Silverstorm Samurai
Creature — Fox Samurai
Flash
Bushido 1 (Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Betrayers of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #23215
Silverstorm Samurai lands as a 4/4 with flash and pumps your whole team +1/+1 until end of turn the moment it enters — that's a combat trick and a body stapled together for five mana. The cost is steep enough that it competes with genuine finishers, so it belongs in decks that can exploit the flash timing or recur the enter-the-battlefield trigger repeatedly.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Silverstorm Samurai earns its slot in go-wide creature decks that want to ambush attackers or push unexpected damage through at instant speed — the team-wide pump at end of combat can flip races in your favor. Outside Commander, it's legal in Legacy, Vintage, Modern, and Pauper, but five mana for this effect is well above rate in any of those formats where efficient interaction dominates. Pauper is the one exception worth a glance, since the creature pool is shallower and a flash 4/4 with upside has more room to breathe.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Silverstorm Samurai is deep bulk — zero barrier to picking up copies. Bulk rares at this price point don't tend to climb unless a new commander or mechanic puts them in the spotlight, so grab it for the effect, not for any expectation of appreciation.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.