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Professor Hojo
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Professor Hojo

{1}{G}

Legendary Creature — Human Scientist

The first activated ability you activate during your turn that targets a creature you control costs {2} less to activate.

Whenever one or more creatures you control become the target of an activated ability, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.

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Set
Final Fantasy Commander (FIC #69)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
2
Released
2025-06-13
Artist
Danciao
EDHREC rank
#5,232
Colour identity
{G}
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.32
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander
Draw

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Seeker of Skybreak 72 %+68.7 %
  2. Elvish Herder 68 %+67.6 %
  3. Tyrite Sanctum 62 %+59.0 %
  4. Sword of the Animist 60 %+54.1 %
  5. Weatherseed Elf 54 %+53.7 %
  6. Ulvenwald Tracker 57 %+52.4 %
  7. Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers 52 %+50.2 %
  8. Greenbelt Guardian 47 %+46.6 %
  9. Pip-Boy 3000 46 %+45.3 %
  10. Drillworks Mole 43 %+42.6 %
  11. Shadowspear 46 %+42.5 %
  12. Commander's Plate 48 %+41.9 %
  13. Buster Sword 42 %+40.8 %
  14. Spike Weaver 39 %+38.8 %
  15. Witch's Clinic 42 %+38.6 %
  16. Rhonas the Indomitable 41 %+38.1 %
  17. Collective Resistance 51 %+37.9 %
  18. Saryth, the Viper's Fang 47 %+37.9 %
  19. Pendelhaven 37 %+35.3 %
  20. Staff of Titania 43 %+35.2 %
  21. Spike Feeder 33 %+33.1 %
  22. Yavimaya Hollow 37 %+32.1 %
  23. Bridgeworks Battle 45 %+31.8 %
  24. Bridgeworks Battle 45 %+31.8 %
  25. Herd Heirloom 39 %+31.6 %
  26. Power Fist 36 %+31.5 %
  27. Tanuki Transplanter 34 %+31.5 %
  28. Lost Jitte 32 %+31.4 %
  29. Bloodforged Battle-Axe 32 %+31.4 %
  30. Sword of Fire and Ice 32 %+31.0 %
  31. Spike Rogue 31 %+31.0 %
  32. Liquimetal Torque 32 %+30.9 %
  33. Umezawa's Jitte 31 %+30.8 %
  34. Swiftfoot Boots 61 %+28.8 %
  35. Summoning Materia 29 %+28.2 %
  36. Tower of the Magistrate 28 %+28.0 %
  37. Lavaspur Boots 30 %+27.9 %
  38. Legolas's Quick Reflexes 34 %+27.1 %
  39. Adaptive Omnitool 27 %+27.1 %
  40. Spike Worker 27 %+26.8 %
  41. Blackblade Reforged 35 %+26.3 %
  42. Ozolith, the Shattered Spire 33 %+26.3 %
  43. Basilisk Collar 31 %+26.2 %
  44. Sword of Feast and Famine 28 %+26.1 %
  45. Kami of Whispered Hopes 33 %+26.0 %
  46. Thran Power Suit 28 %+25.8 %
  47. Plaza of Heroes 27 %+25.3 %
  48. Spike Breeder 25 %+25.1 %
  49. Agatha's Soul Cauldron 25 %+24.6 %
  50. Spike Drone 23 %+23.1 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Forest 96 %+0.0 %
  2. Seeker of Skybreak 72 %+68.7 %
  3. Elvish Herder 68 %+67.6 %
  4. Sol Ring 68 %-2.8 %
  5. Beast Within 67 %+9.7 %
  6. Tyrite Sanctum 62 %+59.0 %
  7. Swiftfoot Boots 61 %+28.8 %
  8. Sword of the Animist 60 %+54.1 %
  9. Rogue's Passage 59 %+22.1 %
  10. Heroic Intervention 58 %+10.2 %
  11. Ulvenwald Tracker 57 %+52.4 %
  12. Weatherseed Elf 54 %+53.7 %
  13. Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers 52 %+50.2 %
  14. Collective Resistance 51 %+37.9 %
  15. Llanowar Elves 50 %-3.5 %
  16. Commander's Plate 48 %+41.9 %
  17. Saryth, the Viper's Fang 47 %+37.9 %
  18. Greenbelt Guardian 47 %+46.6 %
  19. Shadowspear 46 %+42.5 %
  20. Pip-Boy 3000 46 %+45.3 %
  21. Bridgeworks Battle 45 %+31.8 %
  22. Bridgeworks Battle 45 %+31.8 %
  23. Reliquary Tower 43 %+11.4 %
  24. Elvish Mystic 43 %-3.0 %
  25. Drillworks Mole 43 %+42.6 %
  26. Staff of Titania 43 %+35.2 %
  27. Buster Sword 42 %+40.8 %
  28. Witch's Clinic 42 %+38.6 %
  29. Boseiju, Who Endures 41 %+14.7 %
  30. Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth 41 %+17.8 %
  31. Rhonas the Indomitable 41 %+38.1 %
  32. Archdruid's Charm 41 %+16.8 %
  33. Herd Heirloom 39 %+31.6 %
  34. Spike Weaver 39 %+38.8 %
  35. Nature's Lore 39 %+0.2 %
  36. Pendelhaven 37 %+35.3 %
  37. Yavimaya Hollow 37 %+32.1 %
  38. Tamiyo's Safekeeping 36 %+16.4 %
  39. Hardened Scales 36 %+21.6 %
  40. Power Fist 36 %+31.5 %
  41. Blackblade Reforged 35 %+26.3 %
  42. Fyndhorn Elves 34 %+2.8 %
  43. Disciple of Freyalise 34 %+15.6 %
  44. Disciple of Freyalise 34 %+15.6 %
  45. Tanuki Transplanter 34 %+31.5 %
  46. Legolas's Quick Reflexes 34 %+27.1 %
  47. Ozolith, the Shattered Spire 33 %+26.3 %
  48. Nature's Claim 33 %+13.2 %
  49. Kenrith's Transformation 33 %+13.6 %
  50. Spike Feeder 33 %+33.1 %

Format legality

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Not legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Not legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Not legal
Gladiator Not legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

  • 2025-06-06

    Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keyword abilities (such as equip) are activated abilities and will have a colon in their reminder text.

  • 2025-06-06

    Professor Hojo's first ability reduces only the amount of generic mana in the first activated ability you activate during your turn that targets a creature. For example, it will reduce an activation cost of {2} to {0}, but it will have no effect on an activation cost of {G}.

  • 2025-06-06

    Professor Hojo's last ability resolves before the activated ability that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that activated ability is countered or otherwise leaves the stack.

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