Bard by pwaldrop

Format: Commander

Commander: Bard, King of Dale

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Azorius deck is built around turning Bard, King of Dale into a multiplicative draw-and-token engine. Bard doubles every draw that is not your first draw-step draw and doubles every token you create, so the deck's plan is to stack independent draw triggers and token producers, then let Bard, Teferi's Ageless Insight, Mondrak, Glory Dominus, and Elspeth, Storm Slayer compound them into an overwhelming board. Early engines like Esper Sentinel, Rhystic Study, Mystic Remora, and The Council of Four generate cards; second-draw payoffs like Prince Imrahil the Fair, Homunculus Horde, and Minn, Wily Illusionist convert those cards into tokens. The primary finish is a massive token swing with Moonshaker Cavalry or Akroma's Will, with Approach of the Second Sun as a secondary, draw-dependent win condition. Laboratory Maniac is a theoretical late-game fail-safe rather than a dedicated line.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Adarkar Wastes
• 1 Akroma's Will
• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Approach of the Second Sun
• 1 Arcane Denial
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Bard's Company
• 1 Bard, King of Dale
• 1 Belladonna Took
• 1 Brainstorm
• 1 Caretaker's Talent
• 1 Chasm Skulker
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Curiosity Crafter
• 1 Decanter of Endless Water
• 1 Deserted Beach
• 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer
• 1 Emrakul's Messenger
• 1 Esper Sentinel
• 1 Faerie Mastermind
• 1 Faramir, Prince of Ithilien
• 1 Flawless Maneuver
• 1 Flooded Strand
• 1 Floodfarm Verge
• 1 Frantic Search
• 1 Generous Gift
• 1 Ghostly Prison
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Gleaming Bastion
• 1 Gleaming Splendor
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 1 Hero of Light
• 1 Homunculus Horde
• 6 Island
• 1 Laboratory Maniac
• 1 Land Tax
• 1 Leadership Vacuum
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Loran of the Third Path
• 1 Meticulous Archive
• 1 Minas Tirith
• 1 Mind Stone
• 1 Minn, Wily Illusionist
• 1 Mischievous Mystic
• 1 Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards
• 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
• 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
• 1 Mystic Gate
• 1 Mystic Remora
• 1 Nimbus Maze
• 1 Ominous Seas
• 1 Opt
• 1 Otawara, Soaring City
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Path to Exile
• 6 Plains
• 1 Ponder
• 1 Port Town
• 1 Prairie Stream
• 1 Preordain
• 1 Prince Imrahil the Fair
• 1 Propaganda
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Reprieve
• 1 Restless Anchorage
• 1 Rhystic Study
• 1 Rivendell
• 1 S.H.I.E.L.D. Spy Satellite
• 1 Sea of Clouds
• 1 Seachrome Coast
• 1 Shire Terrace
• 1 Skullclamp
• 1 Skycloud Expanse
• 1 Smothering Tithe
• 1 Smuggler's Share
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Supreme Verdict
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 T'Challa's Protection
• 1 Talisman of Progress
• 1 Tataru Taru
• 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
• 1 Temple of Enlightenment
• 1 The Council of Four
• 1 The Queen of Dale
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Trouble in Pairs
• 1 Wizard Class