---
name: "Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho"
mana_cost: "{3}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Artifact — Equipment"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Equip"]
set: "CHK"
set_name: "Champions of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "265"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Arnie Swekel"
oracle_id: "7d58b478-a64b-46e9-b62a-08c6c1ca7c13"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/oathkeeper-takenos-daisho-chk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Artifact — Equipment
- **Keywords:** Equip

## Oracle Text
Equipped creature gets +3/+1.
Whenever equipped creature dies, return that card to the battlefield under your control if it's a Samurai card.
When Oathkeeper is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, exile equipped creature.
Equip {2}

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Samurai's Katana](/printing/samurais-katana-fin.md) — Artifact — Equipment
2. [Ancestral Katana](/printing/ancestral-katana-neo.md) — Artifact — Equipment
3. [Heirloom Blade](/printing/heirloom-blade-plst.md) — Artifact — Equipment
4. [Scythe of the Wretched](/printing/scythe-of-the-wretched-mrd.md) — Artifact — Equipment
5. [Sword of the Meek](/printing/sword-of-the-meek-2xm.md) — Artifact — Equipment
6. [A-Ancestral Katana](/printing/a-ancestral-katana-neo.md) — Artifact — Equipment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Champions of Kamigawa (CHK) #265
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Arnie Swekel
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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