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Mithras wrote:
Doesn't that imply that the focussed card has to be one of the 5 that you looked at?
Normally, yes, but The Shadow's Clan is played instead of focusing (Archive, The Shadow's Claw). Also, remember that in this scenario, the second copy of The Shadow's Claw is in your hand, not one of the cards looked at.
Does this mean I can draw 5 and then focus using my Tsuma Dojo?
Does this mean I can draw 5 and then focus using my Tsuma Dojo?
That would follow logically from what Marty wrote (here).
I didn't see this one until it came up to go in the Digest.
The important part here is the exact text of Tsuma Dojo and Shadow's Claw.
Tsuma Dojo says, "Focus with it instead of with a card from your hand."
Shadow's Claw does not have you focus with a card from your hand, but rather a card from the top of your deck. You can't use Tsuma Dojo's effect to replace it.
- Marty Lund
Deputy Rules Monkey