As you may have read during White Week almost two years ago, White is not the color of good, but of peace and harmony by way of structure and organization. That structure and organization can sometimes take harsh forms -- in fact, nothing prevents White from taking a villainous role in a given setting, if circumstances are right.
White definitely leans toward the sinister in the world of Kamigawa. Take for example the excellent art of Samurai Enforcers, by artist newcomer Mitch Cotie:
Samurai Enforcers art by Mitch Cotie
The art description for the piece expresses the emotion here:Location: inside the steets of a "white-aligned" village
Action: Show two or three human foot soldiers in the background being lead by a white samurai in the front. These troops serve as law enforcement and crowd control. They are marching through a crowd of peasants who reach up for help but only get pushed aside.
Focus: On the lead samurai and the foot soldiers’ strength and callousness.
Everyone sees the tough samurai marching ahead on this 4/4 Bushido limited bomb. But note the subtle detail of the peasants being shoved aside in the soldiers’ insistence on defense from the kami.
White is strong and protective, and it succeeds at preserving the peace. But it may sometimes do so at the cost of basic decency. Think about that the next time you hear someone call White Knight the "good guy" and Black Knight the "bad"!
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SINISTER WHITE? Posted in Arcana on December 7, 2004
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/arcana/sinister-white-2004-12-07
白の側面を、《侍の処罰者/Samurai Enforcers》から見る記事です。
カードの効果は武士道２を持つ4/4というシンプルなフレンチバニラで、特別に語ることはありません。
今回重要なのは、アートです。侍のそばには助けを求める農民がいます。しかし、それを意に介することなく彼らが行進する、これがアートのコンセプトです。
白は、規律・組織による平和・調和を重んじます。それは時として、犠牲を伴うものです。それがこのアートに現れています。
「白が善で黒が悪」というのはよくあるパターン・古典的イメージではありますが、絶対的なものではありません。神の乱の一因が白の《永岩城の君主、今田/Konda, Lord of Eiganjo》であり（※１）、その乱を抑えようとする一人が黒の《梅澤俊郎/Toshiro Umezawa》である、『神河物語』ブロックのストーリーはその一例と言えます。
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神河資料 - 《復讐の神、大口縄/O-Kagachi, Vengeful Kami》
https://researchofkamigawa.diarynote.jp/202003052154553771/
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