Summon: Fat Chocobo
Enchantment Creature — Saga Bird
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after IV.)
I — Wark — Create a 2/2 green Bird creature token with "Whenever a land you control enters, this token gets +1/+0 until end of turn."
II, III, IV — Kerplunk — Creatures you control gain trample until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Final Fantasy
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #4923
Summon: Fat Chocobo lands a massive body on the battlefield and immediately threatens to bury opponents in card advantage or board presence. The cost is real, but in the right shell — especially alongside Garnet, Princess of Alexandria — the payoff justifies the mana investment.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Garnet, Princess of Alexandria
Garnet, Princess of Alexandria's ability to recur and recycle Summon spells makes Summon: Fat Chocobo a repeatable threat rather than a one-shot play, turning a single copy into a persistent engine.
Choco, Seeker of Paradise
Choco, Seeker of Paradise cares deeply about Chocobo synergies, and Summon: Fat Chocobo is one of the highest-impact payoffs in that category — showing up in over 65% of Choco lists for good reason.
Yuna, Hope of Spira
Yuna, Hope of Spira's Summon-tribal gameplan makes Summon: Fat Chocobo a natural include, adding a high-power threat that slots cleanly into her suite of summon payoffs.
Terra, Magical Adept
Terra, Magical Adept generates value off casting big spells, and Summon: Fat Chocobo is exactly the kind of haymaker that triggers her engine while putting a board presence down simultaneously.
Sigurd, Jarl of Ravensthorpe
Sigurd, Jarl of Ravensthorpe rewards attacking and going wide, and Summon: Fat Chocobo provides the kind of immediate battlefield impact that keeps that axis moving forward.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Summon: Fat Chocobo does its best work — the singleton format rewards high-impact individual cards, and a single copy can swing a game when the mana is available. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, the cost makes it a fringe consideration at best, limited to niche ramp or big-mana shells that can actually deploy it ahead of curve. Legacy and Vintage have access to enough fast mana that the raw power might be worth exploring, but the competition is steep and more efficient threats exist. Pauper's tighter mana constraints make it largely unplayable there. Standard legality means it has a window in that format, though whether the metagame is slow enough to support it depends on the current field.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Summon: Fat Chocobo is firmly bulk, and bulk rares with clear commander homes tend to stay in this range unless a breakout deck pushes demand. Grab copies freely — the financial risk is negligible.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Garnet, Princess of Alexandria
- Choco, Seeker of Paradise
- Yuna, Hope of Spira
- Terra, Magical Adept
- Sigurd, Jarl of Ravensthorpe
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.