Kentaro, the Smiling Cat
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SetBOK
Collector #13
Released2005-02-04
Rarityrare
ArtistDonato Giancola
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Kentaro, the Smiling Cat

RareColour IDMV 2
Legendary Creature — Human Samurai
Bushido 1 (Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
You may pay rather than pay the mana cost for Samurai spells you cast, where X is that spell's mana value.
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Keywords
Bushido
Card capabilities
CreatureLegendary creature
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
This is the only English printing.
Rulings (2)
wotc1 Feb 2005
Kentaro’s ability only applies while Kentaro is on the battlefield. You have to pay for Kentaro normally. It still costs {1}{W}.
wotc1 Feb 2005
Kentaro doesn’t change when you can cast Samurai. It just makes Samurai castable for generic mana.