A-Ancestral Katana
NEO · common · Released 2023-01-17
Power
brawl
tier-2Strong staple
commander
tier-2Strong staple
Tier shown as baseline → best-case (in its ideal shell).
Derived from the 7 atoms below.
on
on rate
incremental
minor value alone
synergy
wants support
scales
scales up
flexible
multiple modes
narrow
situational
sticky
hard to remove
Commander Bracket
Not yet bracketed (or genuinely unplaceable).
Archetypes
positive:
equipment-voltronvoltron
negative:
tokens-go-wideaggro
Roles
equipment-payoffevasion-grantaggressive-creature
Risks
requires-tribe-densityattack-trigger-onlyconditional-trigger
Mechanics
mech-equip
Typal
synergy:
samuraiwarrior
anti:
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Structural
triggered-abilitystatic-abilityactivated-ability
Rationale
2cmc Equipment granting +2/+2 and conditional first strike (while attacking) to the equipped creature. The auto-attach trigger fires only when a Samurai or Warrior attacks alone for {1}, making it a solid signature piece in Samurai/Warrior voltron builds. Narrow tribal condition limits it outside those shells; tokens-go-wide and wide aggro decks don't benefit from the attack-alone trigger.