Bard Zombies by ehackney10

Format: Commander

Commander: Bard, King of Dale

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is an Azorius token and Zombie tribal strategy helmed by Bard, King of Dale. It focuses on generating resilient swarms of Zombie tokens using embalm, eternalize, and spell-based token engines. Bard, King of Dale serves as a dual force multiplier: doubling all token creation while doubling every card drawn beyond the natural draw step. The deck ramps during early turns, sets up value engines like Enduring Innocence or Geralf, the Fleshwright, and deploys Bard to supercharge token production. Mid-game turns leverage heavy token producers such as God-Eternal Oketra, Necroduality, and Hour of Eternity while granting the horde evasion through Aven Wind Guide, Geralf, Visionary Stitcher, or On Wings of Gold. Because embalm and eternalize cards can be activated directly from the graveyard, the deck maintains high resilience against conventional creature removal, smoothly rebuilding board presence to overwhelm opponents in wide combat waves.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Duneyard
  • 1 And They Shall Know No Fear
  • 1 Angel of Sanctions
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Anointer Priest
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Archway
  • 1 Aven Wind Guide
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Bard, King of Dale
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Champion of Wits
  • 1 Chill of the Grave
  • 1 Cleaver Skaab
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commence the Endgame
  • 1 Compelling Deterrence
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cradle of the Accursed
  • 1 Curiosity Crafter
  • 1 Desert of the Mindful
  • 1 Desert of the True
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dunes of the Dead
  • 1 Embalmer's Tools
  • 1 Enduring Innocence
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Falcon Abomination
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Flip the Switch
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Forgotten Creation
  • 1 Gate to the Afterlife
  • 1 Geralf's Mindcrusher
  • 1 Geralf, Visionary Stitcher
  • 1 Geralf, the Fleshwright
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Glyph Keeper
  • 1 God-Eternal Oketra
  • 1 God-Pharaoh's Gift
  • 1 Grimoire of the Dead
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Havengul Runebinder
  • 1 Hordewing Skaab
  • 1 Hour of Eternity
  • 1 Hour of Revelation
  • 1 Irrigated Farmland
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Jason Bright, Glowing Prophet
  • 1 Kefnet's Monument
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Laboratory Drudge
  • 1 Lazotep Quarry
  • 1 Lonely Arroyo
  • 1 Necroduality
  • 1 Oketra's Attendant
  • 1 Oketra's Monument
  • 1 On Wings of Gold
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prophet of the Scarab
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Renewed Solidarity
  • 1 Rhet-Tomb Mystic
  • 1 Rite of Replication
  • 1 Rooftop Storm
  • 1 Sacred Cat
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 See Double
  • 1 Settle the Wreckage
  • 1 Shefet Dunes
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Separator
  • 1 Startle
  • 1 Sunscourge Champion
  • 1 Temmet, Vizier of Naktamun
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Time to Reflect
  • 1 Timeless Dragon
  • 1 Tobias, Doomed Conqueror
  • 1 Unconventional Tactics
  • 1 Undead Alchemist
  • 1 Vizier of Many Faces
  • 1 Wizened Mentor