LEGEND OF THE FIVE RINGS (L5R) CCG : (AEG ERA) : Shop Introduction (Game, Shop Explanations & More) :
=> Check out the Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) CCG sub-menus in the main site menu above to make your purchases (AEG time) !
=> Consultez les sous-menus de Legend of the Five RIngs (L5R) CCG dans le menu principal du site au dessus pour faire vos achats (époque AEG ) !
Older Dynasty Back cards.
Older Fate Back cards.
More recent Fate Back cards.
More recent Dynasty Back cards.
Old SOTE Back tokens, but as well Top Deck booster.
Eternity "Bug" (Eternity tournament legal).
1) Legend of The Five Rings (L5R) CCG : Game Introduction :
Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) CCG, released in 1995 (AEG version) is a collectible card game, set in a fantasy empire called Rokugan, based loosely upon medieval Japan and Japanese Mythology.
All cards are in English unless otherwise indicated.
These products must be ordered separately from all my After : The board game.
Thank you for your interest.
* Rarity of a Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) CCG card (noted with the card title) :
- A star is a rare card (notify R in card's tile).
- A star surrounded by a circle is a “fixed” rare card, which only appears in a pre-constructed deck (notify Fixed in card's title).
- A diamond is an unusual card (notify U in card's title).
- A circle is a common card (notify C in cards' title).
- An inverted triangle is a promotional card (notify Promo in card's title).
Notes :
Older expansions doesn't owns a rarity symbol, some FOIL card series may be “Curved” due to the printing process of the time.
L2P means "learn to play" set, D2P means "Direct to player set" (through AEG ancient direct online store).
* Notes about the game :
For various game formats, whether in tournaments or among friends, the cards have a small symbol usually printed in the bottom right and /or left-hand corner of the card (on the reverse side) which tells you whether the card is legal or playable in a particular format.
This is because the rules of the game vary according to the type of Arc, and not all cards are playable with all editions or extensions.
This little sign is called a "Bug" and tells you whether a particular card is compatible with the chosen game format.
Sometimes, there are also two small "Bug" symbols, which obviously mean that a particular card is playable in two different formats, in this case, it's called "dual bug".
=> SO CHECK SOMETIMES THE TWO BOTTOMS CORNERS OF A CARD FOR THEIR "BUGS" !
* For your informations,here's the various L5R Arc's names Editions and with wich expansions they are playable with :
Introduction note :
Please note that in addition to the PDF's listed below, other rulebook supplements or other documents for each Arc may sometimes be available in the shop section of the L5R Basic Editions here, as well as in the shop sections of each of these ARC expansions.
1) "Clan Wars" (Imperial ARC) :
* Battle of Beiden Pass ( L2P Box).
* Scorpion Clan Coup, Scroll 1 - 2 - 3.
NOTES :
- It is also possible that an edition or extension has not yet been created.
- Thoses cards doesn't owns a tournament "bug".
- All Promo cards from this ARC, are listed here.
2) "The Hidden Emperor" (Jade ARC) :
* The Hidden Emperor, Episode 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6.
* The Hidden Emperor: The Dark Journey Home.
* Siege of Sleeping Mountain (L2P).
* Storms Over Matsu Palace (L2P)
NOTES :
It is also possible that an edition or extension has not yet been created.
Promo cards from this ARC, are listed here.
3) "Four Winds" (Gold ARC) :
NOTES :
Promo cards from this ARC, are listed here.
! Don't forget that some expansions owns a "Dual bug", so they are tounament valid for two differents Arc's.
4) "Rain of Blood" (Diamond ARC) :
* Dawn of the Empire (D2P set).
NOTES :
It is also possible that an edition or extension has not yet been created.
Promo cards from this ARC, are listed here.
! Don't forget that some expansions owns a "Dual bug", so they are tounament valid for two differents Arc's.
5) "Age of Enlightenment" (Lotus ARC) :
* Test of Enlightenment (D2P set).
* Lotus 2006 World Championship deck (Inc Foil).
NOTES :
It is also possible that an edition or extension has not yet been created.
Promo cards from this ARC, are listed here.
! Don't forget that some expansions owns a "Dual bug", so they are tounament valid for two differents Arc's.
6) "Race for the Throne" (Samurai ARC) :
* Test of the Emerald and Jade Championships (D2P set).
* Samurai Edition Banzai 2.0 (Reprint set).
* Samurai Edition Banzai 2.0 ("Special case" : bonus rare).
* The Imperial Gift 1 (Note : Imperial Gift(s) is listed with the Celestial expansions).
NOTES :
It is also possible that an edition or extension has not yet been created.
Promo cards from this ARC, are listed here.
! Don't forget that some expansions owns a "Dual bug", so they are tounament valid for two differents Arc's.
7) "The Destroyer War" (Celestial ARC) :
* Celestial Edition (including foil cards pack).
* The Imperial Gift 1-2 and 3.
* Celestial Edition CE15 (Reprint including "Flashback" reprint).
* Battle of Kyuden Tonbo (L2P).
NOTES :
It is also possible that an edition or extension has not yet been created.
Promo cards from this ARC, are listed here.
! Don't forget that some expansions owns a "Dual bug", so they are tounament valid for two differents Arc's.
8) "Age of Conquest" (Emperor ARC) :
* Embers of War (27/08/2025 : ENCODING IN PROGRESS).
* The Shadow's Embrace (D2P set).
* Emperor Edition : Gempukku (reprint).
NOTES :
It is also possible that an edition or extension has not yet been created.
Promo cards from this ARC, are listed here.
! Don't forget that some expansions owns a "Dual bug", so they are tounament valid for two differents Arc's.
A Brother's Destiny (Ivory Arc) BUG.
20F (Ivory Arc (TWENTY FESTIVAL (20F) ("sub-arc")) BUG.
Twenty Festivals is named as such because Legend of the Five Rings was celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2016.
(1995-2016).
Twenty Festivals refers to a series of festivals being held to celebrate the naming of a new Heir Apparent and his ascension to the throne.
9) "A Brother's Destiny" (Ivory ARC) :
* A Matter of Honor (L2P) (legal formats : Ivory (not 20F) and Emperor).
* Ivory Edition (including uncommon and common promo pack foil).
* The Currency of War (L2P).
* Blackest Storm (unreleased expansion).
NOTES FOR "TWENTY FESTIVAL (20F) :
"Twenty Festivals" (20F)) was the second part of the Ivory block.
"Twenty Festivals sub-arc" is a limited format in which only cards from the Twenty Festivals base set and certain expansion sets released shortly before it and subsequently can be used.
Here are the tournaments Legalities for 20F that are specific :
The current base set is Twenty Festivals, as such, the following formats are legal for standard constructed tournament play :
1) Twenty Festivals Strict : Any cards printed in the Twenty Festivals Base set plus any card with Black Legality Bug printed in "Thunderous Acclaim", "Evil Portents" and "The Blackest Storm (unreleased expansion).
2) Twenty Festivals Arc : Any cards printed in the Twenty Festivals Base set plus any card with a Blue Legality Bug printed in "Ivory Edition", "The Coming Storm", "A Line in the Sand", "The New Order", "Thunderous Acclaim", "Evil Portents" and The Blackest Storm (unreleased expansion).
3) Twenty Festivals Extended : Any cards printed in the Twenty Festivals Base set plus any card with a Purple Legality Bug printed in "Coils of Madness", "Gates of Chaos", "Aftermath", "Ivory Edition", "The Coming Storm", "A Line in the Sand", "The New Order", "Thunderous Acclaim", "Evil Portents" and The Blackest Storm (unreleased expansion).
- Additional cards from the Imperial Herald, major tournaments, and others, grouped as Promotionals of Twenty Festivals.
Promo cards from this ERA, listed in the general promo section here.
10) Other cases :
* War of Honor 2011 :
Self-contained multiplayer L5R variant. Some cards in this game had the Celestial and /or Emperor bugs.
* Siege : Heart of Darkness 2014 :
Self-contained cooperative L5R variant, with multiple players opposing a challenge deck piloted by another player. The Dark Naga challenge deck includes new cards with no arc legality ; the three preconstructed decks include cards
legal throughout the Ivory arc, from Coils of Madness through A Line in the Sand. Introduces Clock and Territory card types, which are only relevant to the Siege format.
* Siege : Clan War 2015 (Another Siege variant) :
Yogo Junzo deck includes new cards with no arc legality ; the three pre-constructed decks include cards legal throughout the 20F Arc, from Ivory Edition through Evil Portents, 9 new cards and one reprinted card, Productive Mine, with Onyx legality only. Also contains Clock and Territory card types, which are only relevant to the Siege format.
Sources : Wikipedia.
10) Fantasy Flight Games ERA (After AEG) :
L5R Property from AEG acquired by Fantasy Flight Game.
Cards are not present on site.
LCG format game, no more in a CCG format.
Onyx Lives BUG.
Same bug as 20F.
11) Onyx Edition (An L5R CCG Fan Project) :
That follow the stop of L5R products by AEG are various digital fan projects by some of the original CCG Designers (they still running).
It's called "The Onyx Lives project" using same bug as 20F one.
This fan-driven project continues the L5R CCG from where it originally ended at the cusp of Onyx Edition, a product which was never released.
Our project, led by members of the original L5R Design and Rules Teams, aims to see the work members of our teams spent over a year creating finally come to light.
While Onyx existed for many years in the ether of the internet as half-finished PDFs, and the game was continued by dedicated people through digital formats, many of us longed to see Onyx done 'properly', and we set ourselves to the task of finishing what we had started.
This is a 100% free project.
The various expansions are (available in PDF format) on their site are :
Chaos Reigns, Part II is Live! / Shattered Empire is Live! / What's Next : Onyx Edition and Shattered Empire / Chaos Reigns, Part I is Live! / Gathering Storms is Live! / Rise of Otosan Uchi is Live! / Onyx Remastered is Live! / Road to Ruin is Live! / Onyx... Lives!
Source : Onyx Lives project see as well our friendly links.
2) Legend of The Five Rings (L5R) (CCG) Shopping System :
2) Explications du Système de Shopping de Legend of The Five Rings (L5R) CCG :
All Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) CCG cards are generally in English, unless otherwise indicated in the card title.
These products must be ordered separately from all my After: The Board Game products.
* About shopping :
IF THE TOTAL AMOUNT VALUE OF ITEMS IN YOUR CART IS EQUAL TO A VALUE OF 25€ OR ABOVE, YOU MUST CHOOSE A REGISTERED TYPE SENDING.
So we are both reassured and cover in case off problems.
Thanks for your understanding.
Check as well in case off, our general terms & conditions and delivery explanations.
* Legend of the Five Rings (CCG) : some shop explanations and card research request :
The cards listed on the site are, of course, available directly ...
As not all cards have been created on the website yet, if you have any requests regarding available card stock, please contact me using the form at the bottom of this page.
Please note that I am only focusing on the AEG period.
I sometimes buy Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) (CCG) cards, but in limited quantities.
If necessary, please also use the contact link at the bottom of this page.
I don't grade my Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) (CCG) cards, except foil ones in regular editions.
Thank you in advance for your understanding.
Also check out my Buylist page on the site for my personal shopping requests and for shopping explanations between us !
Check as well my "How to play Legend of the Five Rings (CCG)" page videos.
Toutes les cartes Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) CCG sont en général en langue anglaise, excepté si une indication dans le titre de la carte indique le contraire.
Ces produits doivent être commandé séparément de de tous mes produits After : The Board Game.
* A propos du shopping :
SI LA VALEUR TOTALE DES ARTICLES DANS VOTRE PANIER EST ÉGALE À UNE VALEUR DE 25€ OU PLUS, VOUS DEVEZ CHOISIR UN ENVOI DE TYPE RECOMMANDÉ.
Ainsi nous sommes à la fois rassurés et couverts en cas de problème.
Merci de votre compréhension.
Vérifiez le cas échéant nos conditions générales de vente et les explications relatives à la livraison.
* Legend of the Five Rings (CCG) : quelques explications du shop et requêtes de recherches de cartes :
Les cartes sur le site sont bien sûr directement disponibles ...
Comme toutes les cartes ne sont pas encore crées sur le site, si vous avez des demandes de stock de cartes disponibles, veuillez me contacter avec via le formulaire en bas de cette page.
Attention, je ne me concentre que sur la période AEG.
J'achète parfois des cartes Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) (CCG), mais en quantité limitée.
En cas de besoin utiliser, également, le lien contact en bas de cette page.
Je ne grade pas en qualité les cartes Legend of the Five Rings (CCG), exceptés les cartes foil dans les éditions régulières.
Merci d'avance et merci de votre compréhension.
Vérifiez aussi ma page Buylist du site pour mes demandes personnelles d'achats et pour les explicatifs d'achats entre nous !
Vérifiez aussi ma page videos : "How to play Legend of the Five Rings (CCG)".
About the search site engine (the site's magnifying glass) / A propos du moteur de recherche du site (la loupe) :
FR : Excepté le fait d'utiliser le plan du site ou les différents liens internes directs des Editions et extensions reprises ci-dessus, le système de recherche de la loupe est assez basique pour le moment. Les quelques petits trucs malgré tout, ci-dessous, peuvent encore vous aider dans vos recherches.
Le cas échéant, vous pouvez toujours aussi me contacter, je suis un humain !
EN : Apart from using the site map or the various direct internal links to the Editions and extensions listed above, the magnifying glass search system is fairly basic at the moment. However, the few tips below may still help you with your searches using this system.
If necessary, you can always contact me, I'm only human !
1) apple banana pomme banane
give the pages which contain the two words.
donne les pages qui contiennent les deux mots.
2) apple -banana pomme -banane
give the pages with apple, but without banana.
donner les pages avec pomme, mais sans banane.
3) "pomme de reinette" "pomme de reinette"
gives the pages that contain exactly the words pomme de reinette.
donne les pages qui contiennent exactement les termes pomme de reinette.
4) pom* pom*
gives the pages that contain words beginning with ‘pom’ such as pommier or pompe.
affiche les pages qui contiennent les mots commençant par "pom" comme pommier ou pompe.
5) Item reference. Référence d'article.
It's as well possible to search a item with his reference number as for example: WCE12.
Il est également possible de trouver un article avec son numéro de référence, par exemple: WCE12.
NOTES FOR L5R AND THE MAGNIFIYING GLASS :
If you are searching for an ‘experienced’ L5R personality, never use the full word ‘experienced’ in your magnifiying search, as this word is always abbreviated to : Exp or Exp2 and sometimes Exp 2 (with a space between Exp and 2).
Example:
You are searching for the card ‘Shinjo Kinto • Exp 2’ from the ‘Aftermath’ expansion.
Your search will be successful with the following terms :
- ‘Shinjo Kinto • Exp 2’
- ‘Shinjo Kinto Exp 2’ (without the full stop between Kinto and Exp)
- ‘Shinjo Kinto’, obviously...
However, your search will not be successful with the following terms :
- ‘Shinjo Kinto • Exp2’ or - ‘Shinjo Kinto Exp2’ (the 2 is attached to Exp because I encoded it with a space...).
So sometimes I encoded the cards with a space and sometimes I didn't. It's all about ‘space’ and search system ^^
3) Legend of The Five Rings (CCG) : Stock Updates :
I must yet finish to classify all of my L5R CCG cards as well as update my own date base...
It's the most difficult ever CCG to collect but for sure one of the best ever !
More stock will follow when I'm done with some rows and my collection.
Latest updates:
=>DAK / DOTE / E&JC / IG1 / IG2 / IG3 / TOE / FL / Ivory Edition / TSE / AM / CoM / TA have been listed, BTD, SC, SoD , AM, GoC / EoW...
For some expansions I don't have yet entered all U & C cards.
4) Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) CGG - Other Free Downloads & Ressources :
4-1 ) Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) CCG - My Own Data Base :
Buzzy on, must finish to classify my own collection so not all is entered on site ... (Normaly it will be available for free in 2025). Thank You.
4-2 ) Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) CCG - Sets (Resume) & The Clans Overview (PDF) :
First ... big thanks for the various web sources works of each one to have thoses documents available for the L5R (CCG) community including the work of AEG and their archives.
This Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) CCG file just above has been taken from Wikipedia (Latest updates 2017).
There's perhaps some newer updates, so check as well perhaps Wikipedia in case off.
I think (for me...), there's missing each time all reprinted cards presents in decks from previously editions or expansions, the quantities of cards for some sets are not always good.
I call them myself "R.C. cards".
Afa : in "Anvil of Despair" Preconstructed Decks some cards are reprinted from older expansions. So thoses cards are not present in "Anvil of Despair" expansion itself but they owns the same Layout design as AOD ...
That's the case for mostly for older expansions and editions.
That's why sometimes my L5R (CCG) shop are subdivised for some expansions or editions in two parts, the usual expansion and the same expansions for thoses R.C. cards.
The number of cards for them are not fixed.
But this file is a great basic knowledge start !
This Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) CCG file just above has been taken from the AEG site (latest archives (20F ERA)).
It's the complete overview / presentation of each Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) CCG clans.
Slightly different from the Fantasy Flight Games version.
(It's a rebuild text version (no pics / text formatage, authors unknow, etc...).
4-3 ) Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) CCG : Several Learn to Play Box (L2P) Rules and Various Alternate Formats Rules PDF :
PART 1/2.
PART 2/2.
4-4 ) Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) CCG : Smaller Booklets Rules (includes in decks or Box ) :
NOTES :
- I don't have scan the "story part".
You'll find, as well thoses downloads, in each shop sections for each ARC expansions.
AEG : Sword of Champions Plaque : It commemorates major wins by L5R Players over the history of the game during AEG years.
4-5 ) Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) CCG : AEG Archives (including L5R Floor Rules, L5R stories & Various) :
Love Letter was a card game ("Wedding Edition" and "Legend of the Five Rings" Edition) based on AEG's original Love Letter rules and features the compelling art and characters of the Legend of the Five Rings universe.
4-6 ) Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) CCG : (AEG) "Imperial Herald Journal" :
Imperial Herald was a quarterly publication issued by AEG to support Legend of the Five Rings products in the 1990s. It included news, interviews, spoilers, and feature articles on all things Rokugan.
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