Harold and Bob, First Numens
Legendary Creature — Treefolk Mutant
Vigilance, reach
When Harold and Bob dies, if it was a creature, return it to the battlefield. It's an Aura enchantment with enchant Forest you control and "Enchanted Forest has '
: Add three mana of any one color. You get two rad counters.'" Harold and Bob loses all other abilities.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Fallout
- Price
- $0.27
- EDHREC rank
- #8486
Harold and Bob, First Numens puts a repeatable token-and-counter engine on the board for five mana — every creature that enters gets a +1/+1 counter, and you're making a 1/1 every upkeep as long as you have the most counters among all players. The cost is real: five mana is a slow entry, and that upkeep condition turns off the moment an opponent outraces the counter count, which makes Harold and Bob, First Numens much stronger in dedicated synergy shells than in generic goodstuff.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Fangorn, Tree Shepherd
Fangorn, Tree Shepherd generates Treefolk tokens that enter the battlefield triggering Harold and Bob, First Numens's counter-distribution, while Harold and Bob's own upkeep token feeds back into Fangorn's untap engine — the two create a self-reinforcing loop where each new creature makes the board bigger and the engine faster.
The Wise Mothman
The Wise Mothman spreads -1/-1 counters to opponents, but the real pairing is that its counter-proliferation clause hits +1/+1 counters too — Harold and Bob, First Numens seeds the board with those counters, and every proliferate trigger from The Wise Mothman compounds them across your entire team.
The Master, Transcendent
The Master, Transcendent's ability to copy spells and permanents gets exponentially better when Harold and Bob, First Numens is guaranteeing each new creature enters with a counter already on it, making copied token producers and clone effects immediately relevant at the size threshold The Master cares about.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the natural home for Harold and Bob, First Numens — the 100-card singleton format slows the clock enough that a five-mana enchantment can durably shape a game, and multiplayer tables give the upkeep token condition real room to breathe. Legacy and Vintage are both legal but irrelevant in practice: neither format has any interest in a five-mana enchantment that doesn't win the game immediately. Oathbreaker is technically legal and could support Harold and Bob, First Numens in a dedicated +1/+1 counters shell, but the 20-life starting total compresses the timeline and makes a slow engine like this harder to justify.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.27 bulk tier
At $0.27, Harold and Bob, First Numens is bulk — easy to pick up and easy to test. Bulk rares with narrow synergy homes tend to stay in this range unless a breakout commander pushes demand, so don't expect appreciation, but there's no reason to hesitate at this price if the deck calls for it.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.