bard v2 by lubrario

Format: Commander

Commander: Bard, King of Dale

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This Azorius midrange deck harnesses Bard, King of Dale to amplify token creation and card advantage into an overwhelming board presence. The deck establishes early board presence through efficient token producers such as Prince Imrahil the Fair, Adeline, Resplendent Cathar, and Brimaz, King of Oreskos. Once Bard resolves, its replacement effects double all token creation and turn every secondary card draw into a draw-two trigger. This allows combat engines like Bident of Thassa and Reconnaissance Mission to refill your hand rapidly while producing swarms of blockers and attackers. A robust package of spot removal, counterspells, and protective creatures like Selfless Spirit defends the army against disruption. The deck closes games around Turn 8 by overrunning opponents through wide combat damage bolstered by Moonshaker Cavalry, Flowering of the White Tree, or flying evasion from Wonder and Divine Visitation.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Abandoned Campground
• 1 Adarkar Wastes
• 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
• 1 Aetherize
• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Avishkar Raceway
• 1 Azorius Signet
• 1 Bard the Bowman
• 1 Bard's Company
• 1 Bard, King of Dale
• 1 Bastion Protector
• 1 Belladonna Took
• 1 Bident of Thassa
• 1 Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot
• 1 Brainsurge
• 1 Brimaz, King of Oreskos
• 1 Castle Vantress
• 1 Celestial Colonnade
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Commander's Sphere
• 1 Cosmogrand Zenith
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Crystal Grotto
• 1 Cut a Deal
• 1 Day of Judgment
• 1 Divine Visitation
• 1 Duty Beyond Death
• 1 Emrakul's Messenger
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Faramir, Prince of Ithilien
• 1 Flood Plain
• 1 Flowering of the White Tree
• 1 Frantic Search
• 1 Gates of Istfell
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Great Gilded Boat
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 1 Hero of Bladehold
• 1 Irrigated Farmland
• 6 Island
• 1 Isperia, Supreme Judge
• 1 Knight of the White Orchid
• 1 Krang, the All-Powerful
• 1 Lake-town
• 1 Lake-town Lookout
• 1 Lakeshore Apothecary
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Mentor of the Meek
• 1 Mischievous Mystic
• 1 Monologue Tax
• 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
• 1 Mulldrifter
• 1 Negate
• 1 Opt
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Pippin, Guard of the Citadel
• 6 Plains
• 1 Plunder the Trollshaws
• 1 Port Town
• 1 Prahv, Spires of Order
• 1 Prairie Stream
• 1 Preordain
• 1 Prince Imrahil the Fair
• 1 Psychosis Crawler
• 1 Ravenhill Flock
• 1 Reality Shift
• 1 Reconnaissance Mission
• 1 Reed Richards, Smartest Man
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Requisition Raid
• 1 Selfless Spirit
• 1 Settle the Wreckage
• 1 Skycloud Expanse
• 1 Sleight of Hand
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Stock Up
• 1 Supreme Verdict
• 1 Swan Song
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talisman of Progress
• 1 Temple of Enlightenment
• 1 Thopter Fabricator
• 1 Thopter Spy Network
• 1 Throne of the High City
• 1 Unwind
• 1 Winternight Stories
• 1 Wonder