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Nagao, Bound by Honor
Legendary Creature — Human Samurai
Bushido 1 (Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) Whenever Nagao attacks, Samurai creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
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“Samurai lord that pumps your army every attack—go wide and bash.”
Aggro
Beginner
Combat damage, Tokens swarm
Tokens, Tribal, Voltron
Strategy
Nagao, Bound by Honor is a go-wide samurai lord that rewards you for attacking with multiple creatures. Your core gameplan is to build a tribal samurai deck that curves out efficiently, then use Nagao's anthem effect to pump your whole squad every combat. Bushido gives Nagao passive defensive stats whenever blocked, making it a resilient beater that can hold the ground if needed.
You'll fill your deck with affordable samurai creatures that scale well together—think lords, evasive finishers, and creatures with relevant abilities. Cards that untap or give extra combat phases become backbreakers, since Nagao's +1/+1 trigger stacks each time you attack. Win by turning sideways with an overstatted army of honored warriors, or by using white's recursion and protection spells to keep your threats alive through removal.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Samurai staples are cheap; skip the pricey original Kamigawa printings and grab reprints of Kitsune Ace and Sekki's Reinforcement instead. Use Archetype of Courage as your lord filler.
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