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Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
Legendary Creature — Dog
Whenever another legendary permanent you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on Yoshimaru. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
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“Legendary-matters voltron that grows with every legend you play.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Commander damage, Combat damage
Voltron, Tokens, Counters
Strategy
Yoshimaru is a legendary-matters engine that grows bigger every time you play another legend. Your gameplan is to fill your deck with legendary creatures, planeswalkers, and artifacts, turning each one into a counter on Yoshimaru. By the midgame, Yoshimaru becomes a sizeable threat that punches hard while you're naturally advancing your board with other powerful legends. You win through combat damage by making Yoshimaru a huge threat, often pumped by all those legendary permanents you're jamming anyway. The partner mechanic opens up two-commander flexibility, letting you pair Yoshimaru with a legend that complements your strategy—whether that's a ramp engine, card draw engine, or another synergistic piece.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip expensive tutors like Enlightened Tutor; use card draw like Mask of Memory and Sram, Senior Edificer to find legends naturally. Budget legends like Anax, Hardened in the Forge and Avacyn, Angel of Hope still trigger Yoshimaru.
Signature Cards
- 1Isamaru, Hound of Konda
- 2Day of Destiny
- 3Urza's Ruinous Blast
- 4Flowering of the White Tree
- 5Mikaeus, the Lunarch
Inclusion = % of Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful decks running this card. +lift = percentage-point boost over the format average.
Partner Candidates
Kodama of the East Tree
Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh
Thrasios, Triton Hero
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
Esior, Wardwing Familiar
Krark, the Thumbless
Tormod, the Desecrator
Prava of the Steel Legion
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
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