---
name: "Selfless Samurai"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Fox Samurai"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "NEO"
set_name: "Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty"
collector_number: "35"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "PINDURSKI"
oracle_id: "20c9fb06-3941-456f-ba02-4fbde9deb1e2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/selfless-samurai-neo"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Selfless Samurai
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Fox Samurai
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2

## Oracle Text
Whenever a Samurai or Warrior you control attacks alone, it gains lifelink until end of turn.
Sacrifice this creature: Another target creature you control gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Selfless Savior](/printing/selfless-savior-sld.md) — Creature — Dog
2. [Selfless Spirit](/printing/selfless-spirit-pemn.md) — Creature — Spirit Cleric
3. [A-Eiganjo Exemplar](/printing/a-eiganjo-exemplar-neo.md) — Enchantment Creature — Human Samurai
4. [Samurai of the Pale Curtain](/printing/samurai-of-the-pale-curtain-plst.md) — Creature — Fox Samurai
5. [Dauntless Bodyguard](/printing/dauntless-bodyguard-plst.md) — Creature — Human Knight
6. [Indebted Samurai](/printing/indebted-samurai-bok.md) — Creature — Human Samurai

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (NEO) #35
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** PINDURSKI
- **Total Printings:** 22 across all historical editions

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