Bard by user3770217

Format: Commander

Commander: Bard, King of Dale

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

Bard, King of Dale is the engine: his replacement effect doubles every draw and every token. The deck leans hard into this by stacking Teferi's Ageless Insight, Consecrated Sphinx, Rhystic Study, and Smothering Tithe to bury opponents in cards and treasures. The primary win is a massive-draw turn: resolve Windfall or Finale of Revelation with Bard plus Sphinx/Insight, then win from an empty library with Laboratory Maniac or Jace, Wielder of Mysteries. Approach of the Second Sun and Psychosis Crawler are secondary paths that use the same draw storm. There is no hidden commander; the deck is built wholly around Bard, with token production as a backup board rather than a separate identity.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
• 1 Ancient Gold Dragon
• 1 Ancient Silver Dragon
• 1 Approach of the Second Sun
• 1 Arcane Denial
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Bard, Heir of Girion
• 1 Bard, King of Dale
• 1 Belladonna Took
• 1 Body of Knowledge
• 1 Brainstorm
• 1 Castle Ardenvale
• 1 Chasm Skulker
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Consecrated Sphinx
• 1 Cyclonic Rift
• 1 Deserted Beach
• 1 Dovin's Veto
• 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
• 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer
• 1 Esper Sentinel
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Faerie Mastermind
• 1 Farewell
• 1 Fateful Discovery
• 1 Fierce Guardianship
• 1 Finale of Revelation
• 1 Flooded Strand
• 1 Floodfarm Verge
• 1 Force of Negation
• 1 Frantic Search
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Gleaming Splendor
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
• 1 Homunculus Horde
• 1 Howling Mine
• 1 Irrigated Farmland
• 6 Island
• 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
• 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
• 1 King T'Challa // Black Panther, Hope Enduring
• 1 Krang, the All-Powerful
• 1 Laboratory Maniac
• 1 Ledger Shredder
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Loran of the Third Path
• 1 Mana Drain
• 1 Meticulous Archive
• 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 1 Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards
• 1 Myrel, Shield of Argive
• 1 Mystic Gate
• 1 Mystic Sanctuary
• 1 Mystical Tutor
• 1 Nezahal, Primal Tide
• 1 Nimbus Maze
• 1 Opt
• 1 Otawara, Soaring City
• 1 Path to Exile
• 4 Plains
• 1 Port Town
• 1 Prairie Stream
• 1 Prince Imrahil the Fair
• 1 Proft's Eidetic Memory
• 1 Psychosis Crawler
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Rhystic Study
• 1 Sea of Clouds
• 1 Seachrome Coast
• 1 Shorikai, Genesis Engine
• 1 Silence
• 1 Skullclamp
• 1 Skycloud Expanse
• 1 Smothering Tithe
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spirit Water Revival
• 1 Swan Song
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talisman of Progress
• 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
• 1 Teferi's Protection
• 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
• 1 Temple of Enlightenment
• 1 The Council of Four
• 1 The One Ring
• 1 The Queen of Dale
• 1 Tundra
• 1 Urza's Saga
• 1 Venser's Journal
• 1 Windfall