Seven-Tail Mentor
Creature — Fox Samurai
When this creature enters or dies, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature or Vehicle you control.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #15882
Seven-Tail Mentor turns every Samurai or Warrior you cast into a keyword-buffet — slapping your choice of flying, first strike, vigilance, trample, lifelink, or haste onto any creature in your hand before it even hits the board. The cost is a three-mana 2/2 with no immediate impact, so you're banking on the keyword-granting ability firing repeatedly to justify the slot. In the right shell it earns that slot; outside it, it's a build-around that does nothing alone.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Raiyuu, Storm's Edge
Raiyuu, Storm's Edge cares deeply about a single Samurai or Warrior attacking unblocked, and Seven-Tail Mentor is the enabler that slaps evasion — flying, trample, or the keyword that clears the path — onto whatever attacker Raiyuu is backing that turn, turning each extra combat into a guaranteed trigger.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Seven-Tail Mentor is a Commander card in practice — the Samurai and Warrior tribal density required to fire the ability turn after turn only exists in a 99-card singleton shell built around it. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern or Pioneer, a three-mana 2/2 that requires a specific creature type in hand is far too slow and conditional to see serious play. Pauper is legal but the same logic applies — the common-slot competition is brutal and tribal keyword-granting at this rate doesn't clear the bar. Stick to Commander, specifically any Boros or Mardu Samurai build where Seven-Tail Mentor slots naturally into a tribal curve.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Seven-Tail Mentor is pure bulk — grab a copy out of any bargain bin without a second thought. Demand is narrow enough that this price is stable; it's not climbing unless a pushed Samurai or Warrior commander causes a spike in the archetype.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.