Samurai Enforcers
Creature — Human Samurai
Bushido 2 (Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Champions of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #22484
Samurai Enforcers puts a 4/4 vigilance body on the board for six mana — fine stats, but six is where Commander curves start demanding more than a vanilla threat. Without an enters-the-battlefield effect, a tribal payoff, or a combo role, it's outclassed by nearly everything else at this slot.
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 |
Samurai Enforcers is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no play in any of them. In Commander, six mana for a 4/4 vigilance with no text is below the power floor — the format's singleton nature means you're always cutting something better. In Legacy and Vintage, the card doesn't exist competitively. Modern has long since outpaced a vanilla six-drop. Samurai Enforcers is legal everywhere that matters and relevant nowhere.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Samurai Enforcers is deep bulk — the kind of card that sits in a dollar box indefinitely. There's no competitive demand and no scarcity driving the price up, so that figure is a ceiling, not a floor.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.