Summon: Yojimbo
Enchantment Creature — Saga Samurai
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after IV.)
I — Exile target artifact, enchantment, or tapped creature an opponent controls.
II, III — Until your next turn, creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays 
for each of those creatures.
IV — Create X Treasure tokens, where X is the number of opponents who control a creature with power 4 or greater.
Vigilance
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Final Fantasy Commander
- Price
- $1.32
- EDHREC rank
- #2736
Summon: Yojimbo lands on the battlefield and immediately redirects damage to itself, acting as a durable shield for your more important permanents. The cost is real — you're spending mana on a defensive piece rather than advancing your board — but in the right shell, particularly alongside Garnet, Princess of Alexandria, that protection buys enough time to matter.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Garnet, Princess of Alexandria
Garnet, Princess of Alexandria casts Summon: Yojimbo for free off her ability and wants exactly this kind of sacrifice-ready defender to absorb hits while she builds toward her win condition — 82% inclusion rate across nearly 3,000 decks makes the relationship nearly mandatory.
Yuna, Hope of Spira
Yuna, Hope of Spira cares about Aeon and Summon creatures specifically, and Summon: Yojimbo feeds that tribal density while pulling double duty as a damage sponge that protects Yuna herself.
Terra, Magical Adept
Terra, Magical Adept rewards casting and recurring high-cost spells, and Summon: Yojimbo slots in as a resilient body that justifies the mana investment while keeping Terra alive long enough to generate value.
Narci, Fable Singer
Narci, Fable Singer tracks sagas and legendary permanents, and Summon: Yojimbo's legendary status means every copy you cast or recur contributes directly to her payoff engine.
Sigurd, Jarl of Ravensthorpe
Sigurd, Jarl of Ravensthorpe cares about attacking with legends, and Summon: Yojimbo's damage-redirection ability keeps your other attackers healthy through combat, letting Sigurd's triggers stack up without trading into blockers.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the native habitat for Summon: Yojimbo — the format's slower pace and multiplayer threat density make a persistent damage-redirector genuinely useful, and the legendary creature type plugs into numerous commander synergies. In Legacy and Vintage, it's technically legal but the power bar sits high enough that a defensive creature without an immediate board impact won't make the cut in any competitive list. Oathbreaker is a reasonable home for the same reasons as Commander, though the 20-life starting total compresses game length and makes pure protection less valuable. Outside those formats, Summon: Yojimbo simply isn't legal.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.32 cheap tier
At $1.32, Summon: Yojimbo sits firmly in the budget tier — easy to pick up without hesitation for any deck that wants it. Niche cards with narrow commander overlap tend to hold this price floor steadily rather than climbing, so buy it when you need it rather than speculating.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Garnet, Princess of Alexandria
- Yuna, Hope of Spira
- Terra, Magical Adept
- Narci, Fable Singer
- Sigurd, Jarl of Ravensthorpe
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.