The issue is that you usually have to spend mana to draw cards, so by the time youve drawn enough cards for its mana ability to be worth it, youre probably running out of colored sources to use
Things like a basic-evolving Ho-Oh BREAK are easier to build around, but a competitive Greninja BREAK deck may need four copies of Froakie, four Frogadier, four Greninja, and four Greninja BREAK to be as consistent as possible
Around that same time, blink effects were ramping up in the original Innistrad block thanks to Avacyn Restored featuring it as a major theme
Honorable Mentions Theres a few non-samurai that either interact with the creature type or make tokens
This works in a way that is similar to the Zulaport Cutthroat card, just without the additional range
This card reads: If damage would be dealt to Phyrexian Vindicator, prevent that damage