Bifur, Melodic Rider
Bifur, Melodic Rider4 RW RW
Legendary Creature — Dwarf Bard
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 an ability of a Dwarf you control triggers, that ability triggers an additional time.
uncommon4/5

Bifur, Melodic Rider

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Limited summary

Six-mana 4/5 Storied payoff: he puts a counter somewhere on entry and attack, and with the enduring story every Dwarf trigger you control happens TWICE. The top-end that turns a Dwarf deck's triggers into an avalanche.

Roles

CreatureRole — Mainly provides a body on the board.FinisherRole — Closes out the game once you're ahead or the board stalls.PayoffRewards you when the archetype's condition is met — only as good as your enabler count.

Archetypes

Gameplay notes

His own enter/attack trigger is a Dwarf trigger — with the story on, he puts two counters per attack. Count your artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas before valuing him.

Key synergies

Wizard's Staff
Wizard's StaffDirect SynergyExplicit mechanical interaction between the two cards.Synergy strength 3/3 — Strong

Equipping Bifur makes his enter-or-attack ability trigger an additional time; once the enduring story is active, Bifur also doubles his own Dwarf trigger, producing three +1/+1 counter triggers whenever he attacks.

Glóin the Mighty // Easy Pickings
Glóin the Mighty // Easy PickingsComboA specific, particularly strong two-card interaction.Synergy strength 3/3 — Strong

Once you have an enduring story, Bifur doubles Glóin's beginning-of-main-phase trigger, increasing the mana production from two red mana to four.

Dáin Ironfoot
Dáin IronfootDirect SynergyExplicit mechanical interaction between the two cards.Synergy strength 3/3 — Strong

Once the enduring story is active, Bifur doubles Dáin's enter-the-battlefield trigger, creating and attaching two Axes instead of one. Dáin itself also contributes a legendary permanent and an artifact toward enabling Storied.

Dáin's Company
Dáin's CompanyComboA specific, particularly strong two-card interaction.Synergy strength 3/3 — Strong

Once you have an enduring story, Bifur doubles Dáin's Company's triggered enter ability, letting you look at four cards twice and potentially draw two Dwarf or Equipment cards.

The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart
The Arkenstone // Seek the HeartBuild-AroundOne card gets much better because the other exists.Synergy strength 3/3 — Strong

Seek the Heart can tutor Bifur directly, while casting The Arkenstone afterward adds a legendary artifact toward Storied and supplies an anthem and recurring cards for Bifur's late-game Dwarf board.

Nori, Teller of Tales
Nori, Teller of TalesComboA specific, particularly strong two-card interaction.Synergy strength 3/3 — Strong

Once you have an enduring story, Bifur doubles Nori's Dwarf attack trigger, allowing two attacking creatures to gain first strike each combat.

Fíli the Pathfinder
Fíli the PathfinderComboA specific, particularly strong two-card interaction.Synergy strength 3/3 — Strong

Once you have an enduring story, Bifur doubles Fíli's triggered ability, so Fíli and each later nontoken Dwarf create two 2/2 Dwarf tokens instead of one; Fíli's anthem then enlarges all of them.

Balin, Loremaster
Balin, LoremasterComboA specific, particularly strong two-card interaction.Synergy strength 3/3 — Strong

Once you have an enduring story, Bifur doubles Balin's triggered abilities. Each Dwarf entry can therefore cycle your hand twice, with each resolution also dealing damage based on the cards discarded.

Dwalin, Weaponmaster
Dwalin, WeaponmasterDirect SynergyExplicit mechanical interaction between the two cards.Synergy strength 3/3 — Strong

Once you have an enduring story, Bifur makes Dwalin's Dwarf-sourced enter and attack trigger happen an additional time, placing two hone counters on every Equipment instead of one.

Kíli the Resourceful
Kíli the ResourcefulComboA specific, particularly strong two-card interaction.Synergy strength 3/3 — Strong

With an enduring story, Bifur doubles Kíli's triggered ability when another Dwarf or Equipment enters, so Bifur's own entry can draw two cards and later qualifying entries can do the same despite Kíli's once-per-turn limit.

Burn, Burn, Tree and Fern
Burn, Burn, Tree and FernEnabler → PayoffOne card sets up the condition the other rewards.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

The Saga counts toward achieving Bifur's enduring story, and its creature and artifact removal helps preserve the board of artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas needed to reach that threshold.

Thorin, Mountain-king
Thorin, Mountain-kingDirect SynergyExplicit mechanical interaction between the two cards.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

Thorin's enter trigger doubled means two rounds of free Equipment attaches and two power-based damage hits.

Iron Hills Blacksmith
Iron Hills BlacksmithEnabler → PayoffOne card sets up the condition the other rewards.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

With the story on, the Blacksmith's enter trigger doubles — two free Axes — while its Axe feeds the story count Bifur needs.

Thrór's Map
Thrór's MapEnabler → PayoffOne card sets up the condition the other rewards.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

The Map is a cheap legendary artifact that advances Bifur's Storied threshold while finding a land to help reach six mana; its later filtering also helps turn excess lands into action.

Thorin Oakenshield
Thorin OakenshieldArchetype SynergyBoth play complementary roles in the same Limited archetype.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

Thorin is an early legendary permanent that advances the shared Storied plan, and once the enduring story is established, his ward ability protects Bifur and the other Dwarves whose triggers Bifur doubles.

Dori, Bearer of Friends
Dori, Bearer of FriendsDirect SynergyExplicit mechanical interaction between the two cards.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

Once Storied is active, Bifur doubles Dori's Dwarf-triggered enters ability, so Dori creates two Treasures instead of one.

Iron Hills Stalwart
Iron Hills StalwartComboA specific, particularly strong two-card interaction.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

With an enduring story, Bifur doubles Stalwart's Dwarf triggered ability, allowing two Equipment to be attached for free and creating a heavily upgraded attacker without paying either equip cost.

Bofur, Reliable Guardian // Concerted Care
Bofur, Reliable Guardian // Concerted CareEnabler → PayoffOne card sets up the condition the other rewards.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

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.

Dwarven Shortsword
Dwarven ShortswordArchetype SynergyBoth play complementary roles in the same Limited archetype.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

The Shortsword supplies an artifact toward the enduring story and simultaneously creates an equipped Dwarf body, helping Bifur's deck establish both its Storied requirement and the Dwarf board whose triggered abilities it wants to double.

Dáin, Lord of the Iron Hills
Dáin, Lord of the Iron HillsArchetype SynergyBoth play complementary roles in the same Limited archetype.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

Dáin is a cheap legendary Dwarf that helps establish the enduring story early, and its attack tax protects the board and buys time to cast Bifur and repeatedly attack for doubled Dwarf triggers.

Stone by Sunlight
Stone by SunlightDirect SynergyExplicit mechanical interaction between the two cards.Synergy strength 1/3 — Nice to have

If you already control two qualifying permanents, temporarily making another creature an artifact can supply the third permanent needed to establish the enduring story permanently; the indestructible mode can also protect Bifur in combat or from removal.

Dwarven Mattock
Dwarven MattockDirect SynergyExplicit mechanical interaction between the two cards.Synergy strength 1/3 — Nice to have

The Mattock is an artifact toward Bifur's Storied threshold and can attach to Bifur immediately when it enters, making the key six-mana payoff larger and giving it ward to make removal more difficult.

Synergy graph

Min strength
Thorin, Mountain-king ↔ Dáin's Company Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Thorin, Mountain-king ↔ Dwalin, Weaponmaster Enabler → Payoff · strength 3/3Thorin, Mountain-king ↔ Dwarven Mattock Combo · strength 3/3Thorin, Mountain-king ↔ Dwarven Shortsword Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Thorin, Mountain-king ↔ Kíli the Resourceful Archetype Synergy · strength 2/3Dáin's Company ↔ Bofur, Reliable Guardian // Concerted Care Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Dáin's Company ↔ Fíli the Pathfinder Combo · strength 3/3Dáin's Company ↔ Dwalin, Weaponmaster Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Dáin's Company ↔ Nori, Teller of Tales Tribal Synergy · strength 2/3Dáin's Company ↔ Dáin Ironfoot Archetype Synergy · strength 2/3Dáin's Company ↔ Dwarven Mattock Direct Synergy · strength 3/3Dáin's Company ↔ Dwarven Shortsword Direct Synergy · strength 3/3Dáin's Company ↔ Iron Hills Blacksmith Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Dáin's Company ↔ Kíli the Resourceful Combo · strength 3/3Bofur, Reliable Guardian // Concerted Care ↔ Fíli the Pathfinder Enabler → Payoff · strength 3/3Bofur, Reliable Guardian // Concerted Care ↔ Dwarven Mattock Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Bofur, Reliable Guardian // Concerted Care ↔ Kíli the Resourceful Enabler → Payoff · strength 3/3Dori, Bearer of Friends ↔ Fíli the Pathfinder Combo · strength 3/3Dori, Bearer of Friends ↔ Dwarven Mattock Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Dori, Bearer of Friends ↔ Kíli the Resourceful Enabler → Payoff · strength 3/3Fíli the Pathfinder ↔ Iron Hills Blacksmith Enabler → Payoff · strength 3/3Fíli the Pathfinder ↔ Kíli the Resourceful Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Dwalin, Weaponmaster ↔ Dáin Ironfoot Combo · strength 3/3Dwalin, Weaponmaster ↔ Iron Hills Blacksmith Enabler → Payoff · strength 3/3Dwalin, Weaponmaster ↔ Kíli the Resourceful Archetype Synergy · strength 2/3Wizard's Staff ↔ Dwalin, Weaponmaster Combo · strength 3/3Wizard's Staff ↔ Nori, Teller of Tales Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Wizard's Staff ↔ Dáin Ironfoot Direct Synergy · strength 3/3Wizard's Staff ↔ Kíli the Resourceful Combo · strength 3/3Stone by Sunlight ↔ Fíli the Pathfinder Mechanic Synergy · strength 2/3Stone by Sunlight ↔ Thorin Oakenshield Mechanic Synergy · strength 2/3Stone by Sunlight ↔ Balin, Loremaster Mechanic Synergy · strength 1/3Stone by Sunlight ↔ Kíli the Resourceful Mechanic Synergy · strength 1/3Nori, Teller of Tales ↔ Fíli the Pathfinder Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Nori, Teller of Tales ↔ Dwarven Mattock Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Nori, Teller of Tales ↔ Kíli the Resourceful Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Dáin Ironfoot ↔ Thorin, Mountain-king Archetype Synergy · strength 2/3Dáin Ironfoot ↔ Fíli the Pathfinder Combo · strength 3/3Dáin Ironfoot ↔ Dáin, Lord of the Iron Hills Enabler → Payoff · strength 3/3Thorin Oakenshield ↔ Dori, Bearer of Friends Combo · strength 3/3Thorin Oakenshield ↔ Dáin Ironfoot Combo · strength 3/3Thorin Oakenshield ↔ Dwarven Shortsword Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Thorin Oakenshield ↔ Kíli the Resourceful Mechanic Synergy · strength 2/3Burn, Burn, Tree and Fern ↔ Fíli the Pathfinder Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Burn, Burn, Tree and Fern ↔ Thorin Oakenshield Mechanic Synergy · strength 2/3Burn, Burn, Tree and Fern ↔ Balin, Loremaster Enabler → Payoff · strength 1/3Burn, Burn, Tree and Fern ↔ Dáin, Lord of the Iron Hills Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Dwarven Mattock ↔ Dwalin, Weaponmaster Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Dwarven Mattock ↔ Dáin Ironfoot Combo · strength 3/3Dwarven Mattock ↔ Kíli the Resourceful Enabler → Payoff · strength 3/3Glóin the Mighty // Easy Pickings ↔ Dáin's Company Tribal Synergy · strength 2/3Glóin the Mighty // Easy Pickings ↔ Fíli the Pathfinder Tribal Synergy · strength 3/3Glóin the Mighty // Easy Pickings ↔ Dwarven Mattock Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Glóin the Mighty // Easy Pickings ↔ Kíli the Resourceful Tribal Synergy · strength 2/3Dwarven Shortsword ↔ Dwalin, Weaponmaster Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Dwarven Shortsword ↔ Dáin Ironfoot Direct Synergy · strength 3/3Dwarven Shortsword ↔ Kíli the Resourceful Enabler → Payoff · strength 3/3The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart ↔ Bofur, Reliable Guardian // Concerted Care Direct Synergy · strength 2/3The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart ↔ Fíli the Pathfinder Build-Around · strength 3/3The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart ↔ Dáin, Lord of the Iron Hills Build-Around · strength 3/3The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart ↔ Kíli the Resourceful Build-Around · strength 2/3Balin, Loremaster ↔ Fíli the Pathfinder Combo · strength 3/3Iron Hills Blacksmith ↔ Thorin, Mountain-king Combo · strength 3/3Iron Hills Blacksmith ↔ Wizard's Staff Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Iron Hills Blacksmith ↔ Dáin Ironfoot Enabler → Payoff · strength 3/3Iron Hills Blacksmith ↔ Thorin Oakenshield Mechanic Synergy · strength 2/3Iron Hills Blacksmith ↔ Dwarven Mattock Combo · strength 3/3Iron Hills Blacksmith ↔ Iron Hills Stalwart Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Iron Hills Stalwart ↔ Dáin Ironfoot Direct Synergy · strength 3/3Iron Hills Stalwart ↔ Kíli the Resourceful Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Thrór's Map ↔ Fíli the Pathfinder Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Thrór's Map ↔ Thorin Oakenshield Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Thrór's Map ↔ Dáin, Lord of the Iron Hills Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Thrór's Map ↔ Kíli the Resourceful Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Dáin, Lord of the Iron Hills ↔ Stone by Sunlight Combo · strength 2/3Dáin, Lord of the Iron Hills ↔ Thorin Oakenshield Mechanic Synergy · strength 3/3Dáin, Lord of the Iron Hills ↔ Iron Hills Blacksmith Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Dáin, Lord of the Iron Hills ↔ Kíli the Resourceful Enabler → Payoff · strength 3/3Kíli the Resourceful ↔ Dáin Ironfoot Combo · strength 3/3Kíli the Resourceful ↔ Iron Hills Blacksmith Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Bifur, Melodic Rider ↔ Wizard's Staff Direct Synergy · strength 3/3Bifur, Melodic Rider ↔ Glóin the Mighty // Easy Pickings Combo · strength 3/3Bifur, Melodic Rider ↔ Dáin Ironfoot Direct Synergy · strength 3/3Bifur, Melodic Rider ↔ Dáin's Company Combo · strength 3/3Bifur, Melodic Rider ↔ The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart Build-Around · strength 3/3Bifur, Melodic Rider ↔ Nori, Teller of Tales Combo · strength 3/3Bifur, Melodic Rider ↔ Fíli the Pathfinder Combo · strength 3/3Bifur, Melodic Rider ↔ Balin, Loremaster Combo · strength 3/3Bifur, Melodic Rider ↔ Dwalin, Weaponmaster Direct Synergy · strength 3/3Bifur, Melodic Rider ↔ Kíli the Resourceful Combo · strength 3/3Bifur, Melodic Rider ↔ Burn, Burn, Tree and Fern Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Bifur, Melodic Rider ↔ Thorin, Mountain-king Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Bifur, Melodic Rider ↔ Iron Hills Blacksmith Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Bifur, Melodic Rider ↔ Thrór's Map Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Bifur, Melodic Rider ↔ Thorin Oakenshield Archetype Synergy · strength 2/3Bifur, Melodic Rider ↔ Dori, Bearer of Friends Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Bifur, Melodic Rider ↔ Iron Hills Stalwart Combo · strength 2/3Bifur, Melodic Rider ↔ Bofur, Reliable Guardian // Concerted Care Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Bifur, Melodic Rider ↔ Dwarven Shortsword Archetype Synergy · strength 2/3Bifur, Melodic Rider ↔ Dáin, Lord of the Iron Hills Archetype Synergy · strength 2/3Bifur, Melodic Rider ↔ Stone by Sunlight Direct Synergy · strength 1/3Bifur, Melodic Rider ↔ Dwarven Mattock Direct Synergy · strength 1/3Bifur, Melodic Rider (this card)
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