Bard king of dale by user3594068

Format: Commander

Commander: Bard, King of Dale

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Bard, King of Dale is the deck's doubling engine: every non-first draw and every token event is twice as large. The primary plan is to land Bard on turns 4-5, fuel 'second draw' triggers with cantrips, Clues, and looting, then convert instant/sorcery casts and attacks into an exponentially wide token army. Secondary plans use Grand Arbiter Augustin IV to power out an early Bard and Elminster to discount spells, while counterspells and wraths hold the board. The deck wins through combat, usually with Adeline or Secure the Wastes waves, with The Arkenstone and Toby providing evasion/pump. There is no hidden commander; Bard's replacement abilities are the chassis.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Abandoned Campground
• 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
• 1 Assassin Gauntlet
• 1 Avengers Hangar
• 1 Bard the Bowman
• 1 Bard, King of Dale
• 1 Bilbo Baggins, Burglar // Take a Glance
• 1 Bilbo's Ring
• 1 Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Confusticate and Bebother
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Dawn of a New Age
• 1 Deserted Beach
• 1 Eagle of the Great Shelf
• 1 Elminster
• 1 Ember Island Production
• 1 Enchanted River's Grasp
• 1 Ethereal Investigator
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Faramir, Prince of Ithilien
• 1 Fractured Identity
• 1 Geralf, the Fleshwright
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Gleaming Splendor
• 1 Hobbit Hole
• 1 Homunculus Horde
• 9 Island
• 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
• 1 Lake-town
• 1 Lake-town Lookout
• 1 Lakeshore Apothecary
• 1 Lonely Arroyo
• 1 Luxurious Locomotive
• 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
• 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
• 1 Master's Councillors
• 1 Minas Tirith
• 1 Mind Stone
• 1 Mirage Mesa
• 1 Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards
• 1 Old Fat Spider Can't See Me
• 1 Old Thrush
• 1 Overlord of the Floodpits
• 1 Overlord of the Mistmoors
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Patient Instructor
• 1 Permission Denied
• 9 Plains
• 1 Plunder the Trollshaws
• 1 Ponder
• 1 Port Town
• 1 Rammas Echor, Ancient Shield
• 1 Release to Memory
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Secret Rendezvous
• 1 Secure the Wastes
• 1 Securitron Squadron
• 1 Settle the Wreckage
• 1 Shadowbringers
• 1 Skycloud Expanse
• 1 Sokrates, Athenian Teacher
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Solemn Simulacrum
• 1 Soul's Attendant
• 1 Sound the Trumpets
• 1 Split Up
• 1 Starwinder
• 1 Supreme Verdict
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
• 1 The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart
• 1 The Council of Four
• 1 The Mountain-king's Return
• 1 Thorin's Last Stand
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Thrór's Map
• 1 Toby, Beastie Befriender
• 1 Troop of Ponies
• 1 Urza's Cave
• 1 Vault Boy, Cap Collector