Legend of the Five Rings: The Card Game


Legend of the Five Rings: The Card Game is a Living Card Game produced by Fantasy Flight Games from 2017 to 2021. It is a two-player game set on the world of Rokugan in the Legend of the Five Rings franchise. During the game, players take on the leadership of one of the Great Clans which define Rokugani society, and they are cast into conflict against another clan. The conflicts will decide the future of Rokugan.
The game is a successor to the Legend of the Five Rings collectible card game produced by Alderac Entertainment Group from 1995 to 2015. On 17 February 2021, FFG announced the completion of the game, Under Fu Leng’s Shadow being the last pack, released in June 2021.

Released card sets

Core Set

The Core Set was shown to the public during Gen Con Indy in August 2017, and was released October 5, 2017. In order to obtain a full playset for deck building, three copies of the Core Set must be purchased.

Box contents

  • 7 Stronghold Cards
  • 117 Dynasty Cards
  • 98 Conflict Cards
  • 17 Province Cards
  • 20 Status Tokens
  • 40 Fate Tokens
  • 50 Honor Tokens
  • 5 Ring Tokens
  • 1 First Player Token
  • 2 Honor Dials
  • 1 Imperial Favor Card
  • 5 Role Cards
  • 2 Reference Cards

Premium Expansions

The first two Premium Expansions contain 234 new cards each, covering every clan and dedicated theme. The third and last one contains 271 new cards, almost half of them being dedicated to the Shadowlands faction.
Children of the Empire Premium Expansion offered plenty of support for dueling.
Clan War Premium Expansion introduced an Enlightenment format to the game, where three or more players race to claim all five elemental rings on their provinces.
Under Fu Leng's Shadow Premium Expansion introduces two new game variants: cooperative and challenge. On cooperative variant, a player can either play solo or team up with friends to take on a mighty Shadowlands warlord. On challenge variant, one of the players will lead the forces of the Shadowlands into battle against two to four other players.
Expansion nameRelease date
Children of the Empire14 February 2019
Clan War7 February 2020
Under Fu Leng's Shadow18 June 2021

Clan Packs

Each Clan Pack contains 78 cards designed to augment deck building options for one specific clan.
Expansion NameClanRelease date
Disciples of the VoidPhoenix5 April 2018
Underhand of the EmperorScorpion11 October 2018
Warriors of the WindUnicorn11 April 2019
Masters of the CourtCrane25 April 2019
The Emperor's LegionLion1 November 2019
Defenders of RokuganCrab8 November 2019
Seekers of WisdomDragon6 December 2019

Dynasty Packs

Each Dynasty Pack typically contains 60 cards and has a complete playset of new cards. Dynasty packs are generally part of a six-pack "cycle" that follows a particular storyline and theme. A new pack is usually released monthly during the cycle. There was an exception with the initial Imperial cycle, where they released a new pack weekly in order to quickly increase the card pool and improve deck building variety.

Inheritance Cycle

This cycle introduced the Disguised keyword.
Expansion nameRelease date
For the Empire20 June 2019
Bonds of Blood19 July 2019
Justice for Satsume23 August 2019
The Children of Heaven20 September 2019
A Champion's Foresight25 October 2019
Shoju's Duty29 November 2019

Dominion Cycle

This cycle introduced the Eminent and Rally keywords.
Expansion nameRelease date
Rokugan at War6 March 2020
Spreading Shadows5 June 2020
In Pursuit of Truth3 July 2020
Campaigns of Conquest7 August 2020
As Honor Demands4 September 2020
Atonement2 October 2020

Temptations Cycle

This cycle introduced the Dire keyword.
Expansion nameRelease date
Twisted Loyalties6 November 2020
Honor in Flames4 December 2020
A Crimson Offering22 January 2021
The Temptation of the Scorpion19 February 2021
Coils of Power4 June 2021
Peace at Any Cost21 May 2021