Bard, roi du Val

Format: Commander

Commander: Bard, King of Dale

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Bard, King of Dale doubles your extra draws and your token creation, turning every second-card trigger into a growing army. The deck wins by stacking second-draw payoffs that make tokens and put counters, then pumping the board for a wide combat finish. Bard is the central engine but not the only one; many creatures and enchantments generate value on their own. Secondary paths use copy effects like Spark Double and Extravagant Replication to multiply payoffs, and recursion to rebuild after wipes. Interaction is mostly cheap counters and removal that also protects the board while you assemble a lethal attack.

Decklist (138 cards)

  • 1 Aerith Rescue Mission
  • 1 Alexi's Cloak
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Antiquities on the Loose
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bard the Bowman
  • 1 Bard's Company
  • 1 Bard, King of Dale
  • 1 Belladonna Took
  • 1 Bilbo Baggins, Burglar // Take a Glance
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot
  • 1 Chameleon, Master of Disguise
  • 1 Champion of the Parish
  • 1 Chart a Course
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crovax, Ascendant Hero
  • 1 Deduce
  • 1 Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light
  • 1 Disdainful Stroke
  • 1 Dreams of Laguna
  • 1 Elrond, Lord of Rivendell
  • 1 Emrakul's Messenger
  • 1 Enter the Enigma
  • 1 Erudite Wizard
  • 1 Esgaroth Garrison
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Extraplanar Lens
  • 1 Faramir, Field Commander
  • 1 Faramir, Prince of Ithilien
  • 1 Finale of Glory
  • 1 Geist of Saint Traft
  • 1 Get Lost
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Helping Hand
  • 1 Homunculus Horde
  • 1 Hop to It
  • 1 Horn of Gondor
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 15 Island
  • 1 Kinbinding
  • 1 Knights of Dol Amroth
  • 1 Knowledge Seeker
  • 1 Lake-town
  • 1 Lake-town Lookout
  • 1 Levitation
  • 1 Long Lake Nuisance
  • 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
  • 1 Martial Coup
  • 1 Mental Modulation
  • 1 Mighty Mutanimals
  • 1 Mind Spring
  • 1 Mischievous Mystic
  • 1 Moment of Glory
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 1 Moogles' Valor
  • 1 Morningtide's Light
  • 1 Muster the Departed
  • 1 Old Fat Spider Can't See Me
  • 1 Ooze Spill
  • 1 Patient Instructor
  • 1 Personify
  • 14 Plains
  • 1 Plunder the Trollshaws
  • 1 Practiced Offense
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prince Imrahil the Fair
  • 1 Rasputin, the Oneiromancer
  • 1 Ravenhill Flock
  • 1 Refute
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Requisition Raid
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Roads Go Ever, Ever On
  • 1 Rosie Cotton of South Lane
  • 1 Sharlayan, Nation of Scholars
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soothing of Sméagol
  • 2 Sound the Trumpets
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Split Up
  • 1 Stalwarts of Osgiliath
  • 1 Strix Serenade
  • 1 Stubborn Denial
  • 1 Summit Sentinel
  • 1 Suture Priest
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tanufel Rimespeaker
  • 1 The Bath Song
  • 1 The Council of Four
  • 1 The Eagles Are Coming!
  • 1 The Grey Havens
  • 1 The Mountain-king's Return
  • 1 Theft of Dreams
  • 1 Think Twice
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Uncover the Moon-Letters
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Valkyrie's Call
  • 1 Wisdom of Ages
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Worn Powerstone