Bard Life by edb87

Format: Commander

Commander: Bard, King of Dale

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Bard, King of Dale is a mid-range Azorius draw and go-wide token commander. Bard acts as a powerful double multiplier: whenever you draw additional cards beyond your normal turn draw, you draw twice as many, and whenever you make tokens, that token output is doubled. The deck leverages low-cost cantrips, draw triggers, and the recruit mechanic to rapidly generate wide boards of Human, Soldier, and Faerie creature tokens. You win the game through overwhelming combat damage, boosting your army with anthem effects, counter growth on threats like Ravenhill Flock and Adeline, or executing a kicked Rite of Replication.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Aether Channeler
  • 1 Arcade Gannon
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Azorius Charm
  • 1 Azorius Guildgate
  • 1 Bard the Bowman
  • 1 Bard's Company
  • 1 Bard, King of Dale
  • 1 Befuddle
  • 1 Bilbo Baggins, Burglar // Take a Glance
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot
  • 1 Captain of Umbar
  • 1 Castle Ardenvale
  • 1 Celebrate the Mountain-king
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Deduce
  • 1 Depower
  • 1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
  • 1 Enchanted River's Grasp
  • 1 Errand-Rider of Gondor
  • 1 Faramir, Prince of Ithilien
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Gather the Townsfolk
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Bastion
  • 1 Hobbit Hole
  • 1 Irrigated Farmland
  • 13 Island
  • 1 Ithilien Kingfisher
  • 1 King T'Challa // Black Panther, Hope Enduring
  • 1 Lake-town
  • 1 Lake-town Lookout
  • 1 Lake-town Toymaker
  • 1 Lakeshore Apothecary
  • 1 Ledger Shredder
  • 1 Long Lake Nuisance
  • 1 Mischievous Mystic
  • 1 Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards
  • 1 Moment of Glory
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Old Fat Spider Can't See Me
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Patient Instructor
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Political Triumph
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prince Imrahil the Fair
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Raise the Alarm
  • 1 Ravenhill Flock
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rite of Replication
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Roads Go Ever, Ever On
  • 1 Secret Rendezvous
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sound the Trumpets
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 The Council of Four
  • 1 The Mountain-king's Return
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 Thopter Fabricator
  • 1 Tura Kennerüd, Skyknight
  • 1 Uncover the Moon-Letters