---
name: "Devoted Retainer"
mana_cost: "{W}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Human Samurai"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Bushido"]
set: "CHK"
set_name: "Champions of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "7"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Greg Hildebrandt"
oracle_id: "54970935-b3d3-4f65-a262-c4975f2787e5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/devoted-retainer-chk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Devoted Retainer
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Samurai
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1
- **Keywords:** Bushido

## Oracle Text
Bushido 1 (Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)

> *Nas profundezas do Castelo Eiganjo está o Palácio dos Salões Infinitos, uma rede de corredores aparentemente interminável que foi um dia protegida por uma aparentemente interminável legião de samurais.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Inner-Chamber Guard](/printing/inner-chamber-guard-sok.md) — Creature — Human Samurai
2. [Samurai Enforcers](/printing/samurai-enforcers-chk.md) — Creature — Human Samurai
3. [Cursed Ronin](/printing/cursed-ronin-chk.md) — Creature — Human Samurai
4. [Indebted Samurai](/printing/indebted-samurai-bok.md) — Creature — Human Samurai
5. [Takeno's Cavalry](/printing/takenos-cavalry-bok.md) — Creature — Human Samurai Archer
6. [Konda's Hatamoto](/printing/kondas-hatamoto-chk.md) — Creature — Human Samurai

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Champions of Kamigawa (CHK) #7
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Greg Hildebrandt
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`