How "Samurai" is Magic the Gathering Kamigawa!? - Gaijin Goombah

[@GaijinGoombah]

Go to Surfshark.deals/gaijin and use code gaijin to get 83% off a 2 year plan plus 3 extra months for free! HOPE YOU ENJOYED EVERYONE! I didn't expect this video to be THIS long, but holy cow am I finding WAAAAY too much samurai info relevant to MtG!

[@AnthonyDaFox]

You better not Be Stupid enough to Call Toshiro Umezawa a Samurai. HES A RONIN!

[@thatmotivatedchris6749]

I was wondering if you'll ever do a video on a certain other (I think he is.....probably) demon samurai and hear your opinions on him and how much you love or dislike him either is fine with me honestly. Vergil from Devil May Cry

[@New3DSLuigi364]

I Can't wait to find out Which Samurai are ACTUALLY Samurai; and which ones are Just Ronin with a Cooler name?!

[@joshuasinclair7606]

Just commenting so you can see my avatar the hand of cruelty opposite to the hand of Honor you have in the video

[@skullkidtiger4851]

Ever since that breakdown of Ninja in mtg, I have been basically begging for a Samurai breakdown. But now, I finally got it and I am beyond JAZZED

[@Loron20]

I actually think the "attack alone" mechanic still fits in with the historical idea of samurai with one simple change to the idea: Those not attacking and just providing benefits are symbolic of the retainers, providing benefits without being directly in the fight... unless necessary for an all out attack. This also fits as most of those effects seem to trigger when a samurai OR WARRIOR attacks alone, a warrior being representative of the lower ranked retainers. "But aren't those soldiers?", no, As Gaijin said these early samurai were basically professional mercenaries, not government armies, so warriors and not soldiers.

[@GaijinGoombah]

This is a VERY cool idea!

[@Folfire]

Well, yes. But Soldiers, Warriors and Samurai are different subtypes in MtG. Joke aside, pretty cool idea :)

[@jonbrewer297]

@@GaijinGoombah The thing about the current Kamigawa is it's much more modernized, hence the focus on both artifacts and enchantments, representing modernity and tradition. So you'll see things that should be familiar to everyone: Vigilantes on motorcycles, animal-morphing equipment, mechs including combining mechs, etc.

[@srbrant5391]

Samurai started out as very, very loyal mercenaries. As neatly encapsulated in this immortal phrase: *"H i r e a S a m u r a i."*

[@GM_Darius]

11:30 Wait. So you're telling me that Sekiro's Gyoubu Oniwa's charging into combat and shouting his name so loud the heavens could hear was something they legit did? Won't lie. That makes Gyoubu more hardcore.

[@LeoHiranoo]

Also, the Blazing Bull is something legit, not a crazy boss idea.

[@revan0890]

LEROY JENKINS!

[@FelipeASaito]

I like how Isshin, *Two Heavens as One* makes reference to Miyamoto Musashi's fighting style, Nitten Ichi Ryu (Two Heavens as One) both in name and art

[@matheuslisboa9369]

And effect by duplicating attack triggers (two swords, two strikes).

[@demetrioselias]

It would be fun to see either which ninja or samurai on the Yugioh card game. Even just the Legendary Six Samurai archetype, would be cool to see.

[@BlindOracle00]

shi en is based off of oda nobunaga so thats a history lesson in just one card. another archetype would be the shiranui/mayakashi, the mayakashi being based off the hyakki yagyo.

[@BrotherRoga]

Never was much into MTG, though I do appreciate the work that went into the art on the cards.

[@mattwo7]

The art has certainly improved since the early days where it looked like it belonged on Deviantart and not an official product.

[@riccardocalosso5688]

It's the reason I started to play it. After all, the alternatives were pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh, and the art quality is definitely different.

[@dawnmcauley6411]

I run a Neon Dynasty Samurai deck in MtG Arena and I would say that the retainers are represented in the "when a samurai attacks alone" mechanic as that mechanic applies as long as that card is on the field and *any* samurai present attacks. Essentially what I see happening is the attacking samurai is the lead with the fielded but idle creatures with that effect act as retainers. The way my deck is built supports that interpretation. It's a white/red with average cost around 2/3 mana. I don't use big creatures but instead compounding buffs to situational attackers. It's based on a retinue of Samurai working cooperatively even if there's one (that will switch on the depending on circumstances) that gets the glory.

[@LetsaskShogo]

Another amazing episode, I was looking forward to this✨ Your explanation of Bushido and Ikkiuchi battle is especially super easy to understand and I agree with everything you said! Thank you so much for this video!

[@GaijinGoombah]

Thanks Shogo! Glad you liked it!

[@Gekyouryuu]

A fun thing in Kamigawa: Neon Genesis Evangelion that didn't really come up here is the card Jukai Trainee who effectively has the old Bushido ability, though unnamed. it's not super important or anything, I just think it's neat. 18:48 oh, hi, James.

[@tipulsar85]

Hilariously the new Samurai mechanic also has ties in game to another mechanic from Magic's past called Exalted. In fact I was kind of surprised that the Red/Green commander deck didn't come with a copy of Cathedral of War. 18:49 Hi James of LRR...

[@MaxRavenclaw]

5:00 YES! This! This, so much! I'm so happy you covered this. Too many people take the embellishments and romantizations of the Edo period as historically accurate. In fact, Ninja too are affected by this.

[@AnthroTsuneon]

Now I'm wondering if Susanoo from Okami counts as a real samurai, considering his bluster and need for divine aid, I imagine arguments can be made for and against

[@blackfiresoul]

I have been waiting for this since neon dynasty was fully released. They used a cultural consultant for both inspiration and accuracy and neon dynasty has a lot of flavor not just in lore for mtg but for Japan itself

[@GaijinGoombah]

Yeah... I know this one took a while...

[@semysane]

Hey, that's James from Loading Ready Run as the generic player near the end! Always fun to see LRR get referenced

[@longcurse]

My fave Magic content and Japanese folklore content combines! 🤩

[@horrocks65]

Hearing about the Twilight days of the samurai makes me want to see a Which Samurai episode on the samurai of Gintama. It'd be interesting to see an episode on how accurate a sci-fi comedy manga/anime depicts the samurai trying to adjust to a society where samurai are losing their role in it (especially with the characters of Gintoki, Shinpachi, the Shinsengumi, Kotaro and Shinsuke) Only if the anime wasn't 300+ episodes

[@PhoenixLaw92]

I loved this video dude! As a social studies teacher and lover of Japanese culture, this was very enlightening. I do have a video idea too. I'd love to see one done on Admidamaru from Shaman King!

[@masterofchaos7282]

This should be fun. I’d personally like a video on the samurai of final fantasy like Cyan and Auron

[@seanmcfadden3712]

I'm hoping for a Lolonoa Zoro episode. I mean, the swordsman of the Strawhat crew is more of a ronin than a samurai, and wielding a sword in your mouth is pretty silly, but I'm certain there's more to him that ties to samurai than just using katana.

[@andrealaw5260]

I think you would like Yugioh's ninjas, six samurai, karakuri, superheavy samurai... and or Yugioh has a lot of Yokai archetypes.(from the ghost girls to mayakashi & more)

[@Mariodash23]

I think one kind of media samurai you should check out is the Burning Blade Blademaster Orcs from Warcraft. They're an Orc clan of blade wielding warriors that fight with quick precision and brutal ferocity, have their own code of honor, and are also the only known Orcs in the Warcraft universe to use swords instead of the typical axes that Orcs are known for in that universe. Plus, their armor and weaponry is very much inspired by samurai with the hakama pants and war banners they wear on their backs. I dunno how much else they'd have in the lore, but I would love to know what cultural similarities you could find from those Orcish masters of the blade!

[@ZeroMetalSonic]

How about episode about Digimon Samurai like Zanbamon, Musyamon or Tactimon?

[@genmlvx8120]

Don't forget Gaiomon and Kazuchimon

[@MagetaTheLionHeart]

Also check out the story from the old Kamigawa. It's a war between humans and kami started by a Samurai lord kidnaping a kami for immortality.

[@tylercoddington1990]

Since may is just around the corner, could you make a which samurai about the Jedi?

[@TheEmperorGulcasa]

I actually think Bushido was a fine mechanic, but the creatures it was attached to were priced like bushido was part of their base stat line, making them overall punch below their price. This was true of most of Kamigawa's cards and mechanics. Cool in concept, way too expensive due to the set generally being a huge power drop from the out of control Mirrodin sets. As just an ability that made blocking worse, it should have been priced more like Menace, which is a fairly standard evasion mechanic in more modern cards. The rare Kentaro the Smiling Cat was a 2 mana 2/1 with bushido 1. With his extra ability being pretty meaningless, he's about comparable to the uncommon Deranged Whelp who is a 2 mana 2/1 with Menace. Meanwhile Kamigawa had uncommons like Indebted Samurai stuck at 4 mana for a 2/3 with bushido 1 and a minor effect. Most stuff in the set was just 1-3 mana overcosted even for the time.

[@vonsklavounakis8265]

Are we not going to talk about how Yoshinaka’s three detachments used a stampede of angry oxen with FLAMES TIED TO THEIR HORNS to defeat the Taita?

[@GaijinGoombah]

But... I did. @_@

[@ScoutingForZen]

Well, you just convinced me to make a Neon Dynasty deck. Also, major props to MtG's team for the dedication to research

[@chickeninparadise7021]

Finally! Neon Dynasty was amazing, and I have been waiting for this wonderful video for forever! Thanks Gaijin.

[@stopskrewingaround]

Awesome video cant wait for you to look at the kami

[@gamerkingdom1442]

Still remember from that time of the Kamigawa packs! It’s been years since I’ve heard of those cards…..I’m actually interested of these new cards!!

[@Ningflingslinger]

The new Samurai theme ability actually reminds me of another ability from MtGs past: "Exalted" from the Alara block. Basically the same, but for any creature type and only gives +1/+1 power. It's the signature ability of the Shard of Bant in the world of Alara, a place governed by white mana and its allied colors blue and green. It's a place all about knights, chivalry and recognition in battle where any dispute was resolved via a ritualistic confrontation of champions representing each conflicting party. Perhaps new Kamigawa Samurai were designed using the more romanticized idea of "chivalrous Samurai" and made their signature move to be similar to the old "Exalted".

[@_pandoras_box_]

I love the vid, and have a suggestion for your next Which Ninja: Origami Cyclone from Tiger and Bunny, i recently watched through the first season and think he’d be a cool topic for a Which Ninja (tho he isn’t a huge part of season 1, always in the background)

[@travisasselta9140]

Great videos. I would like to see a video about some of the yugioh cards like, Shien Being Oda Nobunaga or how the flower cardian play style reflects Hanafuda.

[@bodieodonnell4397]

Glad you did this! Kamigawa was my favourite set and the characters are just awesome! Keep up the awesome work!

[@mikeytheeaglescout]

Your gonna have to do a Pokémon episode for this series. Samurott, both OG and Hisui, would make a good video. I think Emboar, would also make a good video, especially since you could talk about how sumo started as a samurai sport.

[@empresshemmalaya1802]

I was just wishing for a gaijin video over the new neon dynasty set! Amazing 🤩

[@robertgronewold3326]

Now how about a little Yokai rundown of Kamigawa Neon Dynasty. 😇

[@Keromenson]

My Kamigawa Samurai deck is actually my favorite. While the Bushido mechanic on it's own is not super great, you have to keep in mind that those decks were designed to be used with the equipment artifact cards. As such, if you beef up a low level creature even slightly, then your opponent is more likely to block, letting that mechanic come into effect. Plus, a lot of the high power or Legendary samurai in that set gave other Samurai bonuses based on those Bushido points. Strangely enough, I've actually caught a lot of people off guard in combat rounds because they disregarded Bushido until suddenly my creature has a +2/+2 and their blocker is dead and my attacker lives.

[@TheRuneTail]

Quick question. Would Usagi Yojimbo be considered a smaurai?

[@snerdbrgrSkips]

excellent video. always love a deep dive of a game to it's real life counterpart

[@matthewhanlon1568]

Love this new series. A potential idea for a future episode could be on Myamoto Usagi (Usagi Yojimbo)

[@TheCreepypro]

the culture in this video was amazing and as an old magic player who actually owns some of the old cards in the kamigawa set I might look into this new one and start making new decks again some of these abilities sound so good and the prospect of having them activate all at once when one creature attacks tickles a side of me I haven't indulged in a while thanks for the heads up

[@alexrees3706]

been looking forward to this video for a while and its awesome to continue to explore how well MTG has translated things from different cultures in to mechanics

[@skullkidtiger4851]

One of the things I have always thought "lacked" in terms of samurai cards were the bushido ability. But once I realised my own play style, bushido is actually a darn good combat trick especially when you are coming in swinging and giving the samurai "tools" for victory. By tools I mean buffs

[@coreymyers5321]

I like this Which Samurai more and more.

[@drabbit4382]

I'm that guy from patron who usually doesn't leave comments because I feel like I have nothing to add, here to take my first step to tell you: cool video, G. It put me in a good headspace to face tomorrow's challenges. Keep doing your good work, you got this.

[@zigzackb2036]

my very first set that I played with in MTG was Kamigawa. I took a long hiatus from the game and just came back with Neon Dynasty. I must have been one of the few players who used a Samurai Red/White Bushido deck back in the day and I play a Red/White Samurai deck now, you showed the card, but my favorite is Raiyuu, Storm's Edge. Love that card! My favorite deck from Kamigawa though was my Orochi deck, my friends HATED me for using that deck lol. Thanks for the video, It's pretty cool knowing some of the history behind the cards.

[@Enixon869]

Talking about Samurai in card games makes me think an episode covering Legend of the Five Rings might be neat.

[@TheGameRonin0619]

I love this video! And I just built my samurai deck as a brawl deck! This is so cool! I love the deck!

[@atlasweylandeden1091]

This may well be the earliest I’ve been on a video: 40 seconds after being uploaded. Looking forward to watching!

[@yusheitslv100]

This video made me want to play MTG again. I aesthetically like samurai, and even though I blame Power Rangers for that, MTG has some cool samurai cards art-wise.

[@davidhigdon794]

I'd like to request that you take a look at Pathfinder 2E's Kitsune and Tengu ancestries. Alternatively, their 3rd Bestiary has quite a few yokai. I'd be interested in your evaluation of their accuracy. Thank you for your hard work and amazing content!

[@travish7104]

I am so happy that there's another episode of this so soon if there's any relevance to samurai and table top trading card games I hope you can cover the Six Samurai Archetype in yu-gi-oh weather the cards are are based on historical samurai figures, or actions either way I'm taking notes

[@michaelatbarnett]

Would be very curious as to your take on the story of the Wanderer/The Wandering Emperor of Kamigawa (the thumbnail character), as well as her design.

[@CyberRogue2088]

I have literally no knowledge on Samurai (other than from your Eldin Ring episode) or magic the gathering, but after learning all my ninja facts from you, it’s fun learning about Samurai from you too😄 Also, if you’re ever looking for another ninja to talk about, I’ve looking back at Randy Cunningham: 9th grade ninja, and there were a lot of interesting ways they handled ninjas. Sure, there were some weird mystical bits in it, like using ninja energy to create a disguise, but there was also a lot of things I caught that were ninja accurate, like a joke the science dude made about pairing navy blue with red. I thought you might find it interesting. Anyway, thanks for making these videos man. It’s really cool learning about Japanese culture!😄

[@Jaebird88]

I used to have a mono-white samurai deck in high school until my Konda, Lord of Eiganjo was stolen. And yeah, I'm still sour over that (even though the character is a total jerk who started the Kami War in the fiction).

[@Dragoflare]

Good morning, Gaijin. I was curious if you ever heard of the Usagi Yojimbo series? It seems pretty accurate to Japanese culture and the plot is pretty good read. If you ever have the time, I’d suggest giving it a shot.

[@jonbrewer297]

I mean, Kamigawa today is much more modern Japan, with plenty of anime tropes, e.g. vigilantes on motorcycles.

[@Sour_AppIe]

The exchanging of name and ranks as well as exploits finally made Gyobu the demons intro in sekiro make sense to me "MY NAME IS GYOBU MASATAKAONIWA I STOOD WITH THE ASHINA WHEN THEY CLAIMED THIS LAND" on horse back with Polarm in hand and everything

[@arcticbanana66]

Is it just me, or does anyone else keep hearing "Kamigawa Nyan Dynasty"? I haven't played Magic since early Ravnica, but I might be tempted to come back for that.

[@Spiritstar0]

Idea for the future: Take a look at the Onimusha series. Not only is it a fun series, it has a lot of samurai, yokai and, yes, even ninja tropes.

[@ZetaEntity101]

I'm really enjoying the series good job dude it's fun to learn

[@GaijinGoombah]

Awesome!

[@Devlerbat]

Do you have any interest in doing a yokai watch on the Kamigawa set? It seemed to me that their Orochi don't have anything in common with the mythological Orochi beyond being snakes, but it would be interesting if there was something there or at least something that connects Orochi to green mana. Ir if any of the other Kamigawa creatures based off of yokai show deeper than surface level connections to the mythological yokai they are inspired from.

[@FenrirKyuubi]

Thank. You. SO. MUCH! I loved the original Kamigawa block(collected it in it's entirety and still run a White Samurai/Kitsune deck) and love Neon Dynasty(didn't go AS ham on this block, but collected ALOT of cards and plan to modify my original Samurai deck with it). So this one, as a HUGE fan of Samurai and a big believer in Budo this video pleased me a great deal, both for historical accuracies and inaccuracies you laid out. Thank you a million times over. *deep bow*

[@thearmoredgamer9912]

Drifters would definitely be an interesting thing for you to analyze

[@ninjawxyz1260]

I was not much into MTG but seeing the art from Kamigawa Neon Dynasty was single-handedly got me into it. I loved the art and theme of the set

[@vginsprdsobepr9698]

Could you do a culture shock on the video game Blasphemous? I love the Spaniard culture influences and references of the paintings of Goya.

[@nicodalusong149]

I personally like the Neon Dynasty set because the showcase version of the basic land cards look gorgeous and the showcase version of the Mechtitan Core is drawn by Naochika Morishita who is one of the main artists for Gunpla Box Art (I really want this card).

[@nickmproductions723]

I love all of these videos about uncovering the inspiration in card games, but as a Yu-Gi-Oh player, I'd love to see what you can find in the game's Ninja archetype, Six Samurai archetype, or even the Super Heavy Samurai archetype, cuz deciphering the source of inspiration for those groups would be awesome

[@gaberielpendragon]

We can't forget the instances of Samurai taking the heads from already dead troops and/or samurai and presenting those for pay and glory without actually participating in the battles, rare, most likely, but almost assuredly happened.

[@tanakasensei3450]

The fact that it's been 20 years since the initial Kamigawa block came out, I swear Takeno is riding the Old Age Horse and trampling my rear with it...

[@The16bithero]

So when samurais went one and one they might've given speeches and screamed as they fought? That explains a lot. Specially if they yelled their special attacks

[@Kartoffelkamm]

Great video, as usual. I only played MTG: Arena, and only for a few weeks before I got bored, but it's still interesting to see all the stuff. Anyway, I recently found an anime called Konohana Kitan, and decided to give it a try. It's cute, it's funny, and above all else, almost every episode feels like getting smacked in the face with the mythology/folklore segment of one of your videos. The main premise is that it's set in a hot spring hotel, the Konohanatei, which is run by kitsune, and somewhere between the mortal world and the realm of the gods, so all kinds of spirits and other entities come by from time to time. Even the occasional god. I'd really appreciate it if you could give it a try, and maybe make a video or two about it.

[@ADarkAngel4949]

I been waiting for this episode for do long. I love my Samurai Commander Deck.

[@themaplesamurai]

Speaking of samurai accuracy in Wizards of the Coast games, perhaps one day you could do a video on how to build a historically accurate samurai in D&D like you did for ninjas? Since you brought up in another video how D&D's dedicated samurai subclass reflects more the pop culture idea of a samurai than the real thing, it would be interesting to learn what character build would reflect the real thing. Personally, I think a cavalier fighter with the archery fighting style and the noble background's knight variant would do the trick, but I'd love to see how you'd do it. :)

[@Kinsect101]

I would Love to see a Which samurai on Kiryu's ancestor's from kenzan & Ishin Ryoma & err... Kiryu

[@enistoja]

Fans of the old Alara block know the "when a creature attacks alone" skill as "Exalted". Alara lives on in Kamigawa's samurai!

[@RealJohnnyAngel]

Honestly, I Love Upriser Renegade. Base art, too. +2/0 for each modified creature you control. It's got so much flavour of leading an army of low level dudes who've geared up. And he looks like the 80s biker delinquent and I love him.

[@kahelem6077]

Who got there GM (Monty Glu) to let them play a race from Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica? You did 🤣🤪

[@ZhangHe2369]

18:48 surprise James Turner.

[@SlycerZ]

The Kamigawa Neon Dynasty set had somewhere between 5 and 12 cultural advisors to make the set be super close to real life as possible without relying on tropes or being offensive. There is a video on some of the process on magic the gathering's youtube channel. So this mechanic having cultural roots makes complete sense.

[@invertedghostgames9899]

Fun Fact: There is technically a named "when this creature attacks alone" mechanic. That mechanic is called "Exalted." While this particular mechanic isn't exactly what the new Samurai and Warriors of Neon Dynasty have, it's so similar that it may as well be the same thing. And considering the lore of both real world and in-game samurai, I'd say it fits them despite not being what they actually have.

[@Shoyro]

I can agree with what is presented, but surprised that there was no mention of the fact there's Samurai with effects that involve Samurai *and* Warriors in Neon Dynasty. Hearing that Samurai existed solely for the battlefield *really* highlights that the creature types listed actually have a connection to each other.

[@adventurejedi2490]

Great video! Here's some suggestions: Usagi (TMNT) Silver Samurai (Marvel Comics) Roronoa Zoro (One Piece) Mugen and Jin (Samurai Champloo) Katana (DC Comics) The Seven Samurai (Kurosawa film) The Jedi (Star Wars) Jetstream Sam (Metal Gear Rising)

[@representativejoints1188]

Beautiful work. I know the cards have their own lore but this is a really cool way to view it because in the end real history is more important.

[@MagetaTheLionHeart]

I still have my Samurai deck from the old Kamigawa set, but for the new one I went with mechs... And hilariously there are a few Viking ships, picture that battlefield.

[@darkwolf9637]

You should do a video about the mayakashi archetype in yugioh The entire archetype is based on yokai disguising themselves as humans during the day (the main deck monsters) then turning into their yokai forms and attacking during the night (the extra deck monsters) Some examples of yokai it has are Yoko a kitsune Tengu a tengu obviously And gashadokuro a starving skeleton

[@mattwo7]

Spirit monsters in general are based on kami and yokai and the monsters in Bastion's manga deck are also yokai. In fact that was their monster type (except Fox Fire and Rigorous Reaver which are pyro and plant respectively but I think they predate the GX manga) but Konami made them zombies. Probably why the mayakashi are also zombies.

[@BlindOracle00]

i feel yugioh does flavor a bit better too. the way mayakashi summon themselves is to emulate the hyakki yagyo, a parade of 100 demons.

[@mattwo7]

@@BlindOracle00 Seems more like classic swarming tactics to keep it in line with the meta to me.

[@BlindOracle00]

@@mattwo7 but they dont really swarm, they use the previous monster as material. its kind of like a link climb combo but the objective is to eventually climb back down.

[@MyLadyAbsinthe]

that first kamigawa run got me into mtg, so good. the novels that went along with them were also awesome, tho not as awesome as ravnica.

[@velazquezarmouries]

I love that jumonji Yari on the background You don't see a lot of complex Yari representation nowadays

[@komodrasteel8019]

Time For a Samurai hunt

[@emanuelrojas2]

Hey Gaijin, the new Usagi Yojimbo reboot came out and since you did a TMNT vid on Which ninja, why not have Which Samurai video on the Rabbit Ronin?

[@kiskillilla223]

18:50 Is that a young James Turner from LoadingReadyRun playing Magic the Gathering?!

[@Larper64]

Actually, bushido strangely synergizes well with ninjutsu. If your opponent doesn't block you can ninjutsu out your samurai for a ninja card to hit for better effect. So lulling you opponent into a false sense of security with cheap lowcost samurai who buff when blocked, thus making them not want to block them, works well with the ninjutsu mechanic of most ninja cards.

[@13KuriMaster]

Here I am hoping for you to cover any Ninja, Samurai or Yokai that are in Yugioh.... we got entire archetypes for all of them.

[@Mokiefraggle]

Would you consider maybe doing one on some of the yokai that feature in the Kamigawa sets? I remember there being a _lot_ of kitsune (like, they were an entire weird ninja-ish tribe/clan, as I recall? Been a while since I had my old white/red deck), and a whole lot of critters that they called "baku," but didn't look a whole lot like the friendly tapir-like dream-eater. Though, admittedly, there's a whole lot of stuff going on with yokai and yokai-ish creatures in the various Kamigawa expansions...might get a bit involved. I'd kinda like to see your thoughts on why the Kamigawa Yuki-Onna card is a red mana card, though. That's a weird one.

[@joltsreviews]

Well this has got me wanting to make a samurai deck to pair with my ninja deck

[@ianswanson332]

Wait, so Gyuobo Oniwa yelling out his name while charging you at the start of his boss battle in sekiro was not only lore but historically accurate? That's sick, I thought the just did that for the memes

[@luliby2309]

You could call the "Samurai or Warrior attacking alone" mechanic a variant of Exalted by the way.

[@bugashi]

Ok, I saw the image of The Wandering Emperor and thought it might somehow come up. Was kinda disappointed, but the video did give me a few ideas for a commander deck I was thinking about building around samurais.

[@GASlenderman80085]

Hey gaijin I have question I know this is out of context, i’m making a manga and i was wondering where can I get info on realistic Japanese “princess”. you can just reply with a link or something pretty plz!

[@daviddent5662]

when I first saw the fix to Bushido I knew I wanted to play Samurai in MTG this season. I struggled as I tried to merge them into Naya to include the less popular green Samurai, tried some Mardu but honestly when they were simplified to Boros they just popped off. I'm winning quite often after some minor spending to improve my removal, ironically Ninja are getting me down more often than not.

[@Al-ir6vb]

Samurai can work just needs some supports is all. Iroas as a commander to make it easier to attack with, Crawlspace and White enchantments like Always watching giving passive buffs to capitalize on forcing blocking, and then some Red direct damage spells for flying foes or if you like throw in some white spirits or some dragons to help out. The idea is using Samurai to force your opponent to fight head on. It doesn't always work, but it can throw some opponents off guard.

[@wilsonarnett6375]

Greatly enjoy your videos as always dude. Also this may sound stupid but if you feel like an aprils fools edition of which ninja down the line, I might suggest velociraptor and combination of its scientific AND pop culture representation. Got the idea from the ninja episode of dinosaur king