Japanese · No. 094

Code of Bushidō

Real myth

Code of Bushidō
Honor before victory. Victory follows.
Rarity
Common
Category
Spell
Effect
Your Warrior monsters gain +600 ATK and DEF.

The myth

Bushidō, "the way of the warrior", is the idealized code of conduct of the samurai: loyalty to one's lord, courage, self-discipline, honor, rectitude and contempt for death. The term appears in seventeenth-century texts and was developed in the Edo period, when samurai, no longer at war, became administrators and sought to define their ethics by combining Confucianism, Zen Buddhism and Shinto. Works such as the Hagakure reflect this thought. In 1900 Inazō Nitobe published Bushido: The Soul of Japan in English, making the idea world-famous, though historians note that real samurai practice was far more varied.

Why it has this power

A Common spell that gives all your Warrior monsters +600 ATK and DEF, the largest such bonus in the archipelago. Discipline makes every soldier something greater: Momotarō, the Ronin, Tomoe Gozen, Benkei and the other warriors fight better when they remember the code.

Did you know

Nitobe wrote Bushido in the United States, in English, to explain to foreigners where Japanese moral education came from.

Connections

  • In Aiko, Dojo Apprentice's deck
  • In Hanae, Wandering Miko's deck
  • In Master Suzu of Mount Kurama's deck
  • In Kaguya, Guardian of the Torii's deck

Where to get it

  • Daily Offering: 0% per pack (Common 64% per card)
  • Welcome Pack: 0.97% per pack (Common 70% per card)
  • Traveler's Pack: 0.88% per pack · 5.2% in the themed pack (Common 64% per card)
  • Bronze Reliquary: 0.86% per pack · 5.1% in the themed pack (Common 62% per card)
  • Silver Reliquary: 0.67% per pack · 4% in the themed pack (Common 49% per card)
  • Golden Reliquary: 0.46% per pack · 2.7% in the themed pack (Common 33% per card)
  • Daily Showcase: Shows up on about 0.69% of days · 150 gold
  • Craft with card dust: 40 dust
  • Crossing of Myths: Can be offered as a reward during a crossing (the card stays in the crossing deck).

Sources

  1. Bushidō — Encyclopaedia Britannica — The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  2. Bushido, the Soul of Japan (Project Gutenberg) — Inazo Nitobe
  3. Samurai — World History Encyclopedia — Mark Cartwright