Legend of the Five Rings: The Card Game

Legend of the Five Rings: The Card Game[1] is a Living Card Game (LCG) produced by Fantasy Flight Games. It is a two-player game set in the world of Rokugan. During the game, players take on the leadership of one of the Great Clans which define Rokugani society, and they are cast into conflict against another clan. The conflicts will decide the future of Rokugan.[2] The game is an iteration of the Legend of the Five Rings collectible card game, produced by Alderac Entertainment Group in 1995.

Legend of the Five Rings
The Card Game
Designer(s)Brad Andres, Erik Dahlman, and Nate French
Publisher(s)Fantasy Flight Games
Publication date2017
Players2
Setup time< 5 minutes
Playing time45-90 minutes
Random chanceSome
Skill(s) requiredCard playing, Logic, Bluffing, Strategy

Released Card Sets

Core Set

The Core set was shown to the public during Gen Con Indy in August 2017, and was released October 5, 2017. In order to obtain a full playset for deck building, three copies of the Core Set must be purchased.

Box Contents
  • 7 Stronghold Cards
  • 117 Dynasty Cards
  • 98 Conflict Cards
  • 17 Province Cards
  • 20 Status Tokens (double-sided)
  • 40 Fate Tokens
  • 50 Honor Tokens
  • 5 Ring Tokens (double-sided)
  • 1 First Player Token
  • 2 Honor Dials
  • 1 Imperial Favor Card (double-sided)
  • 5 Role Cards (double-sided)
  • 2 Reference Cards (double-sided)


Premium Expansions

Each Premium Expansion contains 234 new cards covering every clan and dedicated theme

Expansion Name Release Date
Children of the Empire 14 February 2019
Clan War 7 February 2020


Clan Packs

Each Clan Pack contains 78 cards (3 copies each of 25 new cards and 1 copy each of 3 additional new cards) designed to augment deck building options for one specific clan

Expansion NameClanRelease Date
Disciples of the VoidPhoenix5 April 2018
Underhand of the EmperorScorpion11 October 2018
Warriors of the Wind Unicorn 11 April 2019
Masters of the Court Crane 25 April 2019
The Emperor's Legion Lion 1 November 2019
Defenders of Rokugan Crab 8 November 2019
Seekers of Wisdom Dragon 6 December 2019


Dynasty Packs

Each Dynasty Pack typically contains 60 cards and has a complete playset of new cards (i.e. 3 copies each of 20 new cards). Dynasty packs are generally part of a six-pack "cycle" that follows a particular storyline and theme. A new pack is usually released monthly during the cycle. There was an exception with the initial Imperial cycle, where they released a new pack weekly in order to quickly increase the card pool and improve deck building variety.

Imperial Cycle
Expansion NameRelease Date
Tears of Amaterasu9 November 2017
For Honor and Glory16 November 2017
Into the Forbidden City23 November 2017
The Chrysanthemum Throne30 November 2017
Fate Has No Secrets7 December 2017
Meditations on the Ephemeral14 December 2017

Elemental Cycle
Expansion NameRelease Date
Breath of the Kami28 June 2018
Tainted Lands5 July 2018
The Fires Within12 July 2018
The Ebb and Flow19 July 2018
All and Nothing26 July 2018
Elements Unbound2 August 2018

Inheritance Cycle
Expansion Name Release Date
For the Empire 20 June 2019
Bonds of Blood 19 July 2019
Justice for Satsume 23 August 2019[3]
The Children of Heaven 20 September 2019
A Champion's Foresight 25 October 2019
Shoju's Duty 29 November 2019

Dominion Cycle
Expansion Name Release Date
Rokugan at War 6 March 2020
Spreading Shadows April 2020
In Pursuit of Truth May 2020
Campaigns of Conquest June 2020
As Honor Demands July 2020
TBD August 2020

Expansion Sets Ordered Chronologically
Expansion Name Set Number of Cards MSRP PriceRelease Date
Core Set Core 239 $39.955 October 2017
Tears of Amaterasu Imperial 60 (20 unique) $14.959 November 2017
For Honor and Glory Imperial 60 (20 unique) $14.9516 November 2017
Into the Forbidden City Imperial 60 (20 unique) $14.9523 November 2017
The Chrysanthemum Throne Imperial 60 (20 unique) $14.95 30 November 2017
Fate Has No Secrets Imperial 60 (20 unique) $14.95 7 December 2017
Meditations on the Ephemeral Imperial 60 (20 unique) $14.95 14 December 2017
Disciples of the Void Clan 78 (28 unique) $19.955 April 2018
Breath of the Kami Elemental 60 (20 unique) $14.9528 June 2018
Tainted Lands Elemental 60 (20 unique) $14.955 July 2018
The Fires Within Elemental 60 (20 unique) $14.9512 July 2018
The Ebb and Flow Elemental 60 (20 unique) $14.9519 July 2018
All and Nothing Elemental 60 (20 unique) $14.9526 July 2018
Elements Unbound Elemental 60 (20 unique) $14.952 August 2018
Underhand of the Emperor Clan 78 (28 unique) $19.9511 October 2018
Children of the Empire Premium 234 (82 unique) $39.9514 February 2019
Warriors of the Wind Clan 78 (28 unique) $19.9511 April 2019
Masters of the Court Clan 78 (28 unique) $19.9525 April 2019
For the Empire Inheritance 60 (22 unique) $14.9520 June 2019
Bonds of Blood Inheritance 60 (22 unique) $14.9519 July 2019
Justice for Satsume Inheritance 60 (22 unique) $14.9523 August 2019
The Children of Heaven Inheritance 60 (22 unique) $14.9520 September 2019
A Champion's Foresight Inheritance 60 (22 unique) $14.9525 October 2019
The Emperor's Legion Clan 78 (28 unique) $19.951 November 2019
Defenders of Rokugan Clan 78 (32 unique) $19.958 November 2019
Shoju's Duty Inheritance 60 (20 unique) $14.95 29 November 2019
Seeker of Wisdom Clan 78 (28 unique) $19.95 6 December 2019
Clan War Premium 231 (94 unique) $39.95 7 February 2020
Rokugan at War Dominion 60 (24 unique) $14.95 6 March 2020

References
  1. "Legend of the Five Rings LCG". www.fantasyflightgames.com. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  2. "Legend of the Five Rings: The Card Game". FantasyFlightGames.com. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  3. Available Now – 23 August|https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2019/8/23/available-now-august-23/

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