Bifur, Melodic Rider is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
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 a triggered ability of a Dwarf you control triggers, that ability triggers an additional time.
How it works : Bifur, Melodic Rider
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
In some cases involving linked abilities, an ability requires information about "the exiled card." When this happens, the ability gets multiple answers. If these answers are being used to determine the value of a variable, the sum is used.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If a triggered ability is linked to a second ability, additional instances of that triggered ability are also linked to that second ability. If the second ability refers to "the exiled card," it refers to all cards exiled by instances of the triggered ability.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Triggered abilities use the word "when," "whenever," or "at." They're often written as "[Trigger condition], [effect]." Some keyword abilities are triggered abilities and will have "when," "whenever," or "at" in their reminder text.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
Storied isn't a triggered ability and doesn't use the stack. Players can respond to a spell that will give you your third legendary, Saga, and/or artifact permanent, but they can't respond to you getting an enduring story once you control that third permanent.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
Bifur's last ability doesn't copy the triggered ability; it just causes the ability to trigger an additional time. Any choices made as you put the ability onto the stack, such as modes and targets, are made separately for each instance of the ability. Any choices made on resolution, such as whether to put counters on a permanent, are also made individually.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
A single permanent can only count once toward the three legendary, Saga, and/or artifact permanents needed to get an enduring story, even if it has more than one of those qualities. If you control one permanent that is a legendary artifact and a second permanent that is a Saga, you will only have two of the three permanents required to get an enduring story.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #7· Wizards of the Coast
If you control three legendary, Saga, and/or artifact permanents but don't control a permanent with storied, you don't get an enduring story. For example, if you controlled three artifacts, lost control of two, then cast Thorin Oakenshield, you won't have an enduring story.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #8· Wizards of the Coast
If Bifur entering causes you to have an enduring story, his "enters or attacks" ability triggers an additional time.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #9· Wizards of the Coast
A permanent is any object on the battlefield, including tokens and lands. Spells and emblems aren't permanents.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #10· Wizards of the Coast
If your third legendary, Saga, or artifact permanent enters the battlefield and then one of those permanents leaves the battlefield immediately afterwards (most likely due to the "legend rule" or due to being a creature with 0 toughness), you get an enduring story before it leaves the battlefield.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #11· Wizards of the Coast
Once you have an enduring story, you have it for the rest of the game, even if you lose control of some or all of your storied permanents. The enduring story designation is on the player and can't be removed by any effect.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Yahenni, Undying Partisan + Bifur, Melodic Rider
- 1Activate Yahenni by sacrificing Bifur.
- 2When Bifur dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 3When Bifur enters, it triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 4Resolve the Yahenni ability.
- 5Repeat.
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Carrion Feeder + Bifur, Melodic Rider
- 1Activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing Bifur.
- 2When Bifur dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 3When Bifur enters, it triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 4Resolve the Carrion Feeder ability.
- 5Repeat.
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Phyrexian Altar + Bifur, Melodic Rider
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Bifur.
- 2When Bifur dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 3When Bifur enters, it triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 4Resolve the Phyrexian Altar ability.
- 5Repeat.
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Blasting Station + Bifur, Melodic Rider
- 1Activate Blasting Station by tapping it and sacrificing Bifur.
- 2When Bifur dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 3When Bifur enters, it and Blasting Station trigger.
- 4Resolve the Bifur trigger, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 5Resolve the Blasting Station trigger, untapping it.
- 6Resolve the Blasting Station ability from step 1
- 7Repeat.
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Shilgengar, Sire of Famine + Bifur, Melodic Rider
- 1Activate Shilgengar by sacrificing Bifur.
- 2When Bifur dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 3When Bifur enters, it triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 4Resolve the Shilgengar ability.
- 5Repeat.
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Altar of Dementia + Bifur, Melodic Rider
- 1Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Bifur.
- 2When Bifur dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 3When Bifur enters, it triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 4Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability.
- 5Repeat.
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Viscera Seer + Bifur, Melodic Rider
- 1Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Bifur.
- 2When Bifur dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 3When Bifur enters, it triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 4Resolve the Viscera Seer ability.
- 5Repeat.
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Goblin Bombardment + Bifur, Melodic Rider
- 1Activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing Bifur.
- 2When Bifur dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 3When Bifur enters, it triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 4Resolve the Goblin Bombardment ability.
- 5Repeat.
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