Professor Hojo
Professor Hojo: Legendary Creature - Human Scientist, Final Fantasy Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{G}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Human Scientist
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Power / toughness
- 2/2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Final Fantasy Commander (FIC)
- Released
- 2025-06-13
- Collector number
- 69
- Artist
- Danciao
- Commander rank
- 5,340 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Professor Hojo
Professor Hojo is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare green legendary creature from Final Fantasy Commander (FIC), a Commander product released in June 2025. It is collector number 69 in that set, with art by Danciao. It costs {1}{G} (one generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Final Fantasy Commander is its only printing so far. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.29 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
The first activated ability you activate during your turn that targets a creature you control costs {2} less to activate.
Whenever one or more creatures you control become the target of an activated ability, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.29 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Professor Hojo by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Professor Hojo
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Final Fantasy Commander (FIC) #161 | Rare | 2025 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Professor Hojo, newest first.
- Professor Hojo's last ability resolves before the activated ability that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that activated ability is countered or otherwise leaves the stack.
- Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keyword abilities (such as equip) are activated abilities and will have a colon in their reminder text.
- Professor Hojo's first ability reduces only the amount of generic mana in the first activated ability you activate during your turn that targets a creature. For example, it will reduce an activation cost of {2} to {0}, but it will have no effect on an activation cost of {G}.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Professor Hojo is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.