Sunblade Samurai
- Mana cost
- {4}{W}
- Type
- Enchantment Creature — Human Samurai
- Power / toughness
- 4 / 4
- Set
- Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty #39 (common)
- Price
- $0.11 USD
Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.)
Channel — {2}, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic Plains card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. You gain 2 life.
Sunblade Samurai has 3 printings, first in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (2022). EDHREC ranks it #14,309 among Commander cards. It appears most in Isshin, Two Heavens as One decks (1,689 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Sunblade Samurai most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Isshin, Two Heavens as One: 1,689 decks
- Raiyuu, Storm's Edge: 923 decks
- Takeno, Samurai General: 198 decks
- Norika Yamazaki, the Poet: 192 decks
- Risona, Asari Commander: 175 decks
- Kentaro, the Smiling Cat: 77 decks
- Naomi, Pillar of Order: 67 decks
- Sensei Golden-Tail: 64 decks
Often played with Sunblade Samurai
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Discarding the card is part of the cost to activate a channel ability.
- : If a channel ability requires a target, you may not activate it without a target just to discard the card.