Bofur, Reliable Guardian // Concerted Care

The Hobbit #6

Bofur, Reliable Guardian // Concerted Care - The Hobbit

Type: Legendary Creature — Dwarf Scout // Instant — Adventure

Mana cost: {W} // {1}{W}

Card text: Lifelink // Target artifact or creature you control gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)

P/T: 1/1

Rarity: uncommon

Artist: Kieran Yanner

"Bofur and Bombur were left behind to guard the ponies and such stores as they had."

Released: August 14, 2026

Prices

$0.21 USD · $0.31 USD (Foil) · €0.12 EUR

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Format Legality

FormatLegality
Standard✓ Legal
Pioneer✓ Legal
Modern✓ Legal
Legacy✓ Legal
Commander✓ Legal
Vintage✓ Legal
Pauper✗ Not Legal
Oathbreaker✓ Legal

Draft & Sealed Synergies

Best cards to pair with Bofur, Reliable Guardian // Concerted Care in The Hobbit limited

common

Dwarven Shortsword
Dwarven Shortsword
Artifact — Equipment

Dwarven Shortsword creates a Dwarf token that can be protected by Bofur's Concerted Care adventure, and the Equipment synergy fits naturally into a Dwarf-focused limited deck.

 Well-Worn Spatula
Well-Worn Spatula
Artifact — Equipment

Well-Worn Spatula is a cheap Equipment that benefits from Bofur's lifelink, and Concerted Care can protect the equipped creature from removal to maintain the lifelink advantage.

 Bilbo's Deadly Slice
Bilbo's Deadly Slice
Instant

Bofur's Concerted Care can protect a key creature from the opponent's removal spells, and Bilbo's Deadly Slice handles threats that Bofur's lifelink body can't block, forming a solid removal-protection package.

uncommon

Dwarven Mattock
Dwarven Mattock
Artifact — Equipment

Dwarven Mattock gives ward to the equipped Dwarf, and Bofur's Concerted Care can grant hexproof and indestructible as a backup, making the equipped creature extremely difficult to remove.

mythic

Thorin, Mountain-king
Thorin, Mountain-king
Legendary Creature — Dwarf Noble

Thorin is a powerful legendary Dwarf that benefits enormously from Concerted Care's hexproof and indestructible protection, preventing opponents from removing him before his Equipment-attaching trigger resolves.

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