Ideal Bard deck by user7478828

Format: Commander

Commander: Bard, King of Dale

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Azorius Human-tribal token deck leans on Bard, King of Dale, who doubles every token created and nearly every card drawn, turning incremental troops and card advantage into a wide board. It then wins with a single mass-pump combat step, such as Moonshaker Cavalry or Akroma's Will. Secondary plans use the monarch mechanic and draw-two engines like Homunculus Horde and Prince Imrahil to grind out value. The deck has no true two-card combo; it favors overwhelming combat. Protection and recursion are strong, letting it survive board wipes and rebuild quickly. Interaction is solid in quantity, though it has no free counterspells, leaving it vulnerable when tapping out for a big turn.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abandoned Air Temple
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archetype of Courage
  • 1 Archway of Innovation
  • 1 Bag End Banquet
  • 1 Bard, Heir of Girion
  • 1 Bard, King of Dale
  • 1 Bastion Protector
  • 1 Belladonna Took
  • 1 Beregond of the Guard
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot
  • 1 Caretaker's Talent
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Confusticate and Bebother
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dwarven Provisioner
  • 1 Dáin, Lord of the Iron Hills
  • 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer
  • 1 Enchanted River's Grasp
  • 1 Esgaroth Garrison
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faramir, Prince of Ithilien
  • 1 Faramir, Steward of Gondor
  • 1 Fated Infatuation
  • 1 Frontline Medic
  • 1 Fíli the Pathfinder
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Hobbit Hole
  • 1 Homunculus Horde
  • 1 Hour of Reckoning
  • 1 Increasing Devotion
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Lake-town
  • 1 Lakeshore Apothecary
  • 1 Lossarnach Captain
  • 1 Marshal's Anthem
  • 1 Moment of Glory
  • 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Old Fat Spider Can't See Me
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 12 Plains
  • 1 Plunder the Trollshaws
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prince Imrahil the Fair
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Roads Go Ever, Ever On
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootborn Defenses
  • 1 Runner's Bane
  • 1 Selfless Squire
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stand Up for Yourself
  • 1 Stone by Sunlight
  • 1 Sunset Revelry
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart
  • 1 The Council of Four
  • 1 The Mountain-king's Return
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 Thorin's Last Stand
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thranduil's Decree
  • 1 Thriving Heath
  • 1 Thrór's Map
  • 1 Unbreakable Formation
  • 1 Utter Insignificance
  • 1 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Visions of Glory
  • 1 Weathered Wayfarer
  • 1 Windbrisk Heights