Kentaro, the Smiling Cat
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Betrayers of KamigawaBOK · #13
- Card type
- Legendary Creature — Human Samurai
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.95 € · ★ 3.63 € · 2.23 $ · ★ 17.09 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Power
- 2
- Toughness
- 1
- Colour
- White
Card text
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.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Donato Giancola
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2005-02-04
Flavour text
"The bonds of bushido will draw the dishonored back someday, and I will be there waiting."
Rulings
Kentaro doesn’t change when you can cast Samurai. It just makes Samurai castable for generic mana.
Kentaro’s ability only applies while Kentaro is on the battlefield. You have to pay for Kentaro normally. It still costs .