Bard deck budget by Goose_2319

Format: Commander

Commander: Bard, King of Dale

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

Bard, King of Dale is a single-faced commander and the deck's main multiplier: every non-draw-step draw becomes two cards and every token creation is doubled. The primary plan is to cast Bard on curve, then use looting effects and "draw your second card" payoffs to turn card draw into an explosive Soldier, Faerie, Homunculus, and Pilot board. Secondary paths use Hoofprints of the Stag for evasive Elementals, Shorikai as an 8/8 beater, and Knowledge Is Power or Elspeth, Sun's Champion to close combat. Krang, the All-Powerful acts as a hidden secondary multiplier for second-draw triggers. The deck is commander-dependent: no backup replaces Bard's doubling, so keeping him alive is central.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Emeria
  • 1 Banishing Slash
  • 1 Bard's Company
  • 1 Bard, King of Dale
  • 1 Belladonna Took
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Celebrate the Mountain-king
  • 1 Chasm Skulker
  • 1 Collector's Vault
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crisis of Conscience
  • 1 Currency Converter
  • 1 Curse of Verbosity
  • 1 Daily Bugle Newspaper
  • 1 Dazzling Theater // Prop Room
  • 1 Deafening Silence
  • 1 Dora Milaje Elite
  • 1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
  • 1 Emrakul's Messenger
  • 1 Enduring Innocence
  • 1 Esgaroth Garrison
  • 1 Ethereal Investigator
  • 1 Ever-Watching Threshold
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faerie Artisans
  • 1 Faramir, Prince of Ithilien
  • 1 Faramir, Steward of Gondor
  • 1 Forbidding Spirit
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Great Gilded Boat
  • 1 Homunculus Horde
  • 1 Hoofprints of the Stag
  • 1 Hour of Reckoning
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 14 Island
  • 1 Isperia, Supreme Judge
  • 1 Keeper of the Accord
  • 1 Knowledge Is Power
  • 1 Krang, the All-Powerful
  • 1 Lake-town Lookout
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Minn, Wily Illusionist
  • 1 Mischievous Mystic
  • 1 Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards
  • 1 Occult Epiphany
  • 19 Plains
  • 1 Plunder the Trollshaws
  • 1 Prince Imrahil the Fair
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Protect the Negotiators
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Season of Weaving
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shorikai, Genesis Engine
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sound the Trumpets
  • 1 Stone by Sunlight
  • 1 The Council of Four
  • 1 The Eagles Are Coming!
  • 1 The Mountain-king's Return
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 The Unagi of Kyoshi Island
  • 1 The Watcher in the Water
  • 1 Thopter Fabricator
  • 1 Thought Vessel