Bardoof by alexs2333

Format: Commander

Commander: Bard, King of Dale

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 63

Deck overview

This deck is an Azorius combo-control strategy led by Bard, King of Dale. It leverages mana rocks and low-cost draw engines to pull ahead in resources while holding up interaction. Bard doubles both non-draw-step card draws and token production, turning cards like Rhystic Study, The One Ring, and Smothering Tithe into overwhelming resource engines. The primary route to victory is the two-card combo of Heliod, Sun-Crowned and Walking Ballista, which deals infinite damage across the table at instant speed. The deck defends its execution with free counterspells, silence effects like Teferi, Time Raveler and Voice of Victory, and phasing spells like Clever Concealment and Teferi's Protection. If disrupted, backup lines through Displacer Kitten, Hullbreaker Horror, and Psychosis Crawler provide resilient alternative routes to close out the game.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Agna Qel'a
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bard, Heir of Girion
  • 1 Bard, King of Dale
  • 1 Belladonna Took
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Clock of Omens
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Cryptic Command
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flash Photography
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Galadriel's Dismissal
  • 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Bastion
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
  • 1 King T'Challa // Black Panther, Hope Enduring
  • 1 Kitsa, Otterball Elite
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Ledger Shredder
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nimbus Maze
  • 1 Nuka-Cola Vending Machine
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Permission Denied
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prince Imrahil the Fair
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 The Council of Four
  • 1 The Mind Stone
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 The Unagi of Kyoshi Island
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Transmutation Font
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
  • 1 War Room