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Hofri Ghostforge
Legendary Creature — Dwarf Cleric · {3}{R}{W} · Red/White commander
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."
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What Hofri Ghostforge actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Triggered ability · deathWhenever 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
- Static ability · lordSpirits you control get +1/+1 and have trample and haste.
What a Hofri Ghostforge deck needs
Plays as copy engine. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- expendable creatures and free sacrifice outlets (its payoff is creatures dying)
- bodies worth turning into Spirits — the commander grants the type itself, so a printed spirit package is optional, not the plan
- high-value creatures and activated-ability creatures worth copying or borrowing
- token payoffs — anthems, sacrifice outlets and go-wide finishers (it makes tokens on repeat)
- creatures that profit from trample/haste (it grants the team them)
The Hofri Ghostforge deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 12× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- 8× A permanent whose own trigger fires on attacking — the fuel an attack-trigger doubler multiplies, and the payoff an attack commander wants beside it
- 12× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- 5× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- 4× Sacrifice a creature for no mana, repeatably
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
Best cards for Hofri Ghostforge
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- Knight of the White Orchid2 mana
- Spirited Companion2 mana
- Solemn Simulacrum4 mana
- Dualcaster Mage3 mana
- Imperial Recruiter3 mana
- Loran of the Third Path3 mana
- Ranger-Captain of Eos3 mana
- Dire Fleet Daredevil2 mana
A permanent whose own trigger fires on attacking — the fuel an attack-trigger doubler multiplies, and the payoff an attack commander wants beside it
- Voice of Victory2 mana
- Guide of Souls1 mana
- Adeline, Resplendent Cathar3 mana
- Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin3 mana
- Ainok Strike Leader2 mana
- Arabella, Abandoned Doll2 mana
- Fear of Missing Out2 mana
- Inti, Seneschal of the Sun2 mana
Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- Replicating Ring3 mana
- Elspeth, Storm Slayer5 mana
- Hero of Bladehold4 mana
- Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate0 mana
- Elspeth, Sun's Champion6 mana
- Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
- Cosmogrand Zenith3 mana
- Hanweir Garrison3 mana
A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- Intangible Virtue2 mana
- Caretaker's Talent3 mana
- Inspiring Leader3 mana
- Prava of the Steel Legion3 mana
- Gideon's Memorial2 mana
- Mite Overseer4 mana
- Phantom General4 mana
- Castle Embereth0 mana
Sacrifice a creature for no mana, repeatably
- Altar of Dementia2 mana
- Goblin Bombardment2 mana
- Spawning Pit2 mana
- Ashnod's Altar3 mana
- Betrothed of Fire2 mana
- Phyrexian Altar3 mana
- Fanatical Devotion3 mana
- Martyr's Cause3 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Generous Gift3 mana
- Erode1 mana
- Unwanted Remake1 mana
- Angelic Ascension2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Open the Armory2 mana
- Enlightened Tutor1 mana
- Kellan, the Fae-Blooded // Birthright Boon3 mana
- Templar Knight2 mana
- Idyllic Tutor3 mana
- Imperial Recruiter3 mana
- Ranger-Captain of Eos3 mana
- Magda, Brazen Outlaw2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Wrath of God4 mana
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
- Day of Judgment4 mana
- Street Spasm1 mana
- Shatter the Sky4 mana
- Split Up3 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Sticky Fingers1 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
Combos with Hofri Ghostforge
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Hofri Ghostforge is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Hofri Ghostforge + Mistmoon Griffin + Goblin Bombardment185 decks
- Hofri Ghostforge + Mistmoon Griffin + Ashnod's Altar154 decks
- Hofri Ghostforge + Mistmoon Griffin + Altar Of Dementia110 decks
- Hofri Ghostforge + Mistmoon Griffin + Phyrexian Altar97 decks
- Hofri Ghostforge + Moorland Rescuer + Goblin Bombardment56 decks
- Hofri Ghostforge + Moorland Rescuer + Ashnod's Altar39 decks
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