Bard, King of Jail by user8239928

Format: Commander

Commander: Bard, King of Dale

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck utilizes Bard, King of Dale as a centerpiece engine to double token production and extra card draws within an Azorius control shell. The early game focuses on deploying defensive tax enchantments such as Ghostly Prison and Propaganda alongside low-cost mana rocks. These pillowfort pieces divert opposing attacks while the deck accumulates lands and filters its hand with engines like Shorikai, Genesis Engine and Idol of Oblivion. Once Bard enters play, the deck magnifies its resource advantage by drawing multiple cards per turn cycle and multiplying token creation. It turns the corner through high-impact late-game sorceries like Deploy to the Front, Secure the Wastes, or Subjugate the Hobbits, generating an insurmountable army to defeat opponents over two combat rotations. Dovescape, Drannith Magistrate, and targeted countermagic provide proactive and reactive disruption against opposing spells.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Akroan Horse
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Angel's Trumpet
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Absolution
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Baird, Steward of Argive
  • 1 Bard, King of Dale
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Castle Ardenvale
  • 1 Charitable Levy
  • 1 Combat Calligrapher
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Court of Vantress
  • 1 Crafty Cutpurse
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Deploy to the Front
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dovescape
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Emeritus of Truce // Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Hunted Lammasu
  • 1 Hunted Phantasm
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Idyllic Beachfront
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 9 Island
  • 1 Island Sanctuary
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lonely Sandbar
  • 1 Lyra, Tolarian Archangel
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Nadir Kraken
  • 1 Ox Drover
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prince Imrahil the Fair
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Rasputin, the Oneiromancer
  • 1 Razortide Bridge
  • 1 Reins of Power
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Resculpt
  • 1 Rest in Peace
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Secure the Wastes
  • 1 Shifting Grift
  • 1 Shorikai, Genesis Engine
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphere of Safety
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Subjugate the Hobbits
  • 1 Sudden Substitution
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart
  • 1 The Immortal Sun
  • 1 Tranquil Cove
  • 1 Willie Lumpkin, Postman
  • 1 Windborn Muse