CardsplainBofur, Reliable Guardian // Concerted Care
[Bofur, Reliable Guardian] — Creature — Dwarf Scout
[Concerted Care] — —
Target or creature you control gains and until end of turn. (Then this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)
Grade B- Grade from the win rate
Win rate when drawn 56.8% +0.6 vs average 17,850 games
Win rates and picks
- 56.0% 37,670 games
- Average pick ()
- 5.6
By deck
- Dwarves & Equipment 56.6% 9,540 games
- Draw Two 58.1% 6,882 games
Win rates from , 323,114 games. This card is compared with the set average (56.2%).
Reviews
Two mana to protect a creature from a spell but do nothing else isn't really a card I'm interested in playing. However, Concerted Care comes with a 1/1 creature attached, which I think makes Bofur, Reliable Guardian a pretty good card overall. I don't know if I would run it out on turn 1 and skip over the adventure spell, but as the format develops, we'll know whether that's a good play or not.
The body on this card is deceptively useful, since you can always dump equipment onto Bofur, Reliable Guardian later. Whether you play this early for a hit or two (and Crude Bent Blade protection) or hold it to protect creatures will vary from game to game, but holding is usually best.
Bofur, Reliable Guardian: No combat stats, but total protection from /combat.
How to draft it
Roles in each deck
Dwarves & Equipment Combat trick
Concerted Care, the on Bofur, Reliable Guardian, gives an or creature of yours (the opponent's spells and abilities can't target it) and until end of turn, which saves your fully equipped attacker from . Bofur himself is a 1-mana 1/1 Dwarf.
How to play it
Learn the Dwarves & Equipment deckHold Concerted Care for the turn the opponent aims at your best creature, then cast Bofur from later as an carrier. With nothing to protect early, a turn-1 Bofur is fine too.
Draw Two Combat trick
Concerted Care, a 2-mana , gives your creature or and until end of turn, which stops nearly every targeted spell. The cards worth that protection are Bard's Company, Great Gilded Boat and a creature wearing Eagle's Rescue. Bofur himself is a 1-mana 1/1 Dwarf with .
How to play it
Learn the Draw Two deckHold 2 mana and answer their with Concerted Care, so the spell loses its target. In combat it saves a blocker too. Bofur goes down on turn 1 only when you have nothing worth protecting.