1 The Palace of Otosan Uchi

# Dynasty (40)

# Events (2)
1 Wrath of the People
1 Inheritance

# Regions (2)
2 Farmlands

# Holdings (16)
3 Small Farm
3 Gifts and Favors
3 Rich Coffers
1 Oracle of the Void
3 Secluded Waystation
3 Storehouses

# Personalities (20)
3 Toku
3 Toku Butaka
1 Toturi Kyoji
1 Toku - exp2
3 Tsuo
3 Kohuri
3 Seppun Hotaitaka
3 Seppun Nakao

# Fate (41)

# Strategies (21)
3 Rallying Cry
3 Counterattack
3 Deadly Ground
3 Superior Tactics
3 Recruiting Drive
3 Stand Against the Waves
3 Ikoma Technique

# Followers (19)
3 Brothers in Arms
3 Imperial Magistrates
3 Imperial Legionaries
3 Imperial Elite Guard
1 Monkey House Guard
3 Hachi's Legion
3 Seppun Heavy Infantry

# Senseis (1)
1 Ikoma Sensei

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I have this deck built in it's entirety, excepting for I only have two copies of Seppun Hotaitaka. Dude is hard to find. I will probably sub in Glimpse of the Unicorn for him until I find another copy. Pretty basic, use the Imperial discount and Follower discount off of the Stronghold to attach imperial followers to your boxable Toturi's Army personalities. Hotaitaka is the only non-boxable person, but he makes up for it with his ability.

I have Ikoma sensei for the sole reason of using Ikoma Technique for free. Some of the other techniques I like for this would be Nezumi Technique (card draw!) and Daodoji technique but don't feel the need to take anything out for them at this point.

Would be weak to dishonor, Tsuo and Nakao have built in dishonor weaknesses and dishonored people won't be able to attach any of the followers.

1 The Kitsu Tombs

# Dynasty (41)

# Regions (1)
1 Kuni Wastelands

# Holdings (11)
3 Copper Mine
3 Small Farm
1 Gifts and Favors
3 Corrupt Jade Vein
1 Festering Pit of Fu Leng

# Winds (1)
1 Black Heart of the Empire

# Personalities (28 )
3 Oni no Kamu
3 Oni no Shikibu
3 Tsuburu no Oni
1 Ikoma Ujiaki - exp2 KYD
1 Oni no Akuma
1 Akuma no Oni - exp2
1 Oni no Ianwa
3 Ikoma Tsai
3 Kitsu Okura
2 Uragirimono
3 Kitsu Tomoe
3 Oni no Ugulu
1 Suiteiru no Oni - exp

# Fate (40)

# Strategies (35)
3 Block Supply Lines
3 Deadly Ground
3 Rallying Cry
3 Oath of Fealty
3 Charge
3 Counterattack
3 Reinforce the Gates
3 Ominous Portents
3 Refugees
3 Sneak Attack
3 Evil Portents
2 Night Battle

# Items (5)
1 Celestial Sword of the Lion
1 Yakamo's Claw
3 Child of Fu Leng

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Self explanatory off of the box. Bring out cheap lion shuggies to get out cheap oni while keeping all your honor and provinces. This let's you use Celestial Sword of the Lion, Oath of Fealty, get the extra 1 force off of Charge, not bow your stronghold for Kamu, keep your hand from Ianwa and keep all your peeps while bringing Shikibu and Tsuburu into play.

Depending on card draw you have to keep an eye on your Family Honor, corrupt Jade vein is great with all your lion shuggies having Shadowlands unprinted but that 2 honor hit can hurt if you also have Uragiraiaiaiaamono out. Would be weak to dishonor.

Currently play with only 1 sneak attack and careful planning subbed in for Evil Portents, because those cards are damn expensive.

1 The Dark Path of Shadow

# Dynasty (40)

# Events (5)
1 The 38th Hantei Falls
1 Architects of the Wall
1 In Time of War
1 Moon and Sun
1 Emperor's Peace

# Regions (3)
3 Kaiu Castle

# Holdings (22)
3 Secluded Waystation
3 Gifts and Favors
3 Ninja Stronghold
3 Black Market
1 East Wall of Otosan Uchi
1 North Wall of Otosan Uchi
1 South Wall of Otosan Uchi
1 West Wall of Otosan Uchi
3 Rich Coffers
1 Oracle of the Void
2 Small Farm

# Personalities (10)
3 Goju Utsuei
1 Goju Hitomi - exp3
3 Goju Katsume
1 Bayushi Sunetra - exp2
2 Flameseeker

# Fate (41)

# Strategies (37)
3 Avoid Fate
3 Grasp Destiny
3 Through the Waterways
3 Entrapping Terrain
3 Block Supply Lines
3 Rout
3 Refugees
3 Cycle of Heaven
1 The Egg of P'an Ku
3 Bloodstrike
3 Path of Pain
3 Hired Killer
3 The Wind's Truth

# Spells (3)
3 Rise from the Ashes

# Senseis (1)
1 Tetsuya Sensei

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My one unorthodox deck. Attempting to win off of having all four walls attached and flipping the 38th Hantei Falls. One of the dangers is dishonoring yourself out, each of the Walls hits your for -4, and hired killer hits you for -3. No one has personal honor above 1 and probably not winning many battles. Went with Ninja shuggies, as well as Goju Hitomi, to cast Rise from the Ashes to prevent attacks, Path of Pain and Bloodstrike to fend off attackers and bring down the enemy's chi and Wind's Truth to help with the honor hits.

Considering taking out some of the event management for Dramatic Assassination or Deadly Messenger. Haven't had anyone to try this one out against so I'm still working on it. Afraid military would crush it if the starting hand and flips are bad.

Only own about 30% of this deck right now. Ninja Strongholds and Goju Hitomi are both expensive to buy as singles.

Rise is banned in Legacy.

Well that's too bad. What should i sub into my ninja deck so my ninjas don't get crushed?

Personally, I'm a fan of kuroiban compound to perform through the waterways, then flip em back with divining pool to be able to play cards like stymied and caught unawares. DP is also dynasty accel, as it turns the dead flips from events into another chance to see a wall. and the fate cards cycle themselves, so you've dropped down from a 40 card fate, to 34 thus increasing your chances of seeing the proper cards to win.

So you're thinking I should go faceless with the compounds switching from holding to personality and back?

Ok, so what would you say to this: Faceless Scorpion Coup w/ Kaiu sensei. Goal is the same but Faceless w/ followers+barracks for defense.

1 The Ruined Fortress of the Scorpion

# Dynasty (40)

# Events (8)
1 Rampant Plague
1 The 38th Hantei Falls
1 Architects of the Wall
1 Emperor's Peace
1 Occult Murders
1 In Time of War
1 Enlistment
1 Moon and Sun

# Regions (4)
2 Kaiu Castle
2 Plague-Infested Region

# Holdings (28)
3 Small Farm
3 Kuroiban Compound
3 Rich Coffers
2 Divining Pool
1 Oracle of the Void
3 Barracks
2 Unscalable Walls
2 Connecting Walls
1 East Wall of Otosan Uchi
1 North Wall of Otosan Uchi
1 South Wall of Otosan Uchi
1 West Wall of Otosan Uchi
2 Secluded Waystation
3 Black Market

# Fate (41)

# Strategies (27)
3 Stymied
3 Rout
3 Block Supply Lines
3 Refugees
3 Through the Waterways
3 Fortified Ground
3 Cycle of Heaven
3 Grasp Destiny
3 Caught Unawares

# Followers (13)

3 Ashigaru Archers
3 Flawless Assassin
1 Shadowed Steel
3 Defenders of the Wall
3 Midnight Shadows

# Senseis (1)
1 Kaiu Sensei

Not sure why you switched from ninja to scorpion. Dark Path is still one of the best legacy strongholds out there. A great way to speed the deck up is to use the GE akodo kaneka wind. use fate cards that take/replicate the favor, as well as bane of the bastard, and blow through your dynasty deck as fast as possible, while relying on your box and the bow/cycle cards for defense. Kaneka will discard the events that flip, so make sure if you try this, to keep a grasp destiny in hand in case it flips. Daikoku's guidance is helpful, although you won't get the reduction due to the walls traits.

It's a bit of a gamble as the more cards you put in to streamline your deck, the less defense it will have. But speed is key in legacy to deal with superduellers, broad front jank, etc.

Just sort of brainstorming... Kaiu Sensei would go great with Faceless. I've never played faceless before, but I think it's a good idea.

Ok, here is my attempt at Ninja Faceless. Not sure what the best events are for Faceless but here goes nothing:


1 The Dark Path of Shadow

# Dynasty (41)

# Events (11)
1 Rampant Plague
1 Occult Murders
1 In Time of War
1 Architects of the Wall
1 The 38th Hantei Falls
1 Moon and Sun
1 Emperor's Peace
1 Kisada's Funeral
1 Decree of Peace
1 Peasant Revolt
1 Plague

# Celestials (1)
1 Daikoku's Guidance

# Regions (3)
3 Kaiu Castle

# Holdings (25)
1 East Wall of Otosan Uchi
1 North Wall of Otosan Uchi
1 South Wall of Otosan Uchi
1 West Wall of Otosan Uchi
2 Divining Pool
3 Kuroiban Compound
3 Small Farm
3 Rich Coffers
3 Assassins
1 Oracle of the Void
1 Shrine of Osano-Wo
2 House of Contracts
3 Den of Spies

# Winds (1)
1 Akodo Kaneka

# Fate (41)

# Strategies (39)
3 Refugees
3 Grasp Destiny
3 Stymied
3 Caught Unawares
3 Intercession
3 Acquiring Favor
3 Bane of the Bastard
3 Unfortunate Incident
3 Settling the Homeless
3 Explosives
3 Raze to the Ground
3 Cycle of Heaven
3 Geisha Assassin

# Rings (1)
1 Ring of the Void

# Senseis (1)
1 Tetsuya Sensei

I think you can have a much quicker gold scheme in the TA deck. With the Imperial discount, you can play 3x Imperial Artificer, 3x Imperial Dojo, and 1-3x Imperial Handmaidens as free holdings that produce 2 gold. Artificer also gives you a little extra card cycling.

Wooden Barricade could also be a good one. That would let you drop followers on Hotaitaka for the draw and then shift them elsewhere.

If you can, you will probably want to track down three copies of Seppun Tanizaki. He's a 3/3 for 4g Imperial (so 2g for you) Samurai who gives +1f to his followers.

A copy of Seppun Tashime would also be pretty good, as a boxable 4/4.

Those holdings look pretty good. Sadly Handmaidens and Dojo are too spendy for my blood. Will definitely swap in Imperial Artificer and Wooden Barricades in place of Rich Coffers and Gifts and Favors.