---
name: "Sensei Golden-Tail"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Fox Samurai"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Bushido"]
set: "CHK"
set_name: "Champions of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "44"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Stephen Tappin"
oracle_id: "63305fd4-068f-498b-a01e-0b375c592797"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sensei-golden-tail-chk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Sensei Golden-Tail
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Fox Samurai
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/1
- **Keywords:** Bushido

## Oracle Text
Bushido 1 (Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
{1}{W}, {T}: Put a training counter on target creature. That creature gains bushido 1 and becomes a Samurai in addition to its other creature types. Activate only as a sorcery.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Kitsune Dawnblade](/printing/kitsune-dawnblade-sok.md) — Creature — Fox Samurai
2. [Devoted Retainer](/printing/devoted-retainer-chk.md) — Creature — Human Samurai
3. [Takeno, Samurai General](/printing/takeno-samurai-general-chk.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Samurai
4. [Samurai of the Pale Curtain](/printing/samurai-of-the-pale-curtain-plst.md) — Creature — Fox Samurai
5. [Silverstorm Samurai](/printing/silverstorm-samurai-bok.md) — Creature — Fox Samurai
6. [Seven-Tail Mentor](/printing/seven-tail-mentor-neo.md) — Creature — Fox Samurai

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Champions of Kamigawa (CHK) #44
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Stephen Tappin
- **Total Printings:** 9 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`