so you make the damage hit him. Then prevent some of it, seems like it would be good for a cleric deck were you could prevent the damage more effectively.
Krynthe
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(3 votes)
This guy works rather well with Eight-and-a-half Tails, redirect damage, turn the source white and give Opal-eye prot white.
bhunji42
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Bubble Matrix + this, you can prevent any damage you would take, combos better than a Shaman en-Kor since it only does creatures.
allmighty_abacus
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0)(4 votes)
You could run this card, or you could realize how idiotic and futile that would be and run most any of the old Kor creatures that have the damage redirection thing. They also don't have defender. And aren't legendary. And don't wear salad bowls.
KazeKen
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(4 votes)
Combine this card with Kitsune Healer and you can redirect the damage, then prevent all damage that would be dealt to him...FTW.
Baconradar
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Combos well with various damage redirection cards and is fun for casual.
Has plenty of flavour.
HOWEVER. Why does he have defender? This seems like a case where the defender ability is completely pointless and only serves to annoy. He is very unlikely to attack anyway, but in those situations, why not let him?
Suju
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(3 votes)
Yojimbo means body guard. Guards do not attack they protect. It makes perfect sense since hes the kings personal body guard. He would never leave the kings side to attack, he would always be right beside him to guard him.
Kryptnyt
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Also works well with Akroma's Memorial.
Shiny_Umbreon
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(3 votes)
They really thought defender reminder text was more important than bushido's?
Seriously, if it was a rare, they could have skipped it. It's weirder that an evergreen keyword (though new) has reminder text while a block-specific mechanic does not, not to mention the semi colon.
Its not just the fact that the defender was given rules text rather than the bushido, but they divided the two with a semi-colon...it just looks silly.
Did this card really need to have Bushido 1? It can't attack with it, and although the +1 power matters the +1 toughness doesn't as much, since this yojimbo can prevent damage dealt to him. It would have saved the awkward formatting issues and made the card just generally a bit simpler (if weaker).
Rants aside, love this guy. A walking sword-wielding fox with a straw bowl on his head! :D
Oleggio
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Card is quite nice, in EDH is the really nice pieace of tactic that I usually use to achieve better protection in my ofensive estrategy. And using heart of light and Eight-and-Half Tails whisch gives him a powerfull resistence to damage. Beside! this Little fox badass can block one creature and prevent the damage of another. So, make your own consideration, and bushido is nice, i prefer this guy during combat being 2/5 than remain 1/4.
Cheers for everyone!
Happy 2012 guys!
Whyarecarrots
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
How does his tap ability interact with protection from a colour? Ie, can it be used to effectively block an attack from a creature with protection from white by assigning the damage from that attack to Opal-Eye?
Thanks!
myztikrice
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Whyarecarrots
I believe protection from white would prevent Opal-Eye from choosing that creature as the source.
captainsealed
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Whyarecarrots Since his tap ability isn't a targeting ability(it doesn't have the word target anywhere), it works against creatures with shroud or protection.
nemokara
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Splizer and Shiny_Umbreon
It may seem weird for defender to have reminder text while bushido doesn't, but this was actually the first set where defender became a keyword. So this was one of the first three creatures with defender, along with Kaijin of the Vanishing Touch and Traproot Kami. Before this, only Walls had the 'can't attack' ability, so it's understandable that players would need some reminding of the change. In contrast, they had had an entire set already to play with the bushido mechanic, making it okay to omit the reminder text on a wordy rare.
Cyberium
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Quite crazy in multi-player game, since the redirection ability doesn't require the source to be targeting you or your creatures.
Tybaltic
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Am I... wrong in thinking this is a girl?
I mean, it's either a girl kitsune or a kitsune with a -fantastic- pectoral regime.
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Has plenty of flavour.
HOWEVER. Why does he have defender? This seems like a case where the defender ability is completely pointless and only serves to annoy. He is very unlikely to attack anyway, but in those situations, why not let him?
Seriously, if it was a rare, they could have skipped it. It's weirder that an evergreen keyword (though new) has reminder text while a block-specific mechanic does not, not to mention the semi colon.
or something similar.
Did this card really need to have Bushido 1? It can't attack with it, and although the +1 power matters the +1 toughness doesn't as much, since this yojimbo can prevent damage dealt to him. It would have saved the awkward formatting issues and made the card just generally a bit simpler (if weaker).
Rants aside, love this guy. A walking sword-wielding fox with a straw bowl on his head! :D
Cheers for everyone!
Happy 2012 guys!
Thanks!
I believe protection from white would prevent Opal-Eye from choosing that creature as the source.
Since his tap ability isn't a targeting ability(it doesn't have the word target anywhere), it works against creatures with shroud or protection.
It may seem weird for defender to have reminder text while bushido doesn't, but this was actually the first set where defender became a keyword. So this was one of the first three creatures with defender, along with Kaijin of the Vanishing Touch and Traproot Kami. Before this, only Walls had the 'can't attack' ability, so it's understandable that players would need some reminding of the change. In contrast, they had had an entire set already to play with the bushido mechanic, making it okay to omit the reminder text on a wordy rare.
I mean, it's either a girl kitsune or a kitsune with a -fantastic- pectoral regime.