Many of the philosophies of the combat system in L5R were derived from Sun Tzu's 2000 year old book, The Art of War. Sun Tzu always emphasized that one of a generals most important virtues was adaptability. The Art of War is dedicated to honing your ability to bring multiple elements together to make a devastating effect.

If you have an idea for a card combo, or have come up with some interesting card effects, please let us know.

The Armor of Sun Tao, Narrow Ground, Samurai's Fury, Heart of the Inferno During a battle play Narrow Ground from the Armor. Then play Samurai's Fury to allow you to play another action and wipe out the entire opposing army with Heart of the Inferno. This was submitted by Joseph Allsup.

Morito Tokei, Mantis Shugenja Apprentice, and Fury of Osano-Wo. Attach the spell and followers and begin unleashing strength eight ranged attacks. Nuff said. This was submitted by Miss Sara Austin.

Shosuro Hametsu and the inexperienced Ninja Shapeshifter. The inexperienced Ninja Shapeshifter with those poison tokens and his unrefusable duel is quite nasty. This one is submitted by Jim Pinto.

Hitomi Kokujin, Armor of the Golden Samurai, Foxwife, Mirimoto House Guard. Wow! Talk about a really awesome duelist with personality control to boot. This combo was used quite effectively at Gen-Con recently. It allowed Dragon to dominate the board and eliminate threats as they entered play. This was submitted by the Pewter Crew.

Tidal Land Bridge and Clan Heartland. This combo allows for a reoccurring Emperor's Peace effect of not being able to attack every other turn provided of course you can get the regions on two separate provinces. This combo was used in a lot of Crane decks at Gen-Con and it allowed some of the Crane decks to walk all over the attack decks.

Hitomi Akuai And Kachiko's Kiss. This personality allows you to go through your deck and remove events before they happen. Or, in the case of Kachiko's Kiss after they have happened. This would allow you to keep the Imperial Favor from ever coming back into play, which for a attack Dragon deck could prove very helpful. Was brought to my attention from Ree Soesbee, who heard it from multiple people on the internet.

Damesh and Ruined Keep of Fu Leng Get that region out on one of your provinces and all of your opponents provinces have a zero strength when attacking with Damesh. This can be really frustrating since you still have one 11 strength province. Submitted by the Pewter Crew.

The experienced Kyoso No Oni and Mountain Goblins

Talk about all you can eat Buffet. This combo allows for a really huge Kyoso No Oni every turn because those mountain goblins just keep coming back for more. This one is submitted by Brendan Goodyear.

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