---
name: "Quintessential Katana"
mana_cost: "{W}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Artifact — Equipment"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Equip"]
set: "TMT"
set_name: "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"
collector_number: "23"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Anthony Devine"
oracle_id: "e9685c61-e33d-4ae0-9dd3-7fd0df5eb46f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/quintessential-katana-tmt"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Quintessential Katana
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Artifact — Equipment
- **Keywords:** Equip

## Oracle Text
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has "Whenever this creature deals combat damage, untap it and you gain 2 life."
Whenever a Ninja you control enters, you may attach this Equipment to it.
Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ancestral Katana](/printing/ancestral-katana-neo.md) — Artifact — Equipment
2. [Ninja's Blades](/printing/ninjas-blades-fin.md) — Artifact — Equipment
3. [A-Ancestral Katana](/printing/a-ancestral-katana-neo.md) — Artifact — Equipment
4. [Ninja's Kunai](/printing/ninjas-kunai-neo.md) — Artifact — Equipment
5. [Quick-Draw Katana](/printing/quick-draw-katana-fdn.md) — Artifact — Equipment
6. [Samurai's Katana](/printing/samurais-katana-fin.md) — Artifact — Equipment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMT) #23
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Anthony Devine
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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