Card
Kentaro, the Smiling Cat
Mana cost {1}{W}
Legendary Creature — Human Samurai 2/1
Bushido 1 (Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) You may pay {X} rather than pay the mana cost for Samurai spells you cast, where X is that spell's mana value.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 20 known combos. 2 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · BOK · #13
- Cheapest printing
- €1.13
- EDHREC salt
- 0.13
- Color identity
- White
- Keywords
- Bushido
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
20 known combos.
- Kentaro, the Smiling Cat + Whitemane Lion + Urza's Incubator + Maskwood Nexus
Produces: Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite storm count
View on Commander Spellbook - Kentaro, the Smiling Cat + Kor Skyfisher + Urza's Incubator + Maskwood Nexus
Produces: Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite storm count
View on Commander Spellbook - Kentaro, the Smiling Cat + Whitemane Lion + Urza's Incubator + Arcane Adaptation
Produces: Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite storm count
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2005-02-01 · Wizards of the Coast
Kentaro doesn’t change when you can cast Samurai. It just makes Samurai castable for generic mana. - 2005-02-01 · Wizards of the Coast
Kentaro’s ability only applies while Kentaro is on the battlefield. You have to pay for Kentaro normally. It still costs {1}{W}.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast