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Bifur, Melodic Rider

Bifur, Melodic Rider

Legendary Creature — Dwarf Bard

Bifur wants a deck that removes its creatures and brings them right back to reuse them. It also suits a deck that keeps making its creatures bigger turn after turn.

  • Mana cost4 genericred or whitered or white
  • White, Red ()
  • Power / toughness4 / 5
  • RarityUncommon

Storied (If you control three or more artifacts, legendaries, and/or Sagas, you have an enduring story for the rest of the game.)

Whenever Bifur enters or attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

As long as you have an enduring story, if a triggered ability of a Dwarf you control triggers, that ability triggers an additional time.

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Cards That Fit Bifur, Melodic Rider

Picked for what they do in Bifur's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Bifur's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Rulings for Bifur, Melodic Rider

explain how Bifur works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 29 Jun 2026

A permanent is any object on the battlefield, including tokens and lands. Spells and emblems aren't permanents.

Wizards of the Coast 29 Jun 2026

A single permanent can only count once toward the three legendary, Saga, and/or artifact permanents needed to get an enduring story, even if it has more than one of those qualities. If you control one permanent that is a legendary artifact and a second permanent that is a Saga, you will only have two of the three permanents required to get an enduring story.

Wizards of the Coast 29 Jun 2026

Bifur's last ability doesn't copy the triggered ability; it just causes the ability to trigger an additional time. Any choices made as you put the ability onto the stack, such as modes and targets, are made separately for each instance of the ability. Any choices made on resolution, such as whether to put counters on a permanent, are also made individually.

Wizards of the Coast 29 Jun 2026

If a triggered ability is linked to a second ability, additional instances of that triggered ability are also linked to that second ability. If the second ability refers to "the exiled card," it refers to all cards exiled by instances of the triggered ability.

Wizards of the Coast 29 Jun 2026

If Bifur entering causes you to have an enduring story, his "enters or attacks" ability triggers an additional time.

Wizards of the Coast 29 Jun 2026

If you control three legendary, Saga, and/or artifact permanents but don't control a permanent with storied, you don't get an enduring story. For example, if you controlled three artifacts, lost control of two, then cast Thorin Oakenshield, you won't have an enduring story.

Wizards of the Coast 29 Jun 2026

If your third legendary, Saga, or artifact permanent enters the battlefield and then one of those permanents leaves the battlefield immediately afterwards (most likely due to the "legend rule" or due to being a creature with 0 toughness), you get an enduring story before it leaves the battlefield.

Wizards of the Coast 29 Jun 2026

In some cases involving linked abilities, an ability requires information about "the exiled card." When this happens, the ability gets multiple answers. If these answers are being used to determine the value of a variable, the sum is used.

Wizards of the Coast 29 Jun 2026

Once you have an enduring story, you have it for the rest of the game, even if you lose control of some or all of your storied permanents. The enduring story designation is on the player and can't be removed by any effect.

Wizards of the Coast 29 Jun 2026

Storied isn't a triggered ability and doesn't use the stack. Players can respond to a spell that will give you your third legendary, Saga, and/or artifact permanent, but they can't respond to you getting an enduring story once you control that third permanent.

Wizards of the Coast 29 Jun 2026

Triggered abilities use the word "when," "whenever," or "at." They're often written as "[Trigger condition], [effect]." Some keyword abilities are triggered abilities and will have "when," "whenever," or "at" in their reminder text.

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