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The Samurai of Smash Up face their enemies with a spirit of calm, ready to face their end in battle if their lord requires it. Using dueling, the samurai will take down their enemies, or die gloriously. No broken cavalry or ring‑bouncing required! Samurai are from the Oops, You Did It Again set and do not have a Titan card.
Complexity Level: MEDIUM
Mechanics
- Gaining Benefits From Going To Discard From Play
Samurai's mechanic revolves around getting benefits after one of their minions goes to the discard pile from play. This can happen for example when the minion is destroyed, or when it's discarded from a base either because it scored or because it's removed. The benefits are quite varied, including card draws, power boosts, VPs or extra card plays.
Strategy
Synergy
- Dinosaurs
- Killer Plants
- Elder Things
- Mad Scientists
- Superheroes
- Kung Fu Fighters
- Vikings
- Musketeers
- Masters of Evil
- Lion King
Cards - Minions
1x Shogun
Power 5 - Ongoing: After another of your minions goes to the discard pile from play, place a +1 power counter on this minion.
Errata? Yes/No
Clarifications:
- A minion going to the discard pile from play includes both being discarded after scoring, and being destroyed.
2x Bushi
Power 4 - Ongoing: After this minion goes to the discard pile from play while it has 5 or more power, gain 1 VP.
Errata? Yes/No
Clarifications:
- A minion going to the discard pile from play includes both being discarded after scoring, and being destroyed.
3x Ronin
Power 3 - If this is your only minion on this base, place a +1 power counter on it.
Errata? Yes/No
Clarifications:
4x Samurai-Chan
Power 2 - Ongoing: After this minion goes to the discard pile from play, draw a card.
Errata? Yes/No
Clarifications:
- A minion going to the discard pile from play includes both being discarded after scoring, and being destroyed.
Cards - Actions
1x Bushido
Place a +1 power counter on up to three of your minions.
Errata? Yes/No
Clarifications:
1x Final Haiku
Play on one of your minions. Ongoing: After this minion goes to the discard pile from play, your minions each gain +2 power until the end of the turn.
Errata? Yes/No
Clarifications:
- A minion going to the discard pile from play includes both being discarded after scoring, and being destroyed.
1x Heart of the Battle
Special: Play before a base scores. One of your minions there duels another player’s minion there. Destroy the losing minion.
Errata? Yes/No
Clarifications:
1x Honor the Ancestors
Place a +1 power counter on one of your minions. For each other player in the game, you may shuffle a minion from your discard pile back into your deck.
Errata? Yes/No
Clarifications:
- In a 2-player game you shuffle one minion into your deck, in a 3-player game two, and in a 4-player game three minions.
1x Honor the Fallen
Play on a base. Ongoing: After one of your minions here goes to the discard pile, draw a card.
Errata? Yes/No
Clarifications:
- A minion going to the discard pile from play includes both being discarded after scoring, and being destroyed.
1x Honorable Combat
Choose a base where another player has more power than you. One of your minions there duels one of that player’s minions there. The controller of the winning minion gains 1 VP.
Errata? Yes/No
Clarifications:
2x Way of the Warrior
Until the end of the turn, one of your minions gains +3 power, and if it goes to the discard pile from play, draw a card.
Errata? Yes/No
Clarifications:
- A minion going to the discard pile from play includes both being discarded after scoring, and being destroyed.
2x Yokai Attack!
Destroy one of your minions to play an extra minion and an extra action.
Errata? Yes/No
Clarifications:
Cards - Bases
1x Sakura Garden
Breakpoint 18 - VPs: 3 2 1 - Each turn, the first time one of your minions here goes to the discard pile, draw a card.
Errata? Yes/No
Clarifications:
1x Shogun's Palace
Breakpoint 23 - VPs: 4 3 1 - After you play a minion here, it may duel another player’s minion here. The controller of the winning minion draws two cards.
Errata? Yes/No
Clarifications:
