MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #13

Kentaro, the Smiling Cat

bok·#13·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Donato Giancola

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Feb '05

21 yr ago

Value

$2.12+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $2.19 · low $2.00

NM$2.12

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$1.96–$2.24modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $2.12low $0.02range 10500.0%n 45

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #17,204 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$17

Nonfoil$2.12

Gameplay

Legendary Creature — Human Samurai

Bushido 1 (Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) You may pay {X} rather than pay the mana cost for Samurai spells you cast, where X is that spell's mana value.

"The bonds of bushido will draw the dishonored back someday, and I will be there waiting."

2/1

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2005-02-01wotc

Kentaro doesn’t change when you can cast Samurai. It just makes Samurai castable for generic mana.

2005-02-01wotc

Kentaro’s ability only applies while Kentaro is on the battlefield. You have to pay for Kentaro normally. It still costs {1}{W}.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $2.12. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $2.12 across 45 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from BOK — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #13 of *Betrayers of Kamigawa*, the set that shipped alongside the February 2005 Betrayers of Kamigawa release.

Card type: Legendary Creature — Human Samurai, color identity white, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {1}{W} (2 converted). Keyword abilities: Bushido.

Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #17,204 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Donato Giancola. Rarix catalogs 770 other cards credited to this artist.