Bard, King of Spirits by xb99

Format: Commander

Commander: Bard, King of Dale

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Bard, King of Dale turns card draw and token creation into the same axis: after he lands, each relevant draw becomes two cards and every token becomes two tokens. This U/W value deck builds a hand so large that Twenty-Toed Toad is a genuine alternate win, while Psychosis Crawler turns that hand into life loss. The main plan is to develop mana, cast Bard on turns 4-5, then generate Clues, Faeries, Spirits, and Detectives from every second-draw trigger. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire plus Union of the Third Path or Sphinx's Revelation can spike the hand to 20+ in one turn. No hidden commander drives the list; the other three legendary Bards each contribute to the same draw-and-token strategy.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aang's Defense
  • 1 Abandoned Air Temple
  • 1 Abandoned Campground
  • 1 Acquisition Octopus
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Air Nomad Legacy
  • 1 Alandra, Sky Dreamer
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bard the Bowman
  • 1 Bard, Heir of Girion
  • 1 Bard, King of Dale
  • 1 Behold the Unspeakable // Vision of the Unspeakable
  • 1 Body of Knowledge
  • 1 Boreal Shelf
  • 1 Call the Coppercoats
  • 1 Caretaker's Talent
  • 1 Case of the Pilfered Proof
  • 1 Castle Vantress
  • 1 Celestial Armor
  • 1 Chasm Skulker
  • 1 Commander's Insight
  • 1 Curiosity Crafter
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Desert of the Mindful
  • 1 Detective of the Month
  • 1 Dorothea, Vengeful Victim // Dorothea's Retribution
  • 1 Dream Fracture
  • 1 Dream Trawler
  • 1 Elixir of Immortality
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Ethereal Investigator
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Finale of Revelation
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Fountainport
  • 1 Fractal Anomaly
  • 1 Gates of Istfell
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Bastion
  • 1 Graceful Adept
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Keep Safe
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Marina Vendrell's Grimoire
  • 1 Millicent, Restless Revenant
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mischievous Mystic
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Overlord of the Floodpits
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Plunder the Trollshaws
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Proft's Eidetic Memory
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Quick Study
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Season of the Burrow
  • 1 Sokka, Lateral Strategist
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectral Shepherd
  • 1 Sphinx's Revelation
  • 1 Supreme Phantom
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thriving Heath
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Toby, Beastie Befriender
  • 1 Tranquil Cove
  • 1 Twenty-Toed Toad
  • 1 Union of the Third Path
  • 1 Vnwxt, Verbose Host
  • 1 Wan Shi Tong, All-Knowing
  • 1 Wizard Class