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Bofur, Reliable Guardian // Concerted Care
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A flexible protection spell that later becomes a small lifelink creature, providing both tempo and card economy. It is especially strong in RW Dwarves because Bofur is a cheap legendary Dwarf that helps enable Storied and triggers tribal rewards.
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Play around this
With {1}{W} available and Bofur still in hand, avoid relying on targeted removal or destroy-based combat outcomes against an important creature or artifact; hexproof can invalidate the target and indestructible can turn combat into a blowout.
Gameplay notes
Usually cast Concerted Care first to gain protection without spending a card, then deploy Bofur from exile when convenient. Do not expose Bofur as a 1/1 early unless you need a cheap Dwarf, a legendary permanent for Storied, an Equipment holder, or lifelink for a race.
Key synergies
Casting Bofur from exile after using Concerted Care triggers Kíli's Dwarf-entry card draw, while Bofur's legendary status also advances Storied. Concerted Care can protect Kíli so the ongoing Dwarf and Equipment engine remains active.
Bofur entering as a nontoken Dwarf causes Fíli to create a 2/2 Dwarf token, turning the creature half into two bodies. Concerted Care can first protect Fíli from removal, preserving both its token engine and eventual Storied anthem.
Concerted Care gives Smaug hexproof and indestructible for only two mana, protecting the must-answer bomb from both targeted removal and sweepers while preserving his growing Treasure engine.
Seek the Heart can tutor Bofur, while Concerted Care can protect The Arkenstone itself with hexproof and indestructible, preserving its recurring card-draw engine and anthem from artifact removal.
Because Bofur is a Dwarf, Dwarven Mattock can attach to him immediately when it enters, upgrading the otherwise modest 1/1 into a 3/3 lifelink creature with ward. Concerted Care can also protect the Mattock or its equipped creature from removal.
Bofur is a cheap legendary permanent that advances Bifur's Storied threshold, while Concerted Care can protect the six-mana Bifur with both hexproof and indestructible before Bofur is cast from exile.
Bofur is a 1-power recursion target, while Concerted Care can give an Eagle's Rescue-enhanced creature hexproof and indestructible, protecting both the creature and the Aura from most removal for a turn.
The Company can find Bofur as a Dwarf, and Bofur both enables its lifelink and offers Concerted Care to protect the Company from removal before being cast as another Dwarf.
Concerted Care can give one of your non-Dragon creatures indestructible in response to Desolation of Smaug, preserving it through the sweep while opposing creatures die.