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Ambitious Junior R
Creature - Human Samurai C
Ranked 0 (Whenever this creature deals combat damage, you may put a rank counter on it or a higher-ranked creature you control.)
~ has haste as long as you control a higher-ranked creature.
"In competitive, fast-paced environments, the rank-and-file can be too eager to impress." -Yamazaki Tora, Executive Vice President, Yamazaki Conglomerates
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Spoiler: Ranked mechanics

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Ranked X (This creature enters the battlefield with X rank counters on it. Whenever this creature deals combat damage, you may put a rank counter on it or a higher-ranked creature you control.)

The first ability is explicitly excluded for rank 0.

Basically, the mechanics represent hierarchy in (yakuza) organizations for a future Kamigawa set, where a lower-ranked creature can improve their or their superior's ranks. Abilities of Samurai in the set will be based on controlling creatures of lower or higher rank.