bard deck by tpgh2k

Format: Commander

Commander: Bard, King of Dale

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

Bard, King of Dale is an Azorius token-arithmetic deck: it multiplies every draw into two cards and every token trigger into two tokens, then converts the resulting board into a one-shot alpha strike with Akroma's Will or Moonshaker Cavalry. A secondary plan uses Smothering Tithe and Gleaming Splendor to bank Treasures while taxing opponents, and Myrel or Ocelot Pride provides an independent soldier engine if Bard is answered. The commander is the hub of both draw and token doubling, so protecting and resolving Bard early is central. King T'Challa // Black Panther, Hope Enduring in the 99 is a support draw piece, not a true hidden commander.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Bard's Company
  • 1 Bard, King of Dale
  • 1 Belladonna Took
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Caretaker's Talent
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Cosmogrand Zenith
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Divine Visitation
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Faramir, Prince of Ithilien
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hindering Light
  • 1 Homunculus Horde
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Irrigated Farmland
  • 6 Island
  • 1 King T'Challa // Black Panther, Hope Enduring
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Mischievous Mystic
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
  • 1 Myrel, Shield of Argive
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Nimbus Maze
  • 1 Ocelot Pride
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Permission Denied
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prince Imrahil the Fair
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 The Council of Four
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Windswept Heath