Kumano, Master Yamabushi

Legendary Creature — Human Shaman

(1)(Red): Kumano, Master Yamabushi deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

If a creature dealt damage by Kumano this turn would be put into a graveyard, remove it from the game instead.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (44)

thefiresoflurve on Ping Storm

1 year ago

Hey there!

As far as cuts: Krenko, Mob Boss doesn't really fit the deck, he can go.

Defiler of Instinct is a maybe cut. It does sort of what you want, but doesn't interact with instants and sorceries the way this deck really wants to.

Kumano, Master Yamabushi could be cut due to being a bit mana intensive.

Tunneling Geopede and Witty Roastmaster and Impact Tremors are also maybes on the chopping block - much like Defiler of Instinct, they do what you want (1 damage), but in a way this deck doesn't want to do it (landfall/creature ETB).

Tibalt, Rakish Instigator - actually really good. If you had a way of ensuring it would stick to the battlefield. I doubt the impact of this card would be enough to justify the slot when you're needing cuts.

Kyren Negotiations can definitely come out. Since a bunch of your creatures already have tap abilities, it's not quite as useful.

Obviously all this is just through a lens of someone who is unfamiliar with this deck, and your mileage may vary. I also may have missed some things like [infinite] combo pieces that are in here, but barring that, I'm fairly confident on my cut list.

Happy building!

seshiro_of_the_orochi on The Red Terror

1 year ago

That's a neat idea! As your plan basically is creating lots of red tokens and having them deal damage. To make this more effective, you should consider including damage-increasers. Torbran, Thane of Red Fell and cards such as Dictate of the Twin Gods would allow you to maximize your damage, resulting in making your commander more impactful earlier in its growth.

For situations where the board is crowded, ways to transform your token creation into damage. Cards such as Impact Tremors, Electropotence, Raid Bombardment, Cavalcade of Calamity, Goblin Bombardment, Makeshift Munitions, Barrage of Expendables, Weaponize the Monsters and other similar cards seem very useful for that.

Street Urchin seems especially funny, btw.

Also, Kumano Faces Kakkazan  ^Flip and Kumano, Master Yamabushi could be worth a shot here.

carpecanum on Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph [Gunslinger]

1 year ago

oooh how about the OG Kumano, Master Yamabushi for exiling goodness? I forgot about him.

plakjekaas on Rare commander build?

2 years ago

Judging by EDHREC ranking, my rarest deck is by far Kumano, Master Yamabushi, a mono red, sorta control, kinda big mana, prisony deck with a lot of deathtouch equipment. It's a mono red deck that aims to win without combat, which is kinda rare in itself.

plakjekaas on Who are the Commanders you …

2 years ago

Ofc that depends a lot on the deck I'm playing. If I'm playing my Kumano, Master Yamabushi deck, I hate to see other mono or -focused decks at the table, mainly because my deck plays Extraplanar Lens, Gauntlet of Might and Gauntlet of Power and other heavily red decks are usually way better equipped to make use of the extra mana I'm supplying. It's also not fair to the non-red players at the table.

plakjekaas on What strange old commanders do …

2 years ago

The oldest commander I built is Kumano, Master Yamabushi which is basically a burn deck with a few useful equipment for deathtouch and other on-damage effects. It's a mono red deck that tries to win without combat, even included Ensnaring Bridge and Glacial Chasm to make sure I don't die with the lack of creatures in the 99. That, and the secret commander who is also a 5drop from Kamigawa, Heartless Hidetsugu, great with lifelink and damage-doublers, but "for some reason" gets hated out of the game real fast when you put him in the command zone.

Double your mana, your damage, kill everthing you can and don't die. Then Fiery Confluence everyone in the face for 24 damage or something. Sick burn :P

The_Acid_Drip on Inferno Mono Red EDH v2

2 years ago

Aww dude you forgot the old school king of dragons Rorix Bladewing

He's not as flashy as he used to be, but always a fun dragon to run.

Also since you have the Braid of Fire + Leyline Tyrant you could consider Kumano, Master Yamabushi

He single handedly shuts down green ramp and other small utility creatures while also becoming a mana sink for your Braid of Fire + Leyline Tyrant combo. He's like $1 on TCG Player so he's super budget friendly.

sergiodelrio on Neyith and Commander Color Rules

2 years ago

Nope. A card's color, as referenced in-game by cards is determined by its casting cost, color indicator or a color defing ability.

For Commander deckbuilding, there is a slightly different concept of Color Identity.

Direct quote from the link:

"For example, while Fires of Undeath is a card, and Silver Knight has protection from it and White Knight does not. It can't be used by a player who uses Kumano, Master Yamabushi as their General in a game of Commander. This is because the color identity of Fires of Undeath is and is not a subset of the color-identity of Kumano ()"

In your example, Neyith cannot go inside the Tatyove deck because of the portion of the hybrid symbol in Neyth's text box, which adds that color to its color identity (but not to its color)