Samurai

Samurai
Creature Type
(Subtype for creature/kindred cards)
Statistics	75 cards 42.7% 1.3% 13.3% 24% 6.7% 1.3% 8% 2.7% 7 Samurai creation cards 57.1% 14.3% 14.3% 14.3% as of March of the Machine
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Samurai is a creature class. Samurai, also known as Bushi (BOO-shee), or musha (MOO-shah) are warriors who have sworn their service and their lives to a single authority figure, usually a feudal lord.

Description

Most samurai are noble and serve their duty unflinchingly. Samurai are often equipped with a longsword called a katana and a shortsword called a wakizashi; in many lands where samurai are found, they are the only citizens allowed to carry more than one weapon. The bushido ability, representing their combat ability, is exclusive to samurai. Most samurai are aligned with white.

Due to personal dishonor or the death of their lord, some samurai become rogues called ronin; ronin may be just as honorable as other samurai or as underhanded as the darkest rogue. Ronin are usually black or red.

Tetsuo, Imperial Champion is, to date, the only samurai card explicitly from a plane other than Kamigawa (although Jade Avenger from Modern Horizons 2 also doesn't appear Kamigawan, its homeworld is ambiguous).

History

Samurai first appeared exclusively in the Kamigawa block. All Samurai in the block had Bushido.

The first Samurai printed outside the block was Jade Avenger in Modern Horizons 2. Samurai reappeared in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty. In this set, the Samurai had a mechanical revamp - they were co-tribalized with Warrior and had a theme of attacking alone. Like in the original block, Samurai are White and Red focused, but the other colors all have representatives. Bushido is not retained as a keyword but is listed as an ability.

Notable Samurai

Dominaria

• Tetsuo Umezawa

Kamigawa

• Brothers Yamazaki, identical-twin ronin brothers under Godo's command.
  • Heiko Yamazaki, renegade general, cousin to Norika.
  • Norika Yamazaki, Imperial diplomat, cousin to Heiko.
• Chishiro
• Golden-Tail
• Fumiko, a powerful, bitter ronin in Godo's service.
• Godo, the self-proclaimed “king” of the Sokenzan bandits and ronin. No one knows his first name.
• Goro-Goro
• Iizuka, ruthless human ronin and leader who some said studied blood magic with oni masters.
• Isao, a skilled samurai who was once in Konda's service, but who turned away from the courtly life to seek a pearl of deeper wisdom in the Jukai Forest.
• Isshin, a member of the Asari Uprisers.
• Kentaro, a legendary, charismatic samurai who recruits warriors for the daimyo Konda.
• Kenzo. A veteran, high-ranking samurai in the daimyo Konda's service.
• Kosei
• Munetsugu Takeno. Konda's top general and the commander of his samurai forces.
• Nagao. A high-ranking samurai champion in the daimyo Konda's service.
• Opal-Eye
• Raiyuu
• Risona
• Silver-Foot
• The Tail Brothers
• Daimyo Takeshi Konda, Lord of Eiganjo
• Toshiro Umezawa, an infamous Onimusha (a dishonored warrior) known for his resourcefulness and ambition.

Tokens

Token Name	Color	Type Line	P/T	Text Box	Source	Printings
Samurai	White	Creature — Samurai	2/2	Vigilance	Banishing Slash Eiganjo Uprising Experimental Synthesizer Imperial Oath Naomi, Pillar of Order The Wandering Emperor
	White	Creature — Samurai	2/2	Double strike	The Eternal Wanderer