Do tokens that represent a card type like the Venerable Master personality token or the Anvil of Despair xp's weapon token count as a card for targeting with actions that specifically look a card?
Tokens that represent a card type
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Do tokens that represent a card type like the Venerable Master personality token
It is not a token. "Create a 3F/3C/3PH Samurai Personality with your Clan alignment." Nowhere is the word token mentioned.
On: Venerable Master
or the Anvil of Despair xp's weapon token
It is not a token. "Create a Shadowlands Weapon Item with a Force bonus equal to the removed Personality's Force plus Chi." Nowhere is the word token mentioned.
On: Anvil of Despair
count as a card for targeting with actions that specifically look a card?
http://rules.l5r.com/Non-card_physical_game_elements: "In Samurai Edition, follower, item or personality tokens cannot be created; cards are created instead."