction: Dragons
Cost: [Dra] [Dra] 5
Provides: [Dra] [Chi]
Fighting: 7
Unique. Toughness: 1. At the end of combat, you may heal one damage from any
other Character for each combat damage he inflicted on a Character.
Tag: "First, do no harm" is not his motto.
Artist: David Fooden
Rarity: Rare
Dragon Boat Festival
Type: Edge
Subtitle: Edge
Faction: Guiding Hand
Cost: [Hand] [Hand] [Hand] 1
Limited. Comes into play turned. While this card is unturned, each player's
hand size is increased by 2.
Tag: A tribute to the drowned scholar Chu Yuan.
Artist: Dennis Calero
Rarity: Promo
Dragon Dojo
Type: Site
Subtitle: Site
Faction: Dragons
Cost: 2
Provides: [Dra]
Generates: 1
Body: 5
You may draw a card when you play a <Student>, <Master>, or <Teacher>
Character at this location. This effect is not cumulative.
Tag: "Here, we teach discipline, philosophy, and how to kick butt."
Artist: Brian Rood
Rarity: Common
Dragon Mountain
Type: Feng Shui Site
Subtitle: Feng Shui Site
Generates: 1
Body: 7
Unique. Toughness: 1.
Tag: The dragon is hidden in the land. Its scales say, "Do not act."
Artist: Bryon Wackwitz
Rarity: Rare
Eagle vs. Snake
Type: Event
Subtitle: Event
Faction: Guiding Hand
Cost: [Hand] [Hand] 1
Faceoff. Turn a Character you control and target an opponent's Character with
Fighting no lower than two less than yours. The winner may draw three cards.
Tag: Rachel was fast. Su Yin was faster.
Artist: Val Mayerik
Rarity: Uncommon
Elephant Gun
Type: State
Subtitle: State
Cost: 2
Weapon. Subject Character inflicts +5 damage.
Tag: "Even Katie was impressed."
Artist: Chris Chuckry
Rarity: Promo
Faked Death
Type: Event
Subtitle: Event
Faction: Ascended
Cost: [Asc] 0
Return a Character from your smoked pile to your hand.
Tag: The Lodge can write you a death certificate any time they want.
Artist: L. A. Williams
Rarity: Common
Feng Kan
Type: Character
Subtitle: Wind Demon
Faction: Eaters of the Lotus
Cost: [Lot] [Lot] [Mag] 4
Provides: [Lot] [Mag]
Fighting: 5
You may play Feng Kan at -1 cost for each opponent who controls more
Characters than you do.
Tag: "Who can see the wind before it arrives?"
Artist: Paul "Prof" Herbert
Rarity: Uncommon
Fire Infiltrator
Type: Character
Subtitle: Netherworld Subversive
Faction: Four Monarchs
Cost: [Mon] 2
Provides: [Mon]
Fighting: 2
+1 Fighting if you have [Chi] resources in your pool.
Tag: Li Ting saw the Muslim rebellion as an opportunity to establish his
twisted version in China.
Artist: Jim Pavelec
Rarity: Common
Fist of the Bear
Type: Character
Subtitle: Lodge Enforcer
Faction: Ascended
Cost: [Asc] [Asc] 4
Provides: [Asc]
Fighting: 6
Toughness: 1.
Tag: Thalnasser chose brute force as the best way to deal with the Hand.
Artist: Paul "Prof" Herbert
Rarity: Uncommon
Flying Kick
Type: Event
Subtitle: Event
Faction: Dragons
Cost: [Dra] 1
Target Character gains Superleap until the end of the turn.
Tag: "Yeah, yeah, we'll give it back to the Hand when we're done with it."
Artist: Margaret Organ-Kean
Rarity: Common
Flying Monkey Squad
Type: Character
Subtitle: Guerrilla Gorillas
Faction: Jammers
Cost: [Jam] [Jam] [Jam] [Tech] 3
Provides: [Jam] [Tech]
Fighting: 3
Independent. Superleap.
Tag: You're not in Kansas anymore.
Artist: Anthony Grabski
Rarity: Common
Fong Sai Yuk
Type: Character
Subtitle: Martial Artist
Faction: Guiding Hand
Cost: [Hand] [Hand] [Hand] [Hand] 6
Provides: [Hand] [Chi]
Fighting: 9
Unique. Superleap. The rules text of the back-row Site at the location of the
target of Fong Sai Yuk's attack is canceled until the end of the turn.
Artist: Brian Rood
Rarity: Rare
Forgotten Shrine
Type: Feng Shui Site
Subtitle: Feng Shui Site
Generates: 1
Body: 6
Turn and maintain and target an opponent's Site :: That Site takes two damage
when it is turned.
Tag: "...Lost to all but the lone monk whose duty was to tend it."
Artist: Melissa Benson
Rarity: Common
Fortune of the Turtle
Type: State
Subtitle: State
Cost: [Chi] 1
Subject Character is not affected by Events played by an opponent.
Tag: The turtle symbolizes protection, caution, and forethought.
Artist: Jeff Menges
Rarity: Uncommon
Four Sorrows Island
Type: Feng Shui Site
Subtitle: Feng Shui Site
Generates: 1
Body: 6
Unique. Cannot be healed except when seized. Except during an attack on this
card, turn and inflict 2 damage on it and target a Character :: Target may
not intercept until the end of the turn.
Artist: Jason Millet
Rarity: Rare
General Senggelinqin
Type: Character
Subtitle: Manchu Military Mastermind
Faction: Ascended
Cost: [Asc] [Asc] [Asc] 4
Provides: [Asc]
Fighting: 7
Unique. Tactics. Once during your Main Shot, you may sacrifice a <Soldier>
Character to play a <Commandant>, <Colonel>, or <Officer> Character from your
hand or smoked pile at -X cost. X= the cost of the sacrificed Character.
Artist: Mark Evans
Rarity: Rare
Geoscan Report
Type: Event
Subtitle: Event
Faction: Architects of the Flesh
Cost: [Arch] [Arch] 1
Limited. Target a Site controlled by an opponent. Reveal that Site.
Characters you control inflict +2 damage on that Site until the end of the turn.
Tag: "The survey teams started complaining after the Temple incident."
Artist: Andrew Barlow
Rarity: Common
Gong Wei
Type: Character
Subtitle: Reformed Bandit
Faction: Guiding Hand
Cost: [Hand] [Hand] 4
Provides: [Hand]
Fighting: 6
Unique. Once during your Main Shot, you may sacrifice a <Rebel>, <Rabble>, or
<Peasant> Character to return a [Hand] Event from your smoked pile to your
hand.
Artist: Chris Chuckry
Rarity: Rare
Hartwell Iron Works
Type: Feng Shui Site
Subtitle: Feng Shui Site
Generates: 1
Body: 6
Unique. When any Character enters combat with this card, inflict 1 damage on
that Character. (Before combat damage is dealt.)
Tag: A dangerous place, even for the wary.
Artist: Jason Millet
Rarity: Rare
Healing Earth
Type: Event
Subtitle: Event
Cost: [Chi] 0
Remove up to X damage from cards you control. X= the number of [Chi]
resources in your pool.
Tag: The regenerative powers of the earth are triggered by the transcendent
soul.
Artist: Nicola Leonard
Rarity: Common
Heaven's Peak
Type: Feng Shui Site
Subtitle: Feng Shui Site
Generates: 1
Body: 8
Unique. You may draw a card when an opponent turns a Character to change
location or to generate an effect.
Tag: "Chi follows the winds of fate."
Artist: Ken Meyer, Jr.
Rarity: Rare
Hermes
Type: Character
Subtitle: Purist Agent
Faction: Architects of the Flesh
Cost: [Arch] [Arch] 1
Provides: [Arch] [Mag]
Fighting: 1
Unique. Turn to draw 1 card, or 3 cards if "Malachi" is in play.
Tag: "The seeds of the critical shift have been planted..."
Artist: Lissanne Lake
Rarity: Rare
Homemade Grenade
Type: State
Subtitle: State
Faction: Jammers
Cost: [Jam] 1
Weapon. Sacrifice Homemade Grenade and flip 3 coins :: Inflict one damage on
all opponents' Characters at subject Character's location for each Heads.
Tag: "I'm pretty sure the bit that fell out wasn't the pin."
Artist: Chris Chuckry
Rarity: Common
Iala Mane
Type: Character
Subtitle: Blind Master
Faction: Dragons
Cost: [Dra] [Dra] [Dra] 4
Provides: [Dra] [Chi]
Fighting: 3
Unique. Iala Mane can attack during an opponent's turn. All [Dra] Characters
you control gain +1 Fighting and Independent.
Tag: Operation: Killdeer left some loose ends.
Artist: Paul "Prof" Herbert
Rarity: Rare
Impoverished Monk
Type: Character
Subtitle: Dedicated Martial Artist
Faction: Guiding Hand
Cost: [Hand] [Hand] 2
Provides: [Hand] [Chi]
Fighting: 2
Gains Toughness: 1 and Superleap while you have no Power. You may not play
non-[chi] States on Impoverished Monk.
Tag: They renounce worldly things for true mastery.
Artist: Jason Millet
Rarity: Common
Infernal Plot
Type: Event
Subtitle: Event
Faction: Eaters of the Lotus
Cost: [Lot] [Lot] [Lot] 3
One-Shot. Play during your Main Shot. Target opponent discards his or her
hand. Choose X cards from that player's smoked pile, and put them in his or
her hand. X= the number of cards discarded.
Tag: "You need not kill them. Just distract them."
Artist: Ron Rousselle
Rarity: Uncommon
Instrument of the Hand
Type: Character
Subtitle: Martial Artist
Faction: Guiding Hand
Cost: 2
Provides: [Hand] [Chi]
Fighting: 2
Tag: "Even the noodle lady turned out to be a guerrilla fighting against the
foreign powers."
Artist: Quinton Hoover
Rarity: Common
Into the Light
Type: Event
Subtitle: Event
Faction: Guiding Hand
Cost: [Hand] 1
Return one card from your smoked pile to your hand.
Tag: The Perfect Master's Principle of Reversal teaches us that great defeat
must precede profound victory.
Artist: Kaja Foglio
Rarity: Common
Invincible Chi
Type: Event
Subtitle: Event
Cost: [Chi] [Chi] [Chi] 1
Play during your turn. Choose States, Edges, or Sites. Cancel the effects and
rules text of all cards of that type until the end of the turn.
Artist: Douglas Shuler
Rarity: Uncommon
"I Will Avenge You!"
Type: Event
Subtitle: Event
Faction: Dragons
Cost: [Dra] [Dra] 1
Limited. Play when a Character you control is smoked by an attacker or Event
controlled by an opponent. Search through your deck for a Character. Show
that card to your opponents and put it into your hand. Reshuffle.
Artist: Thomas Gianni
Rarity: Common
Jade Wheel Society
Type: Character
Subtitle: Secret Society
Faction: Ascended
Cost: 1
Provides: [Asc]
Fighting: 1
Sacrifice Jade Wheel Society, except during an attack, to discard up to two cards.
Tag: The foundation of the Ascended's power in China.
Artist: Jeff Reitz
Rarity: Common
Jenny Zheng
Type: Character
Subtitle: Promising Student
Faction: Dragons
Cost: [Dra] [Dra] [Dra] 2
Provides: [Dra] [Chi]
Fighting: 2
Unique. Superleap.
Tag: "Nyaaah, nyaaah!!!"
Artist: Kaja Foglio
Rarity: Uncommon
Jiang Xushen
Type: Character
Subtitle: Fire Infiltrator
Faction: Four Monarchs
Cost: [Mon] [Mon] 4
Provides: [Mon] [Chi]
Fighting: 6
Unique. You may inflict 1 damage on any card in play when any player plays a
[Chi] State or [Chi] Event.
Tag: He plays a deadly game with the Hand.
Artist: Mark Evans
Rarity: Rare
Juan "El Tigre" Velasquez
Type: Character
Subtitle: Lodge Killer
Faction: Ascended
Cost: [Asc] [Asc] [Asc] 5
Provides: [Asc]
Fighting: 6
Unique. Stealth. Superleap.
Tag: "I'm going to rip your heart out, old man!"
Artist: Ravindra Rana
Rarity: Rare
Katie Kincaid
Type: Character
Subtitle: Gunfighter
Faction: Dragons
Cost: [Dra] [Dra] 4
Provides: [Dra]
Fighting: 6
Unique. If Katie Kincaid is the subject of a <Gun> State, flip a coin when
she enters combat. Heads: she gains Ambush until the end of combat.
Artist: Edward Beard, Jr.
Rarity: Rare
Kiii-YAAAH!
Type: Event
Subtitle: Event
Faction: Dragons
Cost: [Dra] [Dra] 0
Play during your Main Shot. Steal up to 3 Power from target opponent who
controls three or more Power-generating Sites.
Artist: Douglas Shuler
Rarity: Common
King on the Water
Type: State
Subtitle: State
Cost: [Chi] [Chi] 0
Sacrifice King on the Water and target a Character :: Target Character may
not intercept subject Character until the end of the turn.
Tag: "Strike water, and it only flows around your fist."
Artist: Ken Meyer, Jr.
Rarity: Common
Kinoshita
Type: Character
Subtitle: Lodge Chairperson
Faction: Ascended
Cost: [Asc] [Asc] [Asc] [Asc] 5
Provides: [Asc] [Asc]
Fighting: 7
Unique. Stealth. Assassinate. Pay 1 Power during your Main Shot to turn
target Character.
Tag: "Our brethren from the future need a lesson in humility."
Artist: Brian Rood
Rarity: Rare
Koko Chanel
Type: Character
Subtitle: Master of Monkey Style
Faction: Jammers
Cost: [Jam] [Jam] [Jam] 4
Provides: [Jam]
Fighting: 5
Unique. Not a legal subject for States. Can attack during an opponent's turn.
Unturns at the start of the turn of any player who is closer to victory.
Tag: High explosives go with everything.
Artist: Mark Evans
Rarity: Rare
Lai Kuang
Type: Character
Subtitle: Eunuch Sorcerer
Faction: Eaters of the Lotus
Cost: [Lot] [Lot] 5
Provides: [Lot] [Mag]
Fighting: 8
Unique. When an opponent smokes Lai Kuang, you may play a <Demon> Character
at -3 cost.
Tag: "In killing me, you have only doomed yourselves!"
Artist: Ron Rousselle
Rarity: Rare
Larcenous Fog
Type: State
Subtitle: State
Faction: Eaters of the Lotus
Cost: [Lot] [Mag] 2
Play on a Site. Treat subject's rules text as if it were blank.
Tag: The land itself forgets what it is.
Artist: Thomas Gianni
Rarity: Common
Larcenous Mist
Type: Event
Subtitle: Event
Cost: [Mag] [Mag] 0
Until the end of the turn, treat the rules text of target Character and all
States on or later played on target as blank.
Tag: The mists rob you of both sight and self.
Artist: Nene Thomas
Rarity: Common
Legacy of the Master
Type: State
Subtitle: State
Cost: [Chi] 0
Play on a Character you control. When subject leaves play, you may place all
States on subject that you control, other than "Legacy of the Master", onto a
Character you control.
Tag: "You are now ready to learn the true art."
Artist: Mark Pennington
Rarity: Uncommon
Li Sen-Hao
Type: Character
Subtitle: Master of the Mantis Style
Faction: Guiding Hand
Cost: [Hand] [Hand] [Hand] 5
Provides: [Hand] [Chi]
Fighting: 8
Unique. Discard a [Chi] card from your hand :: Remove 1 damage from Li
Sen-Hao, or Li Sen-Hao inflicts +1 damage to Characters until the end of the turn.
Artist: Val Mayerik
Rarity: Rare
Li Yu
Type: Character
Subtitle: Fire Demon
Faction: Eaters of the Lotus
Cost: [Lot] [Lot] [Mag] 4
Provides: [Lot]
Fighting: 6
Not affected by opponents' 0-cost Events, States, and Edges.
Tag: The wrath of the volcano unleashed.
Artist: Paul "Prof" Herbert
Rarity: Uncommon
Lodge Politics
Type: Event
Subtitle: Event
Faction: Ascended
Cost: [Asc] 1
Take control of target [Asc] card that is not a <Lodge> Character.
Tag: A thousand years of consensus ends now.
Artist: Melissa Benson
Rarity: Uncommon
Malachi
Type: Character
Subtitle: Purist Agent
Faction: Eaters of the Lotus
Cost: [Lot] [Lot] 1
Provides: [Lot] [Mag]
Fighting: 1
Unique. Turn to inflict 1 damage on any Character in play, or 3 damage if
"Hermes" is in play.
Tag: "If the Lotus fail, they create our eventual victory."
Artist: Lissanne Lake
Rarity: Rare
Manchu Bureaucrat
Type: Character
Subtitle: Corrupt Official
Faction: Ascended
Cost: [Asc] 1
Provides: [Asc]
Fighting: 1
All effects that target Edges you control are canceled. Turn and sacrifice to
return an Edge from your smoked pile to your hand.
Tag: "Hitmen I can handle, but bureaucrats scare me!"
Artist: David Fooden
Rarity: Uncommon
Manchu Garrison
Type: Site
Subtitle: Site
Faction: Ascended
Cost: 2
Provides: [Asc]
Generates: 1
Body: 5
Turn to give a <Manchu> or <Soldier> Character +1 Fighting until the end of
the turn.
Tag: The Lodge uses the Manchu government to keep China in a stranglehold.
Artist: Andrew Barlow
Rarity: Common
Manchu Officer
Type: Character
Subtitle: Military Commandant
Faction: Ascended
Cost: [Asc] 3
Provides: [Asc]
Fighting: 4
Once each turn, unturn Manchu Officer when any player plays a <Soldier>,
<Manchu>, or <Commandant> card.
Artist: Thomas Gianni
Rarity: Common
Manchu Soldiers
Type: Character
Subtitle: Imperial Pawns
Faction: Ascended
Cost: 1
Provides: [Asc]
Fighting: 1
No Max. +1 Fighting if you control a <General> Character.
Tag: What they lack in skill, they make up for in numbers.
Artist: Jim Pavelec
Rarity: Common
Market Square
Type: Feng Shui Site
Subtitle: Feng Shui Site
Generates: 1
Body: 4
Gain 1 Power when an attack is declared against this card.
Tag: "To the merchants, invaders are just more customers."
Artist: Ron Rousselle
Rarity: Common
Master Blacksmith
Type: Character
Subtitle: Industrious Peasant
Faction: Guiding Hand
Cost: [Hand] [Hand] 2
Provides: [Hand]
Fighting: 2
You may ignore resource conditions when playing <Sword> States. Turn to
return a <Sword> State from your smoked pile to your hand.
Tag: "The heart of China is in its farmers and craftsmen."
Artist: Jason Millet
Rarity: Uncommon
Master Killer
Type: State
Subtitle: State
Faction: Guiding Hand
Cost: [Hand] [Hand] [Hand] 2
Unique. Subject Character gains +1 Fighting and cannot be intercepted by
non-Unique Characters. When subject is smoked by one or more Characters,
return Master Killer to play on one of those Characters.
Tag: Confucian values don't always include pacifism.
Artist: Jason Millet
Rarity: Uncommon
Master Swordsman
Type: Character
Subtitle: Righteous Warrior
Faction: Guiding Hand
Cost: [Hand] [Hand] 3
Provides: [Hand] [Chi]
Fighting: 4
+1 Fighting while the subject of a <Sword> State. While the subject of a
Weapon, his damage cannot be reduced.
Tag: "True patriots lend their blades to our cause."
Artist: Mark Evans
Rarity: Common
Might of the Elephant
Type: Character
Subtitle: Lodge Enforcer
Faction: Ascended
Cost: 4
Provides: [Asc]
Fighting: X
X= the number of [Asc] resources in your pool.
Tag: "Our strength comes from our unity."
Artist: Mark Poole
Rarity: Uncommon
Miu Tsui Fa
Type: Character
Subtitle: Butt-Kicking Mom
Faction: Guiding Hand
Cost: [Hand] [Hand] 3
Provides: [Hand]
Fighting: 3
Unique. +X fighting. X= the number of damage counters on other [Hand]
Characters you control.
Tag: Sai Yuk's mom was a butt-kicking machine, too.
Artist: Mark Evans
Rarity: Rare
Mo' Monkeys, Mo' Problems
Type: Edge
Subtitle: Edge
Faction: Jammers
Cost: [Jam] [Jam] 0
Limited. Draw a card when you play a <Monkey>, <Ape>, <Chimp>, <Gorilla>, or
<Simian> card.
Tag: More fun than a temple full of monkeys.
Artist: Kenneth Waters
Rarity: Uncommon
"Monkey" Chang
Type: Character
Subtitle: Transformed Martial Artist
Faction: Ascended
Cost: [Asc] [Asc] 5
Provides: [Chi]
Fighting: 7
Unique. When "Monkey" Chang turns to attack, you may choose two Characters in
play :: those Characters cannot intercept him during this attack.
Artist: Kenneth Waters
Rarity: Rare
Mouth of the Fire Righteous
Type: Character
Subtitle: Netherworld Master
Faction: Four Monarchs
Cost: [Mon] [Mon] [Mon] 5
Provides: [Mon] [Chi]
Fighting: 7
Unique. When <Fire> Characters at this location turn to attack, they gain +1
Fighting until end of turn. Once per turn, you may pay 1 Power to inflict 3
damage on a Character at this location.
Artist: David Fooden
Rarity: Rare
Mr. X
Type: Character
Subtitle: Lodge Mastermind
Faction: Ascended
Cost: [Asc] [Asc] 3
Provides: [Asc]
Fighting: 1
Unique. Turn and maintain to take control of a Character with a cost no
greater than 3.
Tag: "I have places to go and people to be."
Artist: Phil Foglio
Rarity: Rare
Natraj Thalnasser
Type: Character
Subtitle: Lodge Warlord
Faction: Ascended
Cost: [Asc] [Asc] [Asc] [Asc] 6
Provides: [Asc]
Fighting: 8
Unique. Guts. Cannot be healed by other cards. Except at the end of a turn,
Natraj Thalnasser is not smoked if his Fighting is 0.
Tag: "No, don't shoot him; you'll just make him mad."
Artist: Kenneth Waters
Rarity: Rare
Novice Students
Type: Character
Subtitle: Fledgling Martial Artists
Faction: Dragons
Cost: [Dra] [Dra] 3
Provides: [Dra]
Fighting: 4
Generates 1 Power during your Establishing Shot while damaged.
Tag: Once they learn the harsh lessons of the Secret War, they will be a
force to be reckoned with.
Artist: Brian Rood
Rarity: Uncommon
Old Man Wu
Type: Character
Subtitle: Master of the Monkey Style
Faction: Guiding Hand
Cost: [Hand] [Hand] 5
Provides: [Hand] [Chi]
Fighting: 6
Unique. You may redirect exactly 1 damage from each source that would damage
Old Man Wu to any Character in play.
Tag: "I never thought you were this big a fool, boy."
Artist: Kenneth Waters
Rarity: Rare
Old Uncle
Type: Character
Subtitle: Martial Artist
Faction: Dragons
Cost: [Dra] [Dra] 3
Provides: [Dra]
Fighting: 4
When you turn this card to attack, you may draw 2 cards. This effect is not
cumulative.
Tag: He still knows a few tricks.
Artist: Pamela Eklund
Rarity: Common
Opium Den
Type: Site
Subtitle: Hood Site
Faction: Ascended
Cost: [Asc] [Asc] 2
Provides: [Asc]
Generates: 1
Body: 5
Limited. Turn and maintain to give target Character -2 damage while it is not attacking.
Tag: "Control the masses, you control the nation."
Artist: David Fooden
Rarity: Uncommon
Order of the Wheel
Type: Character
Subtitle: Secret Society
Faction: Ascended
Cost: 2
Provides: [Asc]
Fighting: 2
Sacrifice Order of the Wheel, except during an attack, to draw up to two
cards.
Tag: Foreign merchants, diplomats, and officers, all in the service of the
Lodge.
Artist: Jeff Reitz
Rarity: Common
Order Out of Chaos
Type: Event
Subtitle: Event
Faction: Guiding Hand
Cost: [Hand] [Hand] [Chi] [Chi] 0
Limited. Look at the top 5 cards of your deck. You may toast as many of these
cards as you wish. Return the remaining cards to the top of your deck in any order.
Tag: "The revolutions will break the Lodge and allow us to reclaim the
Mandate of Heaven."
Artist: April Lee
Rarity: Uncommon
Path of the Clever Fox
Type: State
Subtitle: State
Cost: [Chi] [Chi] [Chi] 2
Schtick. Turn when subject Character is at a location controlled by an
opponent :: Steal one Power from that opponent. You may substitute [Asc] for
[Chi] when playing this card on a <Transformed> or <Lodge> Character.
Artist: Tony Moseley
Rarity: Uncommon
Path of the Fire Righteous
Type: State
Subtitle: Netherworld State
Faction: Four Monarchs
Cost: [Mon] 1
Provides: [Chi]
Play on a <Fire> Character. Subject gains +1 Fighting, and its damage may not
be reduced.
Tag: The Hand aren't the only ones who know kung fu.
Artist: Mark Poole
Rarity: Common
Path of the Healthy Tiger
Type: State
Subtitle: State
Cost: [Chi] [Chi] 1
Subject Character gains Guts while it has more than two damage on it. You may
substitute [Asc] for [Chi] when playing this card on a <Transformed> or
<Lodge> Character.
Tag: "They may strike first, but make sure that you strike last."
Artist: Carisa Swenson
Rarity: Uncommon
Path of the Lurking Rat
Type: State
Subtitle: State
Cost: [Chi] [Chi] 1
Subject Character may attack back-row Sites. The rules text of any Site
targeted by subject in an attack is canceled until the end of the attack. You
may substitute [Asc] for [Chi] when playing this card on a <Transformed> or
<Lodge> Character.
Artist: Thomas Manning
Rarity: Uncommon
Path of the Praying Mantis
Type: State
Subtitle: State
Cost: [Chi] [Chi] 1
Subject Character takes no damage from opponents' 1-cost cards, and inflicts
+2 damage on Characters. You may substitute [Asc] for [Chi] when playing this
card on a <Transformed> or <Lodge> Character.
Artist: Thomas Manning
Rarity: Common
Path of the Raging Bear
Type: State
Subtitle: State
Cost: [Chi] [Chi] 2
Not cumulative. Subject Character gains Toughness: X. X= the number of damage
counters on subject. You may substitute [Asc] for [Chi] when playing this
card on a <Transformed> or <Lodge> Character.
Tag: The Bear school teaches that pain is a gift.
Artist: Randy Asplund
Rarity: Uncommon
Path of the Storm Turtle
Type: State
Subtitle: State
Cost: [Chi] [Chi] 0
Not cumulative. Subject Character gains Toughness: 1 against cards that are
not [Chi] or [Mag], and are not the subject of a [Chi] or [Mag] State. You
may substitute [Asc] for [Chi] when playing this card on a <Transformed> or
<Lodge> Character.
Artist: Carisa Swenson
Rarity: Common
Peasant Agitator
Type: Character
Subtitle: Disgruntled Commoner
Faction: Guiding Hand
Cost: [Hand] 1
Provides: [Hand]
Fighting: 1
+1 Fighting while you control any other <Peasant> Characters.
Tag: "The people are a slumbering dragon. If they are roused, nothing can
stop them."
Artist: Stephen Snyder
Rarity: Common
Peasant Leader
Type: Character
Subtitle: Disgruntled Commoner
Faction: Guiding Hand
Cost: [Hand] [Hand] 1
Provides: [Hand]
Fighting: 1
Turn and maintain to take control of target Character with Fighting equal to
or less than Peasant Leader's.
Tag: "The true strength of China is in its villages."
Artist: Carisa Swenson
Rarity: Common
Peasant Mob
Type: Character
Subtitle: Angry Rabble
Faction: Guiding Hand
Cost: [Hand] [Hand] 3
Provides: [Hand]
Fighting: 4
Inflicts +2 damage on any Site with a printed Body of 7 or more and -2 damage
on any Site with a printed Body of 5 or less, even if the Site is unrevealed.
Artist: Stephen Snyder
Rarity: Common
Peking Opera Troupe
Type: Character
Subtitle: Kung Fu Acrobats
Faction: Dragons
Cost: [Dra] [Dra] 3
Provides: [Dra]
Fighting: 4
Gains Superleap while you control another <Acrobat> Character or an opponent
controls a card you own.
Tag: It ain't over until the butt-kicking begins.
Artist: Stephen Snyder
Rarity: Uncommon
Plains of Ash
Type: Feng Shui Site
Subtitle: Feng Shui Site
Generates: 1
Body: 6
Unique. Toast 2 cards from your smoked pile :: Plains of Ash gains +1 Body
until you lose control of it.
Tag: The seeds of the future grow in the ashes of the past.
Artist: Jerry Tiritilli
Rarity: Rare
Point Blockage
Type: State
Subtitle: State
Cost: [Chi] [Chi] 1
Schtick. Play on a Character without Superleap. Turn to inflict 1 damage on
any Character at subject's location. Turn that Character, and it does not
unturn during its controller's next Establishing Shot.
Tag: A true master needs only the merest touch.
Artist: Stephen Snyder
Rarity: Uncommon
Poison Clan Killers
Type: Character
Subtitle: Mercenary Assassins
Faction: Eaters of the Lotus
Cost: [Lot] [Lot] [Lot] [Lot] 6
Fighting: 10
Unique. If Poison Clan Killers are unturned, they may attack a Character
without turning once during your Main Shot.
Tag: Spoken of only in fearful whispers.
Artist: Ron Rouselle
Rarity: Rare
Portal Rat
Type: Character
Subtitle: Netherworld Saboteur
Faction: Jammers
Cost: [Jam] [Jam] 3
Provides: [Jam]
Fighting: 4
You may declare an Edge as the target of an attack. Only "Portal Rat"
Characters may attack it, and it is considered to be at your choice of its
controller's locations until the end of the attack. Smoke the Edge if combat
damage is inflicted on it.
Artist: Mark Poole
Rarity: Uncommon
Positive Chi
Type: Event
Subtitle: Event
Faction: Guiding Hand
Cost: [Hand] [Hand] 1
Each player may secretly choose one card, except an Event or Feng Shui Site,
in his or her smoked pile. Starting with the current player and proceeding
clockwise, each player plays his or her chosen card at no cost.
Artist: Richard Thomas
Rarity: Uncommon
Primeval Forest
Type: Feng Shui Site
Subtitle: Feng Shui Site
Generates: 2
Body: 6
Limited. Generates no Power while damaged or in your back row.
Tag: The strongest chi flows are the most easily disturbed.
Artist: Thomas Gianni
Rarity: Uncommon
Primus
Type: Character
Subtitle: Master of Paradox
Cost: [Pur]{Pur][Pur]4
Provides: [Mag] [Mag]
Fighting: 7
Unique.
Tag: Coming this winter. The iron rule of the Architects begins to crumble as
buried grudges and secret consipracies surface. The future - and the Secret
War - will never be the same again!
Artist: Thomas Gianni
Rarity: Promo
Quan Lo
Type: Character
Subtitle: The Perfect Master
Faction: Guiding Hand
Cost: [Hand] [Hand] [Hand] [Hand] [Hand] 6
Provides: [Hand] [Hand] [Chi] [Chi] [Chi]
Fighting: 6
Unique. All [Hand] Characters you control gain Superleap.
Tag: His Six Principles of Light form the cornerstone of the Guiding Hand.
Artist: Richard Kane Ferguson
Rarity: Rare
Rachel McShane
Type: Character
Subtitle: Lodge Enforcer
Faction: Ascended
Cost: [Asc] [Asc] [Asc] 5
Provides: [Asc]
Fighting: 8
Unique. Rachel McShane is not affected by opponents' effects that are
generated by turning a card.
Tag: An eagle can spot its prey from a mile above.
Artist: Val Mayerik
Rarity: Rare
Realpolitik
Type: Event
Subtitle: Event
Faction: Ascended
Cost: [Asc] 1
Smoke target Edge or State.
Tag: The Ascended will - and can- do nearly anything to maintain their power
over our world.
Artist: Mike Kimble
Rarity: Common
Reinvigoration Process
Type: Edge
Subtitle: Edge
Faction: Architects of the Flesh
Cost: [Arch] 1
Turn to play an <Abomination> Character from your smoked pile.
Tag: Abominations are the perfect soldiers - able to fight until utterly
destroyed.
Artist: Andrew Barlow
Rarity: Uncommon
Rend Chi
Type: Event
Subtitle: Event
Faction: Eaters of the Lotus
Cost: [Lot] [Lot] [Mag] 1
Remove X damage from target Character you control and inflict X damage on an
opponent's Character at target's location. X= all damage on target.
Tag: "Pain is also a weapon."
Artist: Lissanne Lake
Rarity: Uncommon
Robust Feng Shui
Type: Event
Subtitle: Event
Faction: Guiding Hand
Cost: [Hand] [Hand] 2
Redirect all damage done to target Feng Shui Site by a single source to any
target in play.
Tag: "Quan Lo taught the very earth itself the Principle of Redirection."
Artist: Mike Kimble
Rarity: Uncommon
Sabotage
Type: State
Subtitle: State
Faction: Jammers
Cost: [Jam] [Jam] 1
Play on an opponent's Site. Subject cannot be turned.
Tag: "Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance by
blowing stuff up." - B. Potemkin
Artist: Lissanne Lake
Rarity: Common
Senor Ocho
Type: Character
Subtitle: Lodge Assassin
Faction: Ascended
Cost: [Asc] [Asc] [Asc] 5
Provides: [Asc]
Fighting: 7
Unique. Assassinate. Ambush while attacking Unique Characters.
Tag: "'Will you step into my parlor?' said a spider to a fly" -Mary Howitt
Artist: Val Mayerik
Rarity: Rare
Shaking the Mountain
Type: Event
Subtitle: Event
Cost: [Chi] [Chi] 1
Turn all Characters and Sites at target location.
Tag: "One man, in harmony with the six Principles, can shake the Pillars of
Heaven."
Artist: Alec Keating
Rarity: Common
Shaolin Student
Type: Character
Subtitle: Fledgling Monk
Faction: Guiding Hand
Cost: 1
Provides: [Hand]
Fighting: 1
Sacrifice Shaolin Student when an opponent burns a Feng Shui Site you control
:: Play a <Martial> <Artist> Character at -3 cost.
Tag: "Bitter defeat teaches the most profound lessons."
Artist: April Lee
Rarity: Common
Shaolin Surprise
Type: Event
Subtitle: Event
Faction: Guiding Hand
Cost: [Hand] [Hand] 0
If you don't control target State, pay 1 Power :: Take control of that state
and place it on any legal subject. If the original subject is in play at the
end of the turn, return control of the State and place it on the original subject.
Artist: Anthony Waters
Rarity: Common
Shinobu Yashida
Type: Character
Subtitle: Pledged Master
Faction: Ascended
Cost: [Asc] [Asc] [Asc] 4
Provides: [Asc]
Fighting: 7
Unique. Inflicts +3 damage on Characters with Fighting of 8 or more.
Tag: "Only you are worthy of my sharpest blows, Kar Fai."
Artist: Daniel Gelon
Rarity: Rare
Shui Yu
Type: Character
Subtitle: Water Demon
Faction: Eaters of the Lotus
Cost: [Lot] [Lot] 4
Provides: [Lot] [Mag]
Fighting: 6
When an interceptor inflicts combat damage on Shui Yu, all other Characters
currently intercepting Shui Yu that share a faction resource with that
interceptor inflict no damage until the end of the attack.
Artist: Thomas Manning
Rarity: Uncommon
Sifu
Type: Character
Subtitle: Martial Arts Teacher
Faction: Dragons
Cost: [Dra] 3
Provides: [Dra]
Fighting: 4
All <Student> Characters you control inflict +1 damage.
Tag: "No. Attempt the stance again."
Artist: Thomas Gianni
Rarity: Common
Six Bottles Hwang
Type: Character
Subtitle: Drunken Master
Faction: Dragons
Cost: [Dra] [Dra] 4
Provides: [Dra] [Chi]
Fighting: 6
Unique. No player may declare interceptors against Six Bottles Hwang. Any
opponent may discard 3 cards at random while he is attacking to be able to
declare interceptors against him until the end of the attack.
Artist: Paul "Prof" Herbert
Rarity: Rare
Sliding Paper Walls
Type: Site
Subtitle: Battleground Site
Cost: 0
Generates: 0
Body: 3
Cannot be seized. Any damage in excess of this Site's Body is inflicted on
the Site behind it. Turn to swap the positions of this Site and a Site at an
adjacent location when an attack is declared on that Site, changing the
target of the attack.
Artist: Paul "Prof" Herbert
Rarity: Uncommon
Spider vs. Mantis
Type: Event
Subtitle: Event
Faction: Ascended
Cost: [Asc] [Asc] 1
Faceoff. Turn a Character you control and target an opponent's Character with
Fighting no lower than two less than yours. The winner may look at the top 5
cards of the loser's deck, put one on the bottom, and return the others in any order.
Artist: Val Mayerik
Rarity: Uncommon
Student of the Dragon
Type: Character
Subtitle: Martial Artist
Faction: Dragons
Cost: 1
Provides: [Dra]
Fighting: 1
Independent. If a card at this location is attacked, Student of the Dragon
must be declared as an interceptor.
Tag: He knows just enough to get himself in real trouble.
Artist: Pamela Eklund
Rarity: Common
Superior Kung Fu
Type: Event
Subtitle: Event
Faction: Guiding Hand
Cost: [Hand] [Hand] 0
Not cumulative. Target a Character that is about to enter combat with a
Character with a higher Fighting :: Target gains +2 Fighting until the end of the turn.
Tag: "In martial arts, the Guiding Hand had no equals."
Artist: Dennis Calero
Rarity: Common
Sword Dance
Type: Event
Subtitle: Event
Faction: Guiding Hand
Cost: [Hand] [Hand] 1
You may move each Weapon from Characters you control to any other Character
you control. All <Swordsman> Characters who are now the subject of a <Sword>
State gain +1 Fighting until the end of the turn.
Artist: Thomas Gianni
Rarity: Uncommon
Sword of the Master
Type: State
Subtitle: State
Cost: 2
Unique. Subject Character gains +3 Fighting. When subject enters combat with
a Character, all Fighting and damage bonuses on that Character are canceled
until the end of combat.
Tag: The true master knows that a sword is just a sword.
Artist: Mark Pennington
Rarity: Promo
Swordsman
Type: Character
Subtitle: Foot Soldier
Faction: Guiding Hand
Cost: 1
Provides: [Hand]
Fighting: 1
Tag: He fights for the honor of China, and will die for Confucian principles.
Artist: Kaja Foglio
Rarity: Common
TacOps Troopers
Type: Character
Subtitle: BuroMil Elite
Faction: Architects of the Flesh
Cost: [Arch] [Arch] 4
Provides: [Arch]
Fighting: 6
Tactics. TacOps Troopers gains Mobility while there is a <Battleground> Site in play.
Tag: Most people fear the abominations. The smart ones fear them.
Artist: Tony Moseley
Rarity: Uncommon
Temple of the Monkey King
Type: Feng Shui Site
Subtitle: Feng Shui Site
Generates: 1
Body: 8
Turn and target a Character attacking a card at this location :: Until the
end of the turn, cancel target's effects and rules text.
Tag: The Monkey King is well known throughout Asia.
Artist: Anthony Grabski
Rarity: Uncommon
Temple of the Shaolin Dragon
Type: Feng Shui Site
Subtitle: Feng Shui Site
Faction: Guiding Hand
Cost: [Hand] [Hand] [Hand] 3
Provides: [Hand] [Hand] [Chi]
Generates: 1
Body: 8
Unique. Uncopyable. All [Hand] Characters you control gain +1 Fighting. If
you have another Feng Shui Site in your front row, players who do not control
a <Netherworld> Site cannot attack this card.
Artist: Bryant Griffin
Rarity: Rare
The Dragon Unyielding
Type: Event
Subtitle: Event
Faction: Guiding Hand
Cost: [Hand] [Hand] [Hand] [Hand] 0
Limited. Play when a Unique Character you control smokes a Unique Character
by inflicting combat damage :: Gain 3 Power.
Tag: "What can one old monk do against the mightiest of the Lodge?"
Artist: Melissa Benson
Rarity: Rare
The Eastern King
Type: Character
Subtitle: Lodge Mastermind
Faction: Ascended
Cost: [Asc] [Asc] [Asc] [Asc] 7
Provides: [Asc]
Fighting: 11
Unique. Uncopyable. Not a legal target for Events. When you play him, and at
the start of each turn, he gains the rules text of target <Lodge> Character
until the target leaves play or the end of the turn.
Artist: Melissa Benson
Rarity: Rare
The Fox Outfoxed
Type: State
Subtitle: State
Cost: [Chi] 2
May not be played on a Feng Shui Site. You gain all Power gained or generated
from subject card.
Tag: You taste prosperity. Your foe tastes air.
Artist: Diana Vick
Rarity: Uncommon
The Inner Fire
Type: Edge
Subtitle: Edge
Faction: Four Monarchs
Cost: [Mon] 0
All <Fire> Characters you control provide [Chi], and may not be taken control
of by opponents.
Tag: The heart of a zealot burns brighter than the hottest flame.
Artist: Randy Asplund
Rarity: Uncommon
The Unspoken Name
Type: Character
Subtitle: Lodge Chairperson
Faction: Ascended
Cost: [Asc] [Asc] [Asc] [Asc] [Asc] 3
Provides: [Asc] [Asc]
Fighting: 6
Unique. Cannot turn to attack. Turn to give Stealth until the end of the turn
to any number of Characters whose total cost does not exceed 7.
Tag: "Our brethren from the past need a lesson in unity."
Artist: Susan Van Camp
Rarity: Rare
Three Sectional Staff
Type: State
Subtitle: State
Cost: 1
Weapon. Subject Character inflicts +1 damage, or +2 if it has the designator
<Martial>. When subject enters combat, flip a coin. Heads: subject inflicts
an additional +1 damage this combat, and flip again.
Tag: The most difficult to master of the five classic weapons.
Artist: Steve Bryant
Rarity: Uncommon
Tiger Hook Swords
Type: State
Subtitle: State
Cost: 1
Weapon. Subject Character inflicts +2 damage. If subject is a <Swordsman>,
draw a card when subject smokes a Character by inflicting combat damage.
Artist: Steve Bryant
Rarity: Common
Tiger vs. Crane
Type: Event
Subtitle: Event
Faction: Ascended
Cost: [Asc] [Asc] 1
Faceoff. Turn a Character you control and target an opponent's Character with
Fighting no lower than two less than yours. The winner may inflict 1 damage
on up to 3 different cards controlled by the loser.
Tag: Tsung Jin was the first target.
Artist: Ravindra Rana
Rarity: Uncommon
Ti Kan
Type: Character
Subtitle: Metal Demon
Faction: Eaters of the Lotus
Cost: [Lot] [Lot] [Lot] [Mag] 3
Provides: [Lot]
Fighting: 5
Toughness: 1 against [Tech] cards. +1 damage against [Tech] cards.
Tag: As warm and caring as steel.
Artist: Paul "Prof" Herbert
Rarity: Uncommon
"Time to Kick Ass!"
Type: Event
Subtitle: Event
Faction: Dragons
Cost: [Dra] [Dra] 0
Play when an attack is declared against a card you control :: Unturn all your Characters.
Tag: "What time is it, Sifu?"
Artist: Lissanne Lake
Rarity: Promo
Tong Su Yin
Type: Character
Subtitle: Master of the Snake Style
Faction: Guiding Hand
Cost: [Hand] [Hand] [Hand] 5
Provides: [Hand] [Chi]
Fighting: 4
Unique. Tong Su Yin's Fighting is increased by the number of cards in your hand.
Tag: "They say that a snake can never strike farther than half its length.
They lie."
Artist: Val Mayerik
Rarity: Rare
"Try My Kung Fu!"
Type: Event
Subtitle: Event
Faction: Guiding Hand
Cost: [Hand] [Hand] 0
Not cumulative. Target <Monk>, <Master>, or <Martial> Character gains +1
Fighting and Toughness: 1 until the end of the turn.
Tag: "There are onlt thirty-five of you..."
Artist: Lissanne Lake
Rarity: Common
Tsung Jin
Type: Character
Subtitle: Master of the Crane Style
Faction: Guiding Hand
Cost: [Hand] [Hand] [Hand] 5
Provides: [Hand] [Chi]
Fighting: 7
Unique. When Tsung Jin turns to attack, choose up to X Characters :: The
chosen Characters may not intercept Tsung Jin during this attack. X= the
number of States on Tsung Jin.
Artist: Ravindra Rana
Rarity: Rare
Two Dragons Inn
Type: Site
Subtitle: Site
Cost: 2
Generates: 1
Body: 7
Unique. At the end of each player's turn, that player loses one Power if he
or she controls any Characters and did not declare an attack.
Tag: Mr. X tracked Iala Mane to the Inn, and then set up his ambush.
Artist: Tony Moseley
Rarity: Rare
Underworld Contract
Type: Edge
Subtitle: Edge
Faction: Eaters of the Lotus
Cost: [Lot] [Lot] [Lot] 0
Limited. Place a counter on Underworld Contract when an attack declared
against you fails. Turn and remove X counters to play a <Demon> card at -X cost.
Artist: Lissanne Lake
Rarity: Uncommon
Walk of a Thousand Steps
Type: State
Subtitle: State
Cost: [Chi] [Chi] 2
Not cumulative. Subject Character takes -X damage from any source. X= half
the damage inflicted, rounded up.
Tag: Those who keep the path are kept from harm.
Artist: Melissa Benson
Rarity: Uncommon
Web of the Spider
Type: Character
Subtitle: Lodge Mastermind
Faction: Ascended
Cost: [Asc] 2
Provides: [Asc]
Fighting: 2
Gain 1 Power when an opponent plays a card at reduced cost.
Tag: Accountants are as important as assassins in the Secret War.
Artist: Heather Bruton
Rarity: Uncommon
Wei Fong-Yi
Type: Character
Subtitle: Master of the Fox Style
Faction: Guiding Hand
Cost: [Hand] [Hand] [Hand] 4
Provides: [Hand] [Chi]
Fighting: 7
Unique. When Wei Fong-Yi enters combat with a Character, you may choose one
State on that Character, and either smoke it or take control of it and place
it on Wei Fong-Yi.
Artist: Kenneth Waters
Rarity: Rare
Year of the Snake
Type: Event
Subtitle: Event
Faction: Ascended
Cost: [Asc] [Asc] [Asc] 3
One-Shot. Play when you are attacking a Site :: Change the target of all your
attackers to any one legal card.
Tag: After the playful Dragon comes the wily Serpent.
Artist: Paul "Prof" Herbert
Rarity: Uncommon
Yen Fan
Type: Character
Subtitle: Pledged Traitor
Faction: Guiding Hand
Cost: [Hand] [Hand] [Hand] 4
Provides: [Hand] [Asc]
Fighting: 6
Unique. Superleap. Not affected by Stealth.
Tag: "We cannot sell our freedom and our culture for prosperity. The price is
too high, and so I must renounce my Pledge."
Artist: Melissa Benson
Rarity: Rare
Yen Song
Type: Character
Subtitle: Shaolin Traitor
Faction: Ascended
Cost: [Asc] [Asc] [Asc] 4
Provides: [Asc] [Hand]
Fighting: 6
Unique. Stealth. Not affected by Superleap.
Tag: "Confucian principles have not brought prosperity to our people. The
Wheel can."
Artist: Melissa Benson
Rarity: Rare
Zheng Yi Quan
Type: Character
Subtitle: Kung Fu Master
Faction: Dragons
Cost: [Dra] [Dra] [Dra] [Dra] 6
Provides: [Dra] [Chi]
Fighting: 10
Unique. Guts. All <Student> Characters you control gain +1 fighting.
Tag: "I try to pass on what Kar Fai taught me. Not just the fighting, but
also why we fight."
Artist: Melissa Benson
Rarity: Rare