Bard, King of Dale by HolyFather

Format: Commander

Commander: Bard, King of Dale

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

Bard, King of Dale doubles extra draws and token creation, turning every draw engine and token maker into twice the value. The primary plan is go-wide tokens: deploy Bard, stack additional doublers (Mondrak, Anointed Procession, Ojer Taq), flood the board with Adeline, Monastery Mentor, Talrand, Shark Typhoon and Shorikai, then close with Cathars' Crusade, Intangible Virtue or Elspeth emblem. Secondary paths are Approach of the Second Sun tutored with Mystical Tutor and refueled by Windfall/Timetwister, and Jace, Wielder of Mysteries deck-out with doubled draws. Mondrak/Ojer Taq and Cathars' Crusade act as hidden commanders that win without Bard.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bard, King of Dale
  • 1 Bennie Bracks, Zoologist
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cathars' Crusade
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Celestial Colonnade
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Hall of Storm Giants
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Intangible Virtue
  • 1 Irrigated Farmland
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 March of Otherworldly Light
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Monastery Mentor
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Pull from Tomorrow
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Restless Anchorage
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Secure the Wastes
  • 1 Shark Typhoon
  • 1 Shorikai, Genesis Engine
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Timetwister
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 White Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Winds of Abandon