The King of Hugs by user9860749

Format: Commander

Commander: Bard, King of Dale

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Bard, King of Dale is a draw-and-token multiplier that turns every extra draw into two cards and every token into two tokens. The deck is a draw-go control shell: it ramps to Bard, lays draw engines (Rhystic Study, Howling Mine, Kami of the Crescent Moon), and converts card advantage into a win via Approach of the Second Sun, Psychosis Crawler, or a hasty token alpha strike. The commander's first ability is the spine; the second ability turns token makers like Tempt with Bunnies and Exalted Sunborn into army-generating machines. There is no hidden commander; the deck is built squarely around Bard's doubling and needs a critical mass of draw spells to find its finishers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Absorb
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bard, King of Dale
  • 1 Belladonna Took
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Call the Coppercoats
  • 1 Celestial Colonnade
  • 1 Chasm Skulker
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Cosmogrand Zenith
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cut a Deal
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exalted Sunborn
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Faramir, Prince of Ithilien
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Grasp of Fate
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 Howling Mine
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Kami of the Crescent Moon
  • 1 Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
  • 1 Ledger Shredder
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Master of Ceremonies
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Mischievous Mystic
  • 1 Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 14 Plains
  • 1 Prince Imrahil the Fair
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Remand
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Secret Rendezvous
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
  • 1 Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 Tempt with Bunnies
  • 1 The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart
  • 1 The Council of Four
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 The Unagi of Kyoshi Island
  • 1 Thopter Fabricator
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Will of the Mardu
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Wrath of God