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Hofri Ghostforge
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Hofri Ghostforge

{3}{R}{W}

Legendary Creature — Dwarf Cleric

Spirits you control get +1/+1 and have trample and haste.

Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, exile it. If you do, create a token that's a copy of that creature, except it's a Spirit in addition to its other types and it has "When this token leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to its owner's graveyard."

4 / 5

Set
Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos (PSTX #192p)
Rarity
Mythic
Mana value
5
Released
2021-04-23
Artist
Daarken
EDHREC rank
#6,791
Colour identity
{R}{W}
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 0.53
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander

Combos 15

Hofri Ghostforge+Mistmoon Griffin+Goblin Bombardment
{R}{W}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite damageInfinite death triggers
Hofri Ghostforge+Mistmoon Griffin+Ashnod's Altar
{R}{W}
Infinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
Hofri Ghostforge+Mistmoon Griffin+Altar of Dementia
{R}{W}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite millInfinite self-mill
Hofri Ghostforge+Mistmoon Griffin+Phyrexian Altar
{R}{W}
Infinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
Hofri Ghostforge+Moorland Rescuer+Goblin Bombardment
{R}{W}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite damageInfinite death triggers
Hofri Ghostforge+Moorland Rescuer+Ashnod's Altar
{R}{W}
Infinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
Hofri Ghostforge+Moorland Rescuer+Altar of Dementia
{R}{W}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite millInfinite self-mill
Hofri Ghostforge+Moorland Rescuer+Phyrexian Altar
{R}{W}
Infinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
Hofri Ghostforge+Eternal Scourge+Ashnod's Altar
{R}{W}
Infinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count
Hofri Ghostforge+Squee, the Immortal+Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty+Phyrexian Altar
{R}{W}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count
Hofri Ghostforge+Squee, the Immortal+Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty+Thermopod
{R}{W}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count
Hofri Ghostforge+Squee, the Immortal+Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty+Skirk Prospector
{R}{W}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count
Hofri Ghostforge+Squee, the Immortal+Skirk Prospector+Goblin Warchief
{R}{W}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count
Hofri Ghostforge+Squee, the Immortal+Thermopod+Goblin Warchief
{R}{W}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count
Hofri Ghostforge+Squee, the Immortal+Phyrexian Altar+Goblin Warchief
{R}{W}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count

All 15 combos.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

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

  1. Goblin Bombardment 74 %+68.5 %
  2. Karmic Guide 67 %+62.2 %
  3. Ashnod's Altar 62 %+57.9 %
  4. High Market 58 %+56.6 %
  5. Selfless Spirit 65 %+54.1 %
  6. Solemn Simulacrum 71 %+51.0 %
  7. Fanatical Devotion 51 %+50.1 %
  8. Martyr's Cause 50 %+49.0 %
  9. Sun Titan 62 %+47.8 %
  10. Atsushi, the Blazing Sky 50 %+46.7 %
  11. Ao, the Dawn Sky 45 %+42.2 %
  12. Spirited Companion 45 %+40.6 %
  13. Molten Primordial 41 %+40.0 %
  14. Knight of the White Orchid 47 %+37.8 %
  15. Reveillark 38 %+36.6 %
  16. Quintorius, Field Historian 40 %+36.5 %
  17. Cathar Commando 41 %+35.9 %
  18. Luminous Broodmoth 38 %+35.5 %
  19. Skyclave Apparition 42 %+35.3 %
  20. Zealous Conscripts 39 %+34.3 %
  21. Venerable Warsinger 38 %+34.0 %
  22. Altar of Dementia 34 %+33.3 %
  23. Phyrexian Altar 34 %+33.0 %
  24. Coercive Recruiter 33 %+32.2 %
  25. Storm of Souls 33 %+31.9 %
  26. Sneak Attack 32 %+30.4 %
  27. Mob Rule 32 %+30.3 %
  28. Duergar Hedge-Mage 33 %+29.1 %
  29. Burnished Hart 32 %+28.9 %
  30. Muster the Departed 30 %+28.7 %
  31. Rootborn Defenses 32 %+28.1 %
  32. Skullclamp 42 %+27.8 %
  33. Kami of False Hope 28 %+27.1 %
  34. Mass Mutiny 27 %+26.6 %
  35. Magus of the Wheel 28 %+26.2 %
  36. Wall of Omens 29 %+25.9 %
  37. Mondrak, Glory Dominus 34 %+25.6 %
  38. Captivating Crew 27 %+25.3 %
  39. Seize the Spotlight 26 %+23.4 %
  40. Anointed Procession 31 %+22.9 %
  41. Culling Dais 23 %+22.7 %
  42. Remorseful Cleric 25 %+22.7 %
  43. Terror of the Peaks 24 %+22.4 %
  44. Dark-Dweller Oracle 23 %+22.4 %
  45. Neyali, Suns' Vanguard 29 %+22.3 %
  46. Kari Zev's Expertise 23 %+22.2 %
  47. Loran of the Third Path 34 %+21.9 %
  48. Combustible Gearhulk 25 %+21.2 %
  49. Quintorius, History Chaser 22 %+21.1 %
  50. Nesting Dovehawk 22 %+21.0 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Plains 98 %-0.2 %
  2. Mountain 97 %-0.4 %
  3. Command Tower 86 %+0.6 %
  4. Sol Ring 86 %+0.7 %
  5. Arcane Signet 81 %+1.4 %
  6. Goblin Bombardment 74 %+68.5 %
  7. Solemn Simulacrum 71 %+51.0 %
  8. Karmic Guide 67 %+62.2 %
  9. Selfless Spirit 65 %+54.1 %
  10. Clifftop Retreat 64 %-2.9 %
  11. Sun Titan 62 %+47.8 %
  12. Ashnod's Altar 62 %+57.9 %
  13. Battlefield Forge 60 %+2.4 %
  14. High Market 58 %+56.6 %
  15. Boros Signet 56 %+8.4 %
  16. Swords to Plowshares 56 %-9.6 %
  17. Sacred Foundry 52 %+4.4 %
  18. Talisman of Conviction 52 %+0.4 %
  19. Fanatical Devotion 51 %+50.1 %
  20. Atsushi, the Blazing Sky 50 %+46.7 %
  21. Martyr's Cause 50 %+49.0 %
  22. Knight of the White Orchid 47 %+37.8 %
  23. Path to Exile 46 %-11.0 %
  24. Spirited Companion 45 %+40.6 %
  25. Ao, the Dawn Sky 45 %+42.2 %
  26. Boros Garrison 45 %+10.5 %
  27. Furycalm Snarl 45 %+0.6 %
  28. Rugged Prairie 45 %-0.4 %
  29. Spectator Seating 44 %+5.0 %
  30. Skullclamp 42 %+27.8 %
  31. Skyclave Apparition 42 %+35.3 %
  32. Sundown Pass 42 %+1.9 %
  33. Molten Primordial 41 %+40.0 %
  34. Cathar Commando 41 %+35.9 %
  35. Quintorius, Field Historian 40 %+36.5 %
  36. Temple of Triumph 39 %+2.7 %
  37. Zealous Conscripts 39 %+34.3 %
  38. Luminous Broodmoth 38 %+35.5 %
  39. Reveillark 38 %+36.6 %
  40. Venerable Warsinger 38 %+34.0 %
  41. Blasphemous Act 36 %+2.5 %
  42. Boros Charm 35 %-11.5 %
  43. Phyrexian Altar 34 %+33.0 %
  44. Loran of the Third Path 34 %+21.9 %
  45. Altar of Dementia 34 %+33.3 %
  46. Mondrak, Glory Dominus 34 %+25.6 %
  47. Generous Gift 34 %+3.6 %
  48. Arid Mesa 34 %+4.9 %
  49. Coercive Recruiter 33 %+32.2 %
  50. Storm of Souls 33 %+31.9 %

Format legality

Rulings

  • 2021-04-16

    Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied creature will trigger when the token enters the battlefield. Any "As [this creature] enters the battlefield" or "[This creature] enters the battlefield with" abilities of the creature will also work.

  • 2021-04-16

    Each Spirit token you create refers only to the card you exile during the resolution of the ability that created that token. When it leaves the battlefield, you return only that card to your graveyard, not any other card exiled by Hofri.

  • 2021-04-16

    Hofri Ghostforge's last ability is linked to the ability it grants the Spirit token. If a replacement effect causes you to create more than one Spirit token with this effect, they will all have that ability, and the exiled card will be returned to the graveyard if any of them leaves the battlefield.

  • 2021-04-16

    If another creature enters the battlefield as a copy of the Spirit token or another effect creates a copy of the Spirit token, it will have the triggered ability granted by Hofri, but will not be linked to Hofri's ability and will not return the card to the graveyard when it leaves the battlefield.

  • 2021-04-16

    If the copied creature was copying something else, then the token enters the battlefield as whatever that creature copied.

  • 2021-04-16

    If you can't exile the card, perhaps because another effect moved the card before the triggered ability started resolving, you won't create a token.

  • 2021-04-16

    The copy uses the copiable values of the creature as it last existed on the battlefield before it died, not as it existed in the graveyard before it was exiled.

  • 2021-04-16

    The token copies exactly what was printed on the original creature and nothing else (unless the creature was copying something else; see below). It doesn't copy whether that creature was tapped or untapped, whether it had any counters on it or Auras or Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that changed its power, toughness, types, color, or so on.

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