---
name: "Kitsune Blademaster"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Fox Samurai"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Bushido", "First strike"]
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "CHK-25"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Keith Garletts"
oracle_id: "2db73fff-1a89-4006-945d-a244ff2f0bef"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/kitsune-blademaster-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Kitsune Blademaster
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Fox Samurai
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Bushido, First strike

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

> *Those kitsune trained in the blade preferred to fight with a blade-catching jitte in the off hand, buying them just enough time to deliver the first deadly cut.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Kitsune Dawnblade](/printing/kitsune-dawnblade-sok.md) — Creature — Fox Samurai
2. [Silverstorm Samurai](/printing/silverstorm-samurai-bok.md) — Creature — Fox Samurai
3. [Samurai of the Pale Curtain](/printing/samurai-of-the-pale-curtain-plst.md) — Creature — Fox Samurai
4. [Takeno's Cavalry](/printing/takenos-cavalry-bok.md) — Creature — Human Samurai Archer
5. [Blade-Blizzard Kitsune](/printing/blade-blizzard-kitsune-neo.md) — Creature — Fox Ninja
6. [Devoted Retainer](/printing/devoted-retainer-chk.md) — Creature — Human Samurai

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #CHK-25
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Keith Garletts
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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