Courts of the Crane Clan

This bad card is quite bad.

The Geisha/Geisha House Paradigm is starting to look pretty poor compared to the farm, market/port, dojo, temple, castle, & mine schemes.

Would be better if our Yojimbo had better abilities. At least it works on attachments.

It is a portable version of the proactive part of Kyuden Bayushi and Hidden Catacombs of the Scorpion. The drawback is significant but not always crippling. The Sensei would be good enough if they never printed a Favor ability on a card. Fate Superiority (The Hand & Resource Advantage 101).

Dishonor should really be reeling now.

Too risky without more certainty than is likely to be available.

Discard effects that are avoidable are not quite the same as straight discard effects. From a mechanical stand-point, they are good for the game. As long as it doesn't approach total hand destruction, we should be okay. Great card advantage, in any case.

Will be very solid in draft when you need those Courtiers and/or Yojimbo.

I'm guessing Allegiance cards will be similar to the Lotus versions http://imperialassembly.com/oracle/#cardid=328 http://imperialassembly.com/oracle/#cardid=329 http://imperialassembly.com/oracle/#cardid=330 Instead of permanent abilities, I'd bet they'll be more like Kata. And won't involve Winds....

I think the Invest probably should've added another keyword (like Resilient, Iron Crane, or Stalwart) and another training token. 5/5 for 15 sounds more than fair. The ability is really strong for a non-unique with the Invest. She is, at least, well-costed for her base version's stats & ability.