Fumiko the Lowblood
Legendary Creature — Human Samurai
Fumiko has bushido X, where X is the number of attacking creatures. (Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +X/+X until end of turn.)
Creatures your opponents control attack each combat if able.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander 2020
- Price
- $0.43
- EDHREC rank
- #6799
Fumiko the Lowblood forces every creature your opponents control to attack each turn, which at three mana is a board-wide pressure lever that few red cards match. Thantis, the Warweaver does something similar from the command zone, but Fumiko stacks with it — and in any deck that wants the table swinging at each other, she earns her slot on impact alone.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Thantis, the Warweaver
Thantis, the Warweaver already mandates attacks from all creatures, and Fumiko the Lowblood redundantly enforces that rule — meaning opponents who would otherwise find a loophole to sit back get hit from two angles simultaneously, turning the whole table into a mandatory brawl.
Aurelia, the Law Above
Aurelia, the Law Above taxes players for attacking her controller and rewards combat compliance, so Fumiko the Lowblood's forced-attack clause ensures opponents are always triggering Aurelia's punishment and tribute mechanics rather than passing safely.
Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant
Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant goads creatures to attack opponents, and Fumiko the Lowblood's Bushido and forced-attack ability stack that pressure — opponents' creatures are either goaded into swinging at someone else or compelled to attack by Fumiko, keeping the chaos maximally directed away from you.
Raiyuu, Storm's Edge
Raiyuu, Storm's Edge rewards solo attackers with extra combat steps, and Fumiko the Lowblood's forced-attack trigger guarantees a steady stream of incoming creatures to block or punish — plus her Bushido 2 means she trades up favorably in the inevitable exchanges Raiyuu's aggressive gameplan invites.
Xantcha, Sleeper Agent
Xantcha, Sleeper Agent hands a creature to an opponent and profits when opponents hit each other, so Fumiko the Lowblood's mandatory-attack clause ensures Xantcha's gifted creature is always swinging somewhere, accelerating the political damage engine Xantcha depends on.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Fumiko the Lowblood is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but her home is Commander — a three-mana 3/2 with Bushido 2 and a forced-attack trigger does almost nothing in faster one-on-one formats where the game is over before her effect accumulates. In Modern and Legacy, she's too slow and too small to matter, and forcing your single opponent's creatures to attack is just a liability with no political upside. Commander is where the mandatory-attack clause becomes genuinely disruptive: four players means a cluttered board, and Fumiko the Lowblood turns every opponent's creatures into a weapon against each other every single turn cycle.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.43 bulk tier
At $0.43, Fumiko the Lowblood is firmly bulk — she's cheap to pick up and unlikely to drop further given consistent Commander demand across forced-attack and goad strategies. The price reflects her narrow application, not low power in the right shell.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.