What are the best cards for Kentaro, the Smiling Cat?

Across 258 public decks, the most-played cards with Kentaro, the Smiling Cat are Devoted Retainer (90%), Sensei Golden-Tail (90%) and Pearl Medallion (89%).

Which cards have the best synergy with Kentaro, the Smiling Cat?

The cards played far more often with Kentaro, the Smiling Cat than usual: Devoted Retainer (119× its usual rate), Takeno, Samurai General (118× its usual rate) and Norika Yamazaki, the Poet (113× its usual rate).

What colors is Kentaro, the Smiling Cat?

Kentaro, the Smiling Cat is mono-white, so its deck can only run cards within that color identity.

How popular is Kentaro, the Smiling Cat?

Kentaro, the Smiling Cat leads 258 public decks in our corpus, #2,532 of 3,757 commanders.

Kentaro, the Smiling Cat

WMono-white commanders258 decks in the corpus

Legendary Creature — Human Samurai1W$2.23

Kentaro, the Smiling Cat appears in 258 public decks. The most-played cards are Devoted Retainer, Sensei Golden-Tail and Pearl Medallion. The strongest synergies by lift are Devoted Retainer, Takeno, Samurai General and Norika Yamazaki, the Poet.

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Top cards

#1Devoted Retainer

Creature — Human Samurai

90.3%

233 decks+4.78$0.12

#2Sensei Golden-Tail

Legendary Creature — Fox Samurai

1W2

89.5%

231 decks+4.61$1.83

#3Pearl Medallion

Artifact

88.8%

229 decks+0.49$7.86

#4Oketra's Monument

Legendary Artifact

86.8%

224 decks+1.28$4.99

#5Sol Ring

Artifact

86.4%

223 decks+0.05$1.51

#6Cloud Key

Artifact

82.9%

214 decks+3.09$1.74

#7Selfless Samurai

Creature — Fox Samurai

1W2

81.4%

210 decks+4.02$0.29

#8Konda's Hatamoto

Creature — Human Samurai

1W2

79.5%

205 decks+4.59$0.31

#9Semblance Anvil

Artifact

79.1%

204 decks+3.50$5.88

#10Hand of Honor

Creature — Human Samurai

WW2

79.1%

204 decks+4.61$0.51

#11Araba Mothrider

Creature — Human Samurai

1W2

77.1%

199 decks+4.64$0.16

#12Herald's Horn

Artifact

76.7%

198 decks+1.97$5.63

#13Urza's Incubator

Artifact

75.6%

195 decks+2.28$20.44

#14Swords to Plowshares

Instant

74.0%

191 decks-0.02$1.61

#15Inner-Chamber Guard

Creature — Human Samurai

1W2

73.3%

189 decks+4.70$0.31

#16Opal-Eye, Konda's Yojimbo

Legendary Creature — Fox Samurai

1WW3

69.8%

180 decks+4.28$4.36

#17Cloudstone Curio

Artifact

69.4%

179 decks+4.58$17.51

#18Plains

Basic Land — Plains

68.6%

177 decks-0.30$0.21

#19Nagao, Bound by Honor

Legendary Creature — Human Samurai

3W4

67.1%

173 decks+4.52$0.24

#20Kitsune Blademaster

Creature — Fox Samurai

2W3

66.7%

172 decks+4.32$0.15

#21Eiganjo Exemplar

Enchantment Creature — Human Samurai

1W2

65.1%

168 decks+4.71$0.21

#22War Room

Land

64.0%

165 decks+0.55$5.97

#23Mentor of the Meek

Creature — Human Soldier

2W3

63.6%

164 decks+1.30$0.33

#24Aetherflux Reservoir

Artifact

62.8%

162 decks+1.97$21.29

#25Path to Exile

Instant

62.4%

161 decks-0.05$1.29

#26Norika Yamazaki, the Poet

Legendary Creature — Human Samurai

2W3

60.9%

157 decks+4.72$0.22

#27Generous Gift

Instant

2W3

60.1%

155 decks+0.41$1.51

#28Enlightened Tutor

Instant

59.7%

154 decks+0.91$36.75GC

#29Takeno, Samurai General

Legendary Creature — Human Samurai

5W6

58.1%

150 decks+4.77$0.74

#30Samurai of the Pale Curtain

Creature — Fox Samurai

WW2

57.4%

148 decks+4.03$0.41

#31Indebted Samurai

Creature — Human Samurai

3W4

57.0%

147 decks+4.42$1.18

#32Mirror Entity

Creature — Shapeshifter

2W3

55.8%

144 decks+2.19$2.24

#33Imperial Subduer

Creature — Human Samurai

2W3

55.4%

143 decks+4.56$0.19

#34Vanquisher's Banner

Artifact

55.0%

142 decks+1.84$4.89

#35Ironsoul Enforcer

Artifact Creature — Human Samurai

4W5

54.7%

141 decks+3.92$1.03

#36The Immortal Sun

Legendary Artifact

54.3%

140 decks+3.28$12.66

#37Konda, Lord of Eiganjo

Legendary Creature — Human Samurai

5WW7

53.5%

138 decks+4.29$6.18

#38Arcane Signet

Artifact

53.1%

137 decks-0.10$0.41

#39Helm of Awakening

Artifact

52.7%

136 decks+3.51$3.27

#40Esper Sentinel

Artifact Creature — Human Soldier

51.9%

134 decks+0.43$52.77

#41Mind Stone

Artifact

50.0%

129 decks+0.52$0.41

#42Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx

Legendary Land

48.1%

124 decks+0.43$40.09

#43Smothering Tithe

Enchantment

3W4

47.3%

122 decks+0.49$58.16GC

#44Altar of the Brood

Artifact

46.9%

121 decks+3.21$10.45

#45Emeria, the Sky Ruin

Land

45.7%

118 decks+0.14$7.61

#46Land Tax

Enchantment

45.7%

118 decks+0.34$16.93

#47Mothrider Samurai

Creature — Human Samurai

3W4

44.6%

115 decks+4.32$0.10

#48Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire

Legendary Land

44.6%

115 decks+0.64$6.47

#49Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho

Legendary Artifact — Equipment

44.2%

114 decks+4.16$16.18

#50Inventors' Fair

Legendary Land

44.2%

114 decks+1.59$16.00

#51Teferi's Protection

Instant

2W3

42.6%

110 decks+0.51$44.68GC

#52Bloodline Pretender

Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter

42.6%

110 decks+3.68$2.40

#53Cathars' Crusade

Enchantment

3WW5

42.2%

109 decks+1.13$9.23

#54Sunblade Samurai

Enchantment Creature — Human Samurai

4W5

38.0%

98 decks+3.97$0.10

#55Silence

Instant

37.6%

97 decks+1.34$9.54

#56Irregular Cohort

Creature — Shapeshifter

2WW4

36.0%

93 decks+3.75$0.37

#57Buried Ruin

Land

36.0%

93 decks+1.21$0.39

#58Maskwood Nexus

Artifact

35.7%

92 decks+3.30$3.04

#59Impostor of the Sixth Pride

Creature — Shapeshifter

1W2

35.3%

91 decks+4.54$0.28

#60Vanquish the Horde

Sorcery

6WW8

35.3%

91 decks+1.15$0.30

Highest synergy

#1Devoted Retainer

Creature — Human Samurai

233 decks+4.78

In 90% of these decks, 119× its usual rate.

#2Takeno, Samurai General

Legendary Creature — Human Samurai

5W6

150 decks+4.77

In 58% of these decks, 118× its usual rate.

#3Norika Yamazaki, the Poet

Legendary Creature — Human Samurai

2W3

157 decks+4.72

In 61% of these decks, 113× its usual rate.

#4Bontu's Monument

Legendary Artifact

81 decks+4.71

In 31% of these decks, 112× its usual rate.

#5Eiganjo Exemplar

Enchantment Creature — Human Samurai

1W2

168 decks+4.71

In 65% of these decks, 111× its usual rate.

#6Inner-Chamber Guard

Creature — Human Samurai

1W2

189 decks+4.70

In 73% of these decks, 110× its usual rate.

#7Araba Mothrider

Creature — Human Samurai

1W2

199 decks+4.64

In 77% of these decks, 104× its usual rate.

#8Hand of Honor

Creature — Human Samurai

WW2

204 decks+4.61

In 79% of these decks, 101× its usual rate.

#9Sensei Golden-Tail

Legendary Creature — Fox Samurai

1W2

231 decks+4.61

In 90% of these decks, 100× its usual rate.

#10Konda's Hatamoto

Creature — Human Samurai

1W2

205 decks+4.59

In 79% of these decks, 98× its usual rate.

#11Cloudstone Curio

Artifact

179 decks+4.58

In 69% of these decks, 97× its usual rate.

#12Imperial Subduer

Creature — Human Samurai

2W3

143 decks+4.56

In 55% of these decks, 95× its usual rate.

Public decklists

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Questions about Kentaro, the Smiling Cat

What are the best cards for Kentaro, the Smiling Cat?: Across 258 public decks, the most-played cards with Kentaro, the Smiling Cat are Devoted Retainer (90%), Sensei Golden-Tail (90%) and Pearl Medallion (89%).
Which cards have the best synergy with Kentaro, the Smiling Cat?: The cards played far more often with Kentaro, the Smiling Cat than usual: Devoted Retainer (119× its usual rate), Takeno, Samurai General (118× its usual rate) and Norika Yamazaki, the Poet (113× its usual rate).
What colors is Kentaro, the Smiling Cat?: Kentaro, the Smiling Cat is mono-white, so its deck can only run cards within that color identity.
How popular is Kentaro, the Smiling Cat?: Kentaro, the Smiling Cat leads 258 public decks in our corpus, #2,532 of 3,757 commanders.