Bards Recruitment Drive by KidTrauma2660

Format: Commander

Commander: Bard, King of Dale

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

This is a tempo-oriented Azorius token deck helmed by Bard, King of Dale, who turns every additional draw and token creation event into a doubled payoff. The primary game plan is to consistently draw two or more cards per turn, triggering the commander's replacement effect to draw two cards instead of one, while simultaneously flooding the board with Human Soldier tokens via the "recruit" mechanic and other token generators. The deck wins through combat-either by overwhelming opponents with a massive token army boosted by Divine Visitation, Moonshaker Cavalry, or Inspiring Leader-or via the alternate win condition of Twenty-Toed Toad once you accumulate twenty cards in hand. Psychosis Crawler provides a passive drain that accelerates as the card-draw engine runs. The commander is the engine's throttle; without it the deck still functions but loses its explosive doubling.

Decklist (102 cards)

• 1 Adarkar Wastes
• 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
• 1 An Unexpected Party // At the Door
• 1 Arcane Denial
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Austere Command
• 1 Aven Wind Guide
• 1 Azorius Chancery
• 1 Azorius Signet
• 1 Bard the Bowman
• 1 Bard's Company
• 1 Bard, Heir of Girion
• 1 Bard, King of Dale
• 1 Bastion Protector
• 1 Belladonna Took
• 1 Castle Ardenvale
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Consider
• 1 Curiosity Crafter
• 1 Cut a Deal
• 1 Divine Visitation
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Faerie Mastermind
• 1 Faramir, Prince of Ithilien
• 1 Faramir, Steward of Gondor
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Frantic Search
• 1 Generous Gift
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Gleaming Splendor
• 1 Grand Crescendo
• 1 Great Gilded Boat
• 1 Harmonious Archon
• 1 Homunculus Horde
• 1 Horn of Gondor
• 1 Hour of Reckoning
• 1 Inspiring Leader
• 1 Irrigated Farmland
• 8 Island
• 1 Lake-town
• 1 Lake-town Lookout
• 1 Lake-town Toymaker
• 1 Lakeshore Apothecary
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Loran of the Third Path
• 1 Lossarnach Captain
• 1 Makindi Stampede // Makindi Mesas
• 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
• 1 Mischievous Mystic
• 1 Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards
• 1 Monologue Tax
• 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
• 1 Nadir Kraken
• 1 Opt
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Patient Instructor
• 1 Perch Protection
• 1 Perplexing Test
• 13 Plains
• 1 Port Town
• 1 Prairie Stream
• 1 Prince Imrahil the Fair
• 1 Psychosis Crawler
• 1 Raise the Alarm
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Seachrome Coast
• 1 Skullclamp
• 1 Skycloud Expanse
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Sound the Trumpets
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talisman of Progress
• 1 Temple of Enlightenment
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart
• 1 The Council of Four
• 1 The Queen of Dale
• 1 Thopter Fabricator
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Twenty-Toed Toad
• 1 Wizard Class