double trouble by allo715

Format: Commander

Commander: Bard, King of Dale

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Bard, King of Dale leads a W/U engine that doubles non-first draws and all token production. The primary plan is to ramp into Bard, stack 'second card drawn' payoffs, and convert Clues/recruit triggers into a wide token army, then crack through with Knowledge Is Power, Jace's ultimate, or Silverwing Squadron. Secondary paths are Psychosis Crawler damage from enormous draw effects and the alternative wins of Twenty-Toed Toad and Triskaidekaphile. Teferi's Ageless Insight is effectively a second Bard for draws. There is no infinite combo in the list; every finish requires accumulated card advantage and either combat or a stacked hand.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Alandra, Sky Dreamer
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bard's Company
  • 1 Bard, King of Dale
  • 1 Bastion Protector
  • 1 Bennie Bracks, Zoologist
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Celebrate the Mountain-king
  • 1 Chasm Skulker
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Deduce
  • 1 Detective of the Month
  • 1 Emrakul's Messenger
  • 1 Esgaroth Garrison
  • 1 Essence Scatter
  • 1 Ethereal Investigator
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faramir, Prince of Ithilien
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Great Gilded Boat
  • 1 Hindering Light
  • 1 Homunculus Horde
  • 1 Hour of Reckoning
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 15 Island
  • 1 Jace, Arcane Strategist
  • 1 Junk Winder
  • 1 Knowledge Is Power
  • 1 Kumena's Awakening
  • 1 Lake-town Lookout
  • 1 Lavinia, Foil to Conspiracy
  • 1 Lena, Selfless Champion
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Long Lake Nuisance
  • 1 Loyal Drake
  • 1 Martial Coup
  • 1 Mentor of the Meek
  • 1 Mischievous Mystic
  • 1 Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Patient Instructor
  • 13 Plains
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prince Imrahil the Fair
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Refute
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Rumor Gatherer
  • 1 Silverwing Squadron
  • 1 Sky Hussar
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sound the Trumpets
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 The Council of Four
  • 1 The Mountain-king's Return
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Triskaidekaphile
  • 1 Twenty-Toed Toad
  • 1 Unbreakable Formation
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire