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Takeno, Samurai General

Takeno, Samurai General

Legendary Creature — Human Samurai

Takeno wants a deck that is built around one creature type, like Elves or Dragons. It also works in a deck built around Humans or Samurai.

  • Mana cost5 genericwhite
  • White ()
  • Power / toughness3 / 3
  • RarityRare

Bushido 2 (Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn.)

Each other Samurai creature you control gets +1/+1 for each point of bushido it has.

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Cards That Fit Takeno, Samurai General

Picked for what they do in Takeno's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Takeno'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

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Commanders that share the most with Takeno, 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 glossaryWPlayers write colors as letters: W for white.Typal/KindredTypal decks are built around one creature type, like Elves, Dragons or Zombies, with cards that make that type stronger. The type is printed after the dash on the card's type line, and the strategy is also called kindred or tribal.Open the Typal/Kindred pageTypal PayoffRewards you for playing lots of one kind of creature. That includes "lords" that make every other Goblin or Merfolk you control bigger, and cards that ask you to choose a creature type and then pay you off for it. A creature type is the word on the middle line of the card, like Goblin, Elf or Zombie.Open the Typal Payoff 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 pageSamuraiSamurai are mostly white and red, and many have bushido, which makes them bigger when they block or are blocked. Some reward a creature for attacking alone.Open the Samurai page