He didn't need bushido. All it did was make him overpriced. Bushido is a great ability in concept, but it was built incorrectly. You should never have to pay for conditional power and toughness off the bat. If they had made a Samurai general who gave unblocked samurai Lifelink it would have been almost forgivable. As it stands today, Kamigawa is a lot like Legends mixed with Masques. It has a decent amount of gems that are very powerful even today, but tons of costly cards with awkward mechanics that make for slow games.
Posted By:
N03y3D33R
(1/14/2014 9:52:04 PM)
Even more fun if you have a Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho equipped on the creature you're going to sacrifice.
Preferably one with haste like Brothers Yamazaki (given that you have two of them on the field) or Ronin Houndmaster.
Posted By:
Mode
(11/21/2009 5:05:53 AM)
If his second ability cost lest, he would be a little better. 3.5/5 from me.
Posted By:
Saxophonist
(6/9/2010 9:21:00 AM)
How do we know the name is a capital "I" and not a lowercase "l"?
Posted By:
divine_exodus
(6/30/2011 8:25:47 AM)
This card is pure insanity. Granted that you have another meek smaurai in play (and you should) means that the game is pretty much over for the opponent.
Posted By:
SavageBrain89
(6/12/2009 2:28:47 PM)
This guy withtaurean mauler chameleon colossus and other changling pure sickness.persisting abilitysand come into play abilitys .
Posted By:
Huffytreefolkman
(6/9/2011 5:07:50 PM)
Whats the flavor? He kills one of your guys in front of your army so they will fight harder, knowing if they mess up they are next??
5/5
Posted By:
TheWrathofShane
(9/5/2012 9:23:59 AM)