ODYSSEUS!!! by gingerninja2695

Format: Commander

Commander: Bard, King of Dale

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck is an Azorius go-wide token and card-advantage engine commanded by Bard, King of Dale. The strategy leverages Bard's twin replacement effects, doubling every extra card drawn and doubling every token created under your control. The early game focuses on deploying mana rocks and establishing low-cost Human synergies with creatures like Prince Imrahil the Fair and Adeline, Resplendent Cathar. Once Bard enters on Turn 5, every recruit trigger generates two cards (filtering two) and creates two 1/1 Soldier tokens. Explosive payoffs like Horn of Gondor, Increasing Devotion, and Visions of Glory quickly generate massive armies capable of overrunning the table within two combat steps. The deck supports this aggressive token strategy with a robust suite of cheap white exile removal, efficient blue countermagic, and resilient draw engines such as Rhystic Study and The Council of Four to ensure long-term sustainability.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 An Unexpected Party // At the Door
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Bard the Bowman
  • 1 Bard's Company
  • 1 Bard, King of Dale
  • 1 Belladonna Took
  • 1 Bilbo Baggins, Burglar // Take a Glance
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot
  • 1 Celebrate the Mountain-king
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Confusticate and Bebother
  • 1 Cut a Deal
  • 1 Eagle of the Great Shelf
  • 1 Enchanted River's Grasp
  • 1 Esgaroth Garrison
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faramir, Prince of Ithilien
  • 1 Faramir, Steward of Gondor
  • 1 Gandalf, Wandering Wizard
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Great Gilded Boat
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hobbit Hole
  • 1 Horn of Gondor
  • 1 Increasing Devotion
  • 13 Island
  • 1 Lake-town Lookout
  • 1 Lake-town Mariners // Gone Fishing
  • 1 Lake-town Toymaker
  • 1 Lakeshore Apothecary
  • 1 Long Lake Nuisance
  • 1 Lossarnach Captain
  • 1 Master's Councillors
  • 1 Mentor of the Meek
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mischievous Mystic
  • 1 Moment of Glory
  • 1 Old Fat Spider Can't See Me
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Patient Instructor
  • 14 Plains
  • 1 Plunder the Trollshaws
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prince Imrahil the Fair
  • 1 Ravenhill Flock
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Settle the Wreckage
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sound the Trumpets
  • 1 Stone by Sunlight
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 The Council of Four
  • 1 The Eagles Are Coming!
  • 1 The Mountain-king's Return
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 Thorin's Last Stand
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thrór's Map
  • 1 Troop of Ponies
  • 1 Visions of Glory