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Godo, Bandit Warlord

Legendary Creature — Human Barbarian

When Godo enters, you may search your library for an Equipment card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Whenever Godo attacks for the first time each turn, untap it and all Samurai you control. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.

CMC
6
Mana cost
{5}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
rare
Set
Champions of Kamigawa
Price
$1.43
EDHREC rank
#3125
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Godo, Bandit Warlord card art
Godo, Bandit Warlord enters, tutors any Equipment directly onto the battlefield, and grants an additional combat step — all on a six-mana body that wins the game on the spot with Helm of the Host already in play. The cost is real: six mana is a large ask, and Godo dies to any removal before the trigger resolves. Tetsuo, Imperial Champion players aside, anyone running Godo is building around that combo line or not running him at all.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Tetsuo, Imperial Champion

Tetsuo, Imperial Champion

68.9% of decks · synergy 0.68

Tetsuo, Imperial Champion runs Godo, Bandit Warlord as a core piece — the Equipment tutor fills Tetsuo's hand with the weapons he needs to one-shot commanders, and the extra combat step accelerates the kill by a full turn.

02
Gilgamesh, Master-at-Arms

Gilgamesh, Master-at-Arms

67.6% of decks · synergy 0.64

Gilgamesh, Master-at-Arms is an Equipment-stacking deck that wants Godo, Bandit Warlord for the same reason every Equipment commander does: a six-mana tutor that puts the card directly into play skips the equip cost entirely and represents immediate board presence.

03
Raiyuu, Storm's Edge

Raiyuu, Storm's Edge

46.0% of decks · synergy 0.43

Raiyuu, Storm's Edge rewards attacking with a single Samurai or Warrior by granting an additional combat, and Godo, Bandit Warlord is both a Samurai and a built-in extra combat trigger — he slots in as a redundant copy of Raiyuu's own ability while also fetching whatever Equipment the deck needs.

04
Ardenn, Intrepid ArchaeologistRograkh, Son of Rohgahh

Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist // Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh

24.1% of decks · synergy 0.21

Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist // Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh is built around moving Equipment freely at zero cost, so Godo, Bandit Warlord's ETB tutor functions as a guaranteed threat-fetcher that dumps the best piece into play and immediately feeds Ardenn's redistribution ability.

05
Isshin, Two Heavens as One

Isshin, Two Heavens as One

15.7% of decks · synergy 0.14

Isshin, Two Heavens as One doubles attack triggers, so Godo, Bandit Warlord's attack trigger — granting an additional combat — fires twice, meaning a single swing sets up three full combat steps and the ability to untap Godo twice in the same turn.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Godo, Bandit Warlord lives — either as the 99th card tutoring Helm of the Host in an Equipment build, or as the commander himself in a mono-red combo deck that wins on turn five with enough fast mana. In Legacy and Vintage he's legal but competes for slots with faster threats and sees essentially no play. Oathbreaker is the one other format where a Godo signature spell shell could theoretically exist, though the 20-life total makes the combo less necessary. Outside Commander, treat him as theoretically legal and practically irrelevant.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

24,449 decks
Godo, Bandit WarlordHelm of the Host

Godo, Bandit WarlordHelm of the Host

Infinite combat phases; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Put all Equipment cards from your library onto the battlefield

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1,502 decks
Rionya, Fire DancerGodo, Bandit Warlord

Rionya, Fire DancerGodo, Bandit Warlord

Infinite combat phases; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Put all Equipment cards from your library onto the battlefield

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Price Context

Current price

$1.43 cheap tier

At $1.43, Godo, Bandit Warlord is dramatically underpriced for a card that wins Commander games on the spot — budget builds have no excuse to leave him on the shelf. The price reflects reprint availability rather than demand, and it's a safe pickup for any Equipment or mono-red combo deck at this floor.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.