Bard, King of Dale by dschettlr

Format: Commander

Commander: Bard, King of Dale

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a blue-white midrange token/go-wide deck built around Bard, King of Dale as a double-multiplier commander. Bard turns non-draw-step draws into two draws and doubles every token the deck creates, which supercharges the "draw your second card" payoffs like Prince Imrahil the Fair, Mischievous Mystic, and Homunculus Horde. The game plan is to assemble a small draw engine, resolve Bard, then convert every extra card into an exponentially growing battlefield. Wins come through combat: layers of anthem effects such as Intangible Virtue, Caretaker's Talent, and Flowering of the White Tree turn a wide board lethal, while Akroma's Will and Grand Crescendo are the finishers. The deck has no true tutors and no infinite combos, so it plays as a value-driven inevitability deck that overwhelms the table through raw card advantage and token mass.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Bard the Bowman
  • 1 Bard's Company
  • 1 Bard, King of Dale
  • 1 Belladonna Took
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Caretaker's Talent
  • 1 Castle Ardenvale
  • 1 Clinquant Skymage
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cosmogrand Zenith
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity Crafter
  • 1 Cut a Deal
  • 1 Detective of the Month
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Exalted Sunborn
  • 1 Faramir, Prince of Ithilien
  • 1 Faramir, Steward of Gondor
  • 1 Flowering of the White Tree
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Grand Crescendo
  • 1 Great Gilded Boat
  • 1 Homunculus Horde
  • 1 Horn of Gondor
  • 1 Intangible Virtue
  • 13 Island
  • 1 Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Mischievous Mystic
  • 1 Monastery Mentor
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Ominous Seas
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 15 Plains
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prince Imrahil the Fair
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 The Council of Four
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 The Unagi of Kyoshi Island
  • 1 Thopter Fabricator
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Wizard Class