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Bartz and Boko
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Bartz and Boko

{3}{G}{G}

Legendary Creature — Human Bird

Affinity for Birds (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each Bird you control.)

When Bartz and Boko enters, each other Bird you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature an opponent controls.

"Call me Bartz. Me and my chocobo just go wherever the trail leads us..."

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Affinity
Set
Final Fantasy (FIN #469)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
5
Released
2025-06-13
Artist
Ryuichi Sakuma
EDHREC rank
#7,211
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 0.42
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander
Removal

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. Summon: Fat Chocobo 94 %+93.6 %
  2. Sazh's Chocobo 97 %+93.2 %
  3. Sidequest: Raise a Chocobo 92 %+91.5 %
  4. Chocobo Racetrack 91 %+88.7 %
  5. Traveling Chocobo 92 %+84.6 %
  6. Owlbear 85 %+82.2 %
  7. Gysahl Greens 82 %+81.9 %
  8. Owlbear Cub 85 %+81.3 %
  9. Sazh Katzroy 83 %+81.0 %
  10. Gilded Goose 82 %+79.5 %
  11. Bloodline Pretender 75 %+74.0 %
  12. Realmwalker 77 %+70.3 %
  13. Chocobo Kick 72 %+69.9 %
  14. Metallic Mimic 73 %+69.6 %
  15. Birds of Paradise 90 %+68.7 %
  16. Chocobo Camp 68 %+67.4 %
  17. Adaptive Automaton 68 %+65.4 %
  18. Animal Sanctuary 64 %+63.3 %
  19. Hunting Moa 57 %+57.2 %
  20. Masked Vandal 59 %+56.0 %
  21. Jhoira's Familiar 56 %+55.6 %
  22. Chameleon Colossus 55 %+53.4 %
  23. Herald's Horn 55 %+50.8 %
  24. Junk Diver 50 %+50.1 %
  25. Thaumaturge's Familiar 50 %+49.7 %
  26. Anvilwrought Raptor 49 %+48.7 %
  27. Chomping Changeling 54 %+47.8 %
  28. Ostrich-Horse 48 %+47.5 %
  29. Turtle-Duck 48 %+47.4 %
  30. Casal, Lurkwood Pathfinder 47 %+46.2 %
  31. Vanquisher's Banner 50 %+46.1 %
  32. Roaming Throne 50 %+45.9 %
  33. Sanctuary Raptor 45 %+45.2 %
  34. Maskwood Nexus 47 %+45.1 %
  35. Patchwork Banner 50 %+44.0 %
  36. Whippoorwill 41 %+41.2 %
  37. Zodiac Rooster 39 %+39.2 %
  38. The Earth Crystal 56 %+39.0 %
  39. Door of Destinies 39 %+37.0 %
  40. Path of Ancestry 43 %+36.8 %
  41. Oran-Rief, the Vastwood 55 %+36.7 %
  42. Conjurer's Closet 37 %+35.6 %
  43. Banner of Kinship 40 %+34.9 %
  44. Guardian Gladewalker 36 %+34.8 %
  45. Three Tree City 42 %+33.3 %
  46. Nature's Lore 71 %+32.8 %
  47. Retreat to Kazandu 37 %+32.2 %
  48. Aesthir Glider 32 %+32.1 %
  49. Tribute to the World Tree 51 %+30.9 %
  50. Cultivate 81 %+29.6 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Sazh's Chocobo 97 %+93.2 %
  2. Forest 97 %+1.3 %
  3. Summon: Fat Chocobo 94 %+93.6 %
  4. Sidequest: Raise a Chocobo 92 %+91.5 %
  5. Traveling Chocobo 92 %+84.6 %
  6. Chocobo Racetrack 91 %+88.7 %
  7. Birds of Paradise 90 %+68.7 %
  8. Owlbear Cub 85 %+81.3 %
  9. Owlbear 85 %+82.2 %
  10. Sazh Katzroy 83 %+81.0 %
  11. Gilded Goose 82 %+79.5 %
  12. Gysahl Greens 82 %+81.9 %
  13. Cultivate 81 %+29.6 %
  14. Sol Ring 78 %+7.0 %
  15. Realmwalker 77 %+70.3 %
  16. Bloodline Pretender 75 %+74.0 %
  17. Metallic Mimic 73 %+69.6 %
  18. Chocobo Kick 72 %+69.9 %
  19. Nature's Lore 71 %+32.8 %
  20. Rampant Growth 68 %+25.6 %
  21. Adaptive Automaton 68 %+65.4 %
  22. Chocobo Camp 68 %+67.4 %
  23. Animal Sanctuary 64 %+63.3 %
  24. Heroic Intervention 62 %+14.3 %
  25. Beast Within 61 %+3.7 %
  26. Masked Vandal 59 %+56.0 %
  27. Three Visits 58 %+28.6 %
  28. Hunting Moa 57 %+57.2 %
  29. Emerald Medallion 57 %+12.9 %
  30. The Earth Crystal 56 %+39.0 %
  31. Jhoira's Familiar 56 %+55.6 %
  32. Oran-Rief, the Vastwood 55 %+36.7 %
  33. Kodama's Reach 55 %+17.7 %
  34. Chameleon Colossus 55 %+53.4 %
  35. Herald's Horn 55 %+50.8 %
  36. Chomping Changeling 54 %+47.8 %
  37. Tribute to the World Tree 51 %+30.9 %
  38. Vanquisher's Banner 50 %+46.1 %
  39. Roaming Throne 50 %+45.9 %
  40. Junk Diver 50 %+50.1 %
  41. Patchwork Banner 50 %+44.0 %
  42. Thaumaturge's Familiar 50 %+49.7 %
  43. Anvilwrought Raptor 49 %+48.7 %
  44. Harmonize 48 %+21.4 %
  45. Turtle-Duck 48 %+47.4 %
  46. Ostrich-Horse 48 %+47.5 %
  47. Maskwood Nexus 47 %+45.1 %
  48. Casal, Lurkwood Pathfinder 47 %+46.2 %
  49. Sanctuary Raptor 45 %+45.2 %
  50. Krosan Grip 45 %+27.2 %

Format legality

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

Rulings

  • 2025-06-06

    Bartz and Boko's last ability targets only one creature, regardless of how many Birds you control.

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