Hofri Ghostforge
Hofri Ghostforge: Legendary Creature - Dwarf Cleric, Secrets of Strixhaven Commander. Spirits you control get +1/+1 and have trample and haste. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{R}{W}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Dwarf Cleric
- Colour identity
- White and red (WR)
- Power / toughness
- 4/5
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)
- Released
- 2026-04-24
- Collector number
- 314
- Artist
- Daarken
- Commander rank
- 6,879 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Hofri Ghostforge
Hofri Ghostforge is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare white and red legendary creature from Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC), a Commander product released in April 2026. It is collector number 314 in that set, with art by Daarken. It costs {3}{R}{W} (three generic, one white and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 4/5 creature. Its colour identity is white and red. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Strixhaven: School of Mages (2021) to Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (2026). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.44 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
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."
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.44 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Hofri Ghostforge by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Hofri Ghostforge
Hofri Ghostforge has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #90278 | Mythic | 2021 |
| Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos (PSTX) #192p | Mythic | 2021 |
| Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos (PSTX) #192s | Mythic | 2021 |
| Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX) #192 | Mythic | 2021 |
| Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX) #344 | Mythic | 2021 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Hofri Ghostforge, newest first.
- Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied creature will trigger when the token enters the battlefield. Any "As [this creature] enters the battlefield" or "[This creature] enters the battlefield with" abilities of the creature will also work.
- The copy uses the copiable values of the creature as it last existed on the battlefield before it died, not as it existed in the graveyard before it was exiled.
- Hofri Ghostforge's last ability is linked to the ability it grants the Spirit token. If a replacement effect causes you to create more than one Spirit token with this effect, they will all have that ability, and the exiled card will be returned to the graveyard if any of them leaves the battlefield.
- If another creature enters the battlefield as a copy of the Spirit token or another effect creates a copy of the Spirit token, it will have the triggered ability granted by Hofri, but will not be linked to Hofri's ability and will not return the card to the graveyard when it leaves the battlefield.
- Each Spirit token you create refers only to the card you exile during the resolution of the ability that created that token. When it leaves the battlefield, you return only that card to your graveyard, not any other card exiled by Hofri.
- The token copies exactly what was printed on the original creature and nothing else (unless the creature was copying something else; see below). It doesn't copy whether that creature was tapped or untapped, whether it had any counters on it or Auras or Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that changed its power, toughness, types, color, or so on.
- If the copied creature was copying something else, then the token enters the battlefield as whatever that creature copied.
- If you can't exile the card, perhaps because another effect moved the card before the triggered ability started resolving, you won't create a token.
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