However, this is very much a case of Tropes Are Tools, as the spin-offs generally use the Expy templates as launchpads only, and tend to develop their casts in different directions each time or don't follow the template exactly
It could be worth considering in some sort of Fog strategy, in a playgroup with a lot of go-wide aggro decks, but in the dark, it just isn't powerful enough for me to want to play
You cannot Special Summon monsters during the turn you activate this effect, except "HERO" monsters
Probably a bit slow for some older formats, it was just played in way too many decks in Standard
*2+: During either player's Main Phase: You can target 1 Rock-Type monster
On top of this, Takeno acts as an anthem for all of your other creatures for each point of Bushido that they have