Raido No Oni Errata

When we set out to create the Emperor Edition
environment, we wanted to make a fun, interesting environment that had
something for everyone. We feel that we have done a pretty good job of
reaching this goal. While attending a 16 man
tourney recently, there were 14 different strongholds being played.
Everyone seemed to have a great time. Everyone except a few, and those
few were the people who played against a Raido no Oni combo deck. This
deck works to try and get as many Raido no Onis into play on turn two,
taking anywhere from 2-4 provinces on the second turn, with reliability.
The deck is plenty manageable if you are ready for it. For example, I
personally went 4-0 against the deck, and in the Kolat Edition
tournaments we have had thus far, the deck has had little success. The
deck has also been tested very heavily by our play test teams around the
world and it has had a less than 50% win percentage against the field.
However, the deck creates a very Negative Play Experience, a term I
do not use lightly, often times never allowing your opponent to buy a
single personality. And even though the deck is not likely to ever win a
tournament, when it is unleashed on the unsuspecting or the casual
player, it is enough to make them possibly want to quit the game, which
is bad for everyone. In other words, it may not make the cut at a
tournament, and if it does it likely will not make it very far into the
elimination rounds, but it can be very devastating to the experience of
those at the middle and lower end tables. L5R has always been very
concerned with the experience all players have at a tournament, not just
those who make the elimination rounds.

So with this I have decided to issue erratum to Raido no Oni. Effective immediately, the following trait will be added to Raido.

Will only enter play from a province.

We hope this erratum will get Emperor back on course where we want it
to be, and we look forward to having the most successful arc in L5R’s
history!

Sleep wrote:

When we set out to create the Emperor Edition
environment, we wanted to make a fun, interesting environment that had
something for everyone. We feel that we have done a pretty good job of
reaching this goal. While attending a 16 man
tourney recently, there were 14 different strongholds being played.
Everyone seemed to have a great time. Everyone except a few, and those
few were the people who played against a Raido no Oni combo deck. This
deck works to try and get as many Raido no Onis into play on turn two,
taking anywhere from 2-4 provinces on the second turn, with reliability.
The deck is plenty manageable if you are ready for it. For example, I
personally went 4-0 against the deck, and in the Kolat Edition
tournaments we have had thus far, the deck has had little success. The
deck has also been tested very heavily by our play test teams around the
world and it has had a less than 50% win percentage against the field.
However, the deck creates a very Negative Play Experience, a term I
do not use lightly, often times never allowing your opponent to buy a
single personality. And even though the deck is not likely to ever win a
tournament, when it is unleashed on the unsuspecting or the casual
player, it is enough to make them possibly want to quit the game, which
is bad for everyone. In other words, it may not make the cut at a
tournament, and if it does it likely will not make it very far into the
elimination rounds, but it can be very devastating to the experience of
those at the middle and lower end tables. L5R has always been very
concerned with the experience all players have at a tournament, not just
those who make the elimination rounds.

So with this I have decided to issue erratum to Raido no Oni. Effective immediately, the following trait will be added to Raido.

Will only enter play from a province.

We hope this erratum will get Emperor back on course where we want it
to be, and we look forward to having the most successful arc in L5R’s
history!

I think it's totally warranted for the reasoning above.

Kakita Hideo wrote:Why for you hate crane DT?

Hida Hayabusa wrote:
Let's hope that they are going to do something with the Library of Rebith, because Kojiro+Tsunami is surely a NPE for most of the players (although I am sure that a DT member will certainly go 4-0 against such decks in a casual tourney )

Hida Hayabusa wrote:I would hate if this happened again, and it seems that a Kojiro+big spell start, is as brutal as a Chagatron one.

Hida Hayabusa wrote:
2) Tsunami or Channeling is 4 gold for people playing them. We can't just neglect that fact. Also it's not 8g+4g=12g. Kojiro costs 8 on one turn, Spell costs 4 on the other turn. That's better than paying 11g at once (less chance for gold screw).

Umiushi Han-Dei wrote:Just out of curiosity what exactly is the Raido no Oni combo that they are so worried about? I figured it was boxable shugenja turn one followed by I give you my name to get one out, but I cannot think of a way to turn that into the two provinces turn two that DT mentions.

panku wrote:Kojiro is good, but hes not even close to game breaking.

Let me point out that any Unicorn Cavalry deck could do basically the exact same thing if they where to run Scourge of the Sea.

Hida Hayabusa wrote:Yes I am aware. Still I miss the comparison, between Kojiro and a powerful spell, and a unicorn personality riding the fail snake.