Bard, King of Dale by Avatarknife

Format: Commander

Commander: Bard, King of Dale

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Bard, King of Dale commands an Azorius midrange engine that leverages card draw and token doubling to overwhelm the table. The strategy builds early card advantage and mana through passive draw engines and tax permanents before deploying Bard to double all additional card draw and token production. The deck converts this resource explosion into a lethal board state through compounding token generators like Homunculus Horde, large token multipliers, or sudden mass-pump finishers such as Moonshaker Cavalry, Cathars' Crusade, and Mirror Entity. A secondary control line utilizes Hullbreaker Horror and cheap interaction to bounce opposing permanents while assembling an insurmountable army.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Bard's Company
  • 1 Bard, King of Dale
  • 1 Belladonna Took
  • 1 Beza, the Bounding Spring
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Caretaker's Talent
  • 1 Cathars' Crusade
  • 1 Chasm Skulker
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Curiosity Crafter
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light
  • 1 Disdainful Stroke
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
  • 1 Exalted Sunborn
  • 1 Faramir, Prince of Ithilien
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Final Judgment
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Fountainport
  • 1 Gleaming Bastion
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Goldbug, Humanity's Ally // Goldbug, Scrappy Scout
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Homunculus Horde
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Keeper of the Accord
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mirror Entity
  • 1 Mischievous Mystic
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
  • 1 Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 12 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Release to Memory
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Resculpt
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Shorikai, Genesis Engine
  • 1 Sky Diamond
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Smuggler's Share
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solar Transformer
  • 1 Spellbook
  • 1 Summon: Yojimbo
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Voice of Victory