Skip to content
Commander Nexus
  1. Commander Nexus
  2. Commanders
  3. Brothers Yamazaki

Command zone

Brothers Yamazaki

Brothers Yamazaki

Legendary Creature — Human Samurai

Brothers Yamazaki wants a deck that plays cheap creatures and attacks from the first turns. It also works in a deck built around Humans or Samurai.

  • Mana cost2 genericred
  • Red ()
  • Power / toughness2 / 1
  • RarityUncommon

Bushido 1 (Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)

If there are exactly two permanents named Brothers Yamazaki on the battlefield, the "legend rule" doesn't apply to them.

Each other creature named Brothers Yamazaki gets +2/+2 and has haste.

Build a deck with Brothers Yamazaki Find it in the app

Archetypes
Themes

Cards That Fit Brothers Yamazaki

Picked for what they do in Brothers Yamazaki's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Brothers Yamazaki's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

plan6

The 6 Cards

Does what Brothers Yamazaki does6

The 6 Cards

Rulings for Brothers Yamazaki

explain how Brothers Yamazaki works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 1 Dec 2004

The two Brothers could be controlled by different players.

Wizards of the Coast 1 Dec 2004

There are two versions of this card, each with different art. The cards are numbered 160a/306 and 160b/306. The art has no effect on game play.

Wizards of the Coast 1 Jul 2013

If a third Brothers Yamazaki enters the battlefield, the legend rule will apply. If one player controls more than one Brothers Yamazaki at that time, that player will have to choose one and put the rest into their graveyard.

3 rulings, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

Similar Commanders

Commanders that share the most with Brothers Yamazaki, and what they share.

Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryRPlayers write colors as letters: R for red.AggroAggro decks play cheap creatures early and attack every turn, trying to knock opponents out before their bigger plans come together.Open the Aggro pageStatic BuffGives creatures a lasting bonus to power and toughness while it remains on the battlefield, rather than a boost that wears off at end of turn. Garruk's Uprising, Patchwork BannerOpen the Static Buff page