Kentaro, the Smiling Cat
Legendary Creature — Human Samurai · 2/1
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.
- CommanderLegal
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- PauperNot legal
Our copies of Kentaro, the Smiling Cat
Selling Kentaro, the Smiling Cat?
We pay 50% of a card's market value in cash, or 70% in store credit, for cards worth more than $1. For the cheapest printing of Kentaro, the Smiling Cat, that's about $1.12 cash or $1.57 in credit.
Printing and price
| Set | # | Released | Nonfoil | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Betrayers of Kamigawa BOK | 13 | Feb 2005 | $2.24 | $17.09 |
TCGplayer market, near mint, Nov 9, 2026.
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 .
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