Border Keep, Border Keep Experienced

L5R CCG Rules board, 20 November 2012

A topic from AEG's L5R CCG Rules forum, copied for Oracle of the Void from a copy of the forum saved in October 2015, so pages it didn't save are missing. Players' names are left out; the rules officials are named. Rulings are as they stood on these dates; later rulings, the rulebooks and the Rules Archive may differ.

A player, 20 November 2012

If I destroy my Border Keep (say, with Basic Lesson), can I later bring into play a Border Keep Experienced?

The rulebook says on pages 89/90 that Border Keep and Bamboo Harvesters (specifically, not "versions of") may not be included in one's deck, but it does not say the same about The Experienced versions.

The EE rules only state that Personalities may overlay, but I can't find anything saying I can't do this. Border Keep has a non-standard Dynasty back, but it does not say that it may not be included in decks (if one uses sleeves).

Similarly, is there anything that prevents me from doing the same with Bamboo Harvesters Exp? Or is there anything preventing me from including it in my deck? The rules don't say anything otherwise that I can find.

Brook Cunningham (rules official), 20 November 2012

The rulebook says on pages 89/90 that Border Keep and Bamboo Harvesters (specifically, not "versions of") may not be included in one's deck, but it does not say the same about The Experienced versions.

The rule means any card with the title "Border Keep" or "Bamboo Harversters" may not be included in your deck, regardless of version.

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