Oracle of the Void #l5r

August 2025

Messages from the Oracle of the Void #l5r Discord channel, copied for Oracle of the Void. Players' names are left out; the rules officials are named. Rulings are as they stood on these dates; later rulings and the rulebooks may differ.

A player, 3 August 2025 04:59

Hi everyone! Quick question - is there any record of the promo cards that were sent out by AEG when they were doing the Koku program? I'm trying to figure out what a Koku prize would have been around the EE time period

A player, 3 August 2025 15:30

Read the notes on EE promis in the Oracle

kempy_nezumi (not official), 3 August 2025 16:10 · in reply

Are you asking about promos sent by AEG for Imperial Assembly members or list of standard rare cards available in koku redemption program?

A player, 3 August 2025 23:35 · in reply

Both I guess. I don't know anything about how the Imperial Assembly program worked but wanted to find out more about how the Koku exchange worked

A player, 16 August 2025 15:12

Hi all! I'm looking for the Siege: Clan War rules. Does anyone have the sheet, and could take a picture of it?

A player, 16 August 2025 15:16
[attachment: Siege_CW_Rules.pdf]
A player, 16 August 2025 15:17

From Sun and Moon Discord.

Brook Cunningham (rules official), 16 August 2025 15:18

Thanks. For some reason, I am a technological clod and could not even post a link to the Dropbox where every Rules doc ever is archived.

A player, 16 August 2025 15:19

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/jfxt6y51005qi43kom12v/AGbWzaSJHLtyGztChbGzhw8?rlkey=w6cn0lt9hrcs9o7mecvzlsude&e=1&dl=0

[L5RRules]
A player, 16 August 2025 15:19

Here is a drop box of like everything

A player, 16 August 2025 15:25

Thanks, all!

A player, 17 August 2025 01:51

hah, already pinned.

A player, 17 August 2025 17:35

Hey there, returning player here. I've been away for almost 15 years and remember very little, but I recently got invited to a pod that plays the Samurai Extended format.

I'd like to find some place with a couple decks to start with (not confident enough to build my own yet, the format is too large), but I'm getting nowhere with my search. Any recommendations? I used to play dragon if that helps

Brook Cunningham (rules official), 17 August 2025 17:40 · in reply

What does your playgroup consider "Samurai Extended"? You may be having trouble finding decks as that's not an official format. :/

A player, 17 August 2025 17:43 · in reply

I'm told they play everything printed by AEG from samurai until they sold it to ffg

A player, 17 August 2025 17:44

With a ban list

A player, 17 August 2025 17:44

https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/1nOY2UqSAeRJnQSvN-DWV_xUjawS1trNq

A player, 17 August 2025 17:46

Basically this haha. But I didn't know it was not official/widely played

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A player, 17 August 2025 17:47

You can use decks from modern and use it as guideline

Brook Cunningham (rules official), 17 August 2025 17:49 · in reply

Yeah, "Modern" is a format that only allows Samurai+ cards, but is also single-copy per deck and 50/50 if memory serves. Yours appears to be kind of a blend of that and OBH Legacy.

A player, 17 August 2025 17:50

Thanks πŸ™‚ I'll look into it. Any place I can find modern decks?

Brook Cunningham (rules official), 17 August 2025 17:51

You wanna take that? I'm bad with links and other-server invites. πŸ˜›

A player, 17 August 2025 17:52 · in reply

Here πŸ™‚

A player, 17 August 2025 17:54 · in reply

I have a side for the Omoidasu/Librarian role of the family. The other is for the Spymasters πŸ˜„

A player, 17 August 2025 18:00

Thanks!

kempy_nezumi (not official), 17 August 2025 18:09 · in reply

Cool. Just copying this into my DropBox.

A player, 17 August 2025 18:12 · in reply

I just talked to the friend who invited me, and apparently it's a homebrew set of rules that two players in the pod concocted

kempy_nezumi (not official), 17 August 2025 18:13 · in reply

Please inform your group that isn't true. Evil Portents was physically released. The Blackest Storm, expansion after EP wasn't even it was fully developed and ready to print. It's in Oracle of the Void btw.

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Brook Cunningham (rules official), 17 August 2025 18:14

Also, my two cents, "Extended" isn't the best name for it. "Extended" in relation to L5R formats usually means "including older cards"/"going backward" rather than "forward", as it is in your homebrew's sense.

A player, 17 August 2025 18:15

https://l5r.fandom.com/wiki/Evil_Portents_CCG_set

[Evil Portents CCG set]
Brook Cunningham (rules official), 17 August 2025 18:16

I thirdly corroborate the existence of Evil Portents in a physical form. πŸ™‚

A player, 17 August 2025 18:16 · in reply

Will recommend the change once I feel more comfortable with the peeps haha

kempy_nezumi (not official), 17 August 2025 18:16

, maybe you could rename it into Samurai Expanded πŸ™‚

Brook Cunningham (rules official), 17 August 2025 18:18 · in reply

Well, Shurien is new the table. When I called it "your homebrew" in my suggestion to them, I meant "what you're playing" not "what you created". Sorry if I misled you.

A player, 17 August 2025 18:20

where are you play group from?

A player, 17 August 2025 18:21 · in reply

Argentina hahaha 🀣

A player, 17 August 2025 18:22

Well, we share languaje but not continent xD

A player, 17 August 2025 18:22

I am from Spain

kempy_nezumi (not official), 17 August 2025 18:23

Also about EP legality, even the really last Kotei tournaments in last autumn Kotei season of 2015 (december) were played with Evil Portents cards.

A player, 17 August 2025 18:25

you know about Sun and Moon? Is a software to play l5r online, there is a specific discord where tournaments are organiced by Kempy.

kempy_nezumi (not official), 17 August 2025 18:26

I also noteiced this format allows non-format legal Siege cards (?) because Corrupt Geisha House exp is on banlist. Is it true?

A player, 17 August 2025 18:28 · in reply

No idea honestly haha I'll check, I'm a bit overwhelmed already hahaha

kempy_nezumi (not official), 17 August 2025 18:28
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A player, 17 August 2025 18:28 · in reply

Could I get a link to that discord please? πŸ™‚

A player, 17 August 2025 18:30

https://discord.gg/hF4afVUv

kempy_nezumi (not official), 17 August 2025 18:31

There's some inconsistency. As many Siege: Heart of Darkness or Siege: Clan Wars cards weren't standard legal as they don't contain legality "bugs". They were mostly legal in Legacy formats, but no all of them. You should ask your guys about legalities and why Currupt Geisha House is on ban lists - this card even should be legal because it was never 20F legal as well.

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A player, 17 August 2025 18:31 · in reply

Thank you, will let them know ☺️

A player, 18 August 2025 15:11

Quick question: towards the end of Celestian, I remember I used to play a Last Step Castle deck and I had a way to recover or reuse strategies from the discard pile (I remember it clearly because on one particular kotei match vs a PX honor player I played Rhetoric 6 times....he was not happy), but I can't fml remember how and I'm not finding it. Anybody has any idea?

Brook Cunningham (rules official), 18 August 2025 15:14 · in reply

Disreputable Deal Focus Effect, I'd guess.

A player, 18 August 2025 15:16 · in reply

Maybe! Thanks πŸ˜„