New Untitled Deck by Fjord

Format: Commander

Commander: Bard, King of Dale

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 20

Deck overview

Bard, King of Dale turns extra draws and token creation into a scalable engine. The deck develops through Staff of the Storyteller, recruit effects, Elspeth, Sun's Champion, and small-creature draw cards such as Mentor of the Meek and Tocasia's Welcome. Its normal game is not a fast combo race. It spends the early turns making land drops, deploying two-mana rocks, and filtering with Ponder, Preordain, and recruit cards. Around turn 9, Bard, King of Dale plus Staff of the Storyteller can begin producing extra cards while token makers build a board. The main pressure line uses Elspeth, Sun's Champion for six doubled Soldiers, Moonshaker Cavalry for a large flying power boost, and Akroma's Will for double strike and protection. That line can kill the table on turn 12 if the key permanents survive. The deck has respectable answers and protection, but its high costs, singleton payoffs, and limited tutoring leave it exposed to early disruption and board wipes.

Decklist (60 cards)

  • 1 Abandoned Campground
  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Bard the Bowman
  • 1 Bard's Company
  • 1 Bard, Heir of Girion
  • 1 Bard, King of Dale
  • 1 Belladonna Took
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Celebrate the Mountain-king
  • 1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
  • 1 Enduring Innocence
  • 1 Esgaroth Garrison
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Finale of Glory
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Fractured Identity
  • 1 Get Out
  • 1 Guardian of Faith
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Lake-town
  • 1 Lake-town Lookout
  • 1 Lonely Arroyo
  • 1 Lunar Insight
  • 1 Martial Coup
  • 1 Mentor of the Meek
  • 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Patient Instructor
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Plunder the Trollshaws
  • 1 Prince Imrahil the Fair
  • 1 Seal from Existence
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Staff of the Storyteller
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 Tocasia's Welcome
  • 1 Tranquil Cove
  • 1 Windfall