Art: James Bousema · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast
Bard, King of Dale
WULegendary Creature — Human Noble Archer · from $3.27
Reach, vigilance
If you would draw a card except the first one you draw in each of your draw steps, draw two cards instead.
If one or more tokens would be created under your control, twice that many of those tokens are created instead.
A typical Commander deck
A starting template, not a rule — counts to fill in around the commander.
- Lands3736–38 for most decks; fewer with cheap curves
- Ramp10mana rocks, dorks, land ramp — mostly 2–3 mana
- Card draw10repeatable engines beat one-shot cantrips
- Targeted removal6answers for creatures AND artifacts/enchantments
- Board wipes3sweepers reset boards you've lost
- Synergy & win conditions33the deck's actual plan
Staples in these colors
The 100 cards that fit this color identity in the most EDHREC decklists (EDHREC rank via Scryfall).
Budget
51 of 100 at $5 or less · 31 at $1 or less
| # | Card | Type | MV | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sol Ring | Artifact | 1 | $1.07 |
| 2 | Command Tower | Land | 0 | $0.26 |
| 3 | Arcane Signet | Artifact | 2 | $0.34 |
| 4 | Exotic Orchard | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 5 | Reliquary Tower | Land | 0 | $4.28 |
| 6 | Swords to Plowshares | Instant | 1 | $0.98 |
| 7 | Swiftfoot Boots | Artifact | 2 | $1.43 |
| 8 | Lightning Greaves | Artifact | 2 | $3.86 |
| 9 | Path of Ancestry | Land | 0 | $0.16 |
| 10 | Path to Exile | Instant | 1 | $0.71 |
| 11 | Counterspell | Instant | 2 | $1.33 |
| 12 | Fellwar Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.47 |
| 13 | Rogue's Passage | Land | 0 | $0.31 |
| 14 | Evolving Wilds | Land | 0 | $0.09 |
| 15 | Thought Vessel | Artifact | 2 | $2.23 |
| 16 | Terramorphic Expanse | Land | 0 | $0.10 |
| 17 | Myriad Landscape | Land | 0 | $0.25 |
| 18 | Mind Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.21 |
| 19 | An Offer You Can't Refuse | Instant | 1 | $3.01 |
| 20 | Polluted Delta | Land | 0 | $19.85 |
| 21 | Flooded Strand | Land | 0 | $12.78 |
| 22 | Skullclamp | Artifact | 1 | $4.85 |
| 23 | Solemn Simulacrum | Creature | 4 | $0.27 |
| 24 | Misty Rainforest | Land | 0 | $35.98 |
| 25 | Bloodstained Mire | Land | 0 | $14.54 |
| 26 | Fabled Passage | Land | 0 | $0.65 |
| 27 | Windswept Heath | Land | 0 | $11.19 |
| 28 | Rhystic Study | Enchantment | 3 | $61.06 |
| 29 | Wooded Foothills | Land | 0 | $17.96 |
| 30 | Verdant Catacombs | Land | 0 | $29.16 |
| 31 | Scalding Tarn | Land | 0 | $36.86 |
| 32 | Marsh Flats | Land | 0 | $32.04 |
| 33 | Arcane Denial | Instant | 2 | $1.88 |
| 34 | Commander's Sphere | Artifact | 3 | $0.19 |
| 35 | Negate | Instant | 2 | $0.12 |
| 36 | Arid Mesa | Land | 0 | $31.40 |
| 37 | Cyclonic Rift | Instant | 2 | $29.75 |
| 38 | Hallowed Fountain | Land | 0 | $6.97 |
| 39 | Generous Gift | Instant | 3 | $0.93 |
| 40 | Smothering Tithe | Enchantment | 4 | $56.09 |
| 41 | Swan Song | Instant | 1 | $10.72 |
| 42 | Ancient Tomb | Land | 0 | $56.94 |
| 43 | Brainstorm | Instant | 1 | $0.56 |
| 44 | Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth | Land | 0 | $56.13 |
| 45 | Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth | Land | 0 | $16.76 |
| 46 | Esper Sentinel | Creature | 1 | $58.03 |
| 47 | Fierce Guardianship | Instant | 3 | $59.21 |
| 48 | Temple of the False God | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 49 | Chromatic Lantern | Artifact | 3 | $0.38 |
| 50 | Otawara, Soaring City | Land | 0 | $26.57 |
| 51 | Glacial Fortress | Land | 0 | $0.21 |
| 52 | City of Brass | Land | 0 | $9.17 |
| 53 | The One Ring | Artifact | 4 | $109.88 |
| 54 | Frantic Search | Instant | 3 | $0.82 |
| 55 | Mystic Remora | Enchantment | 1 | $10.97 |
| 56 | Prairie Stream | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 57 | Teferi's Protection | Instant | 3 | $34.90 |
| 58 | Cavern of Souls | Land | 0 | $47.72 |
| 59 | Propaganda | Enchantment | 3 | $1.84 |
| 60 | Mana Confluence | Land | 0 | $34.75 |
| 61 | Urza's Saga | Enchantment | 0 | $34.67 |
| 62 | Mana Drain | Instant | 2 | $50.65 |
| 63 | Lotus Petal | Artifact | 0 | $35.11 |
| 64 | Enlightened Tutor | Instant | 1 | $21.99 |
| 65 | Wayfarer's Bauble | Artifact | 1 | $0.31 |
| 66 | Roaming Throne | Creature | 4 | $47.06 |
| 67 | Ashnod's Altar | Artifact | 3 | $8.15 |
| 68 | Talisman of Progress | Artifact | 2 | $0.25 |
| 69 | War Room | Land | 0 | $0.79 |
| 70 | Adarkar Wastes | Land | 0 | $0.34 |
| 71 | Ponder | Sorcery | 1 | $1.82 |
| 72 | Herald's Horn | Artifact | 3 | $2.88 |
| 73 | Mana Vault | Artifact | 1 | $91.59 |
| 74 | Pongify | Instant | 1 | $2.21 |
| 75 | Chrome Mox | Artifact | 0 | $51.19 |
| 76 | Windfall | Sorcery | 3 | $4.78 |
| 77 | Ghostly Prison | Enchantment | 3 | $5.72 |
| 78 | Mystical Tutor | Instant | 1 | $14.99 |
| 79 | Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx | Land | 0 | $45.68 |
| 80 | Sea of Clouds | Land | 0 | $19.56 |
| 81 | Reflecting Pool | Land | 0 | $5.50 |
| 82 | Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs | Instant | 3 | $9.68 |
| 83 | Austere Command | Sorcery | 6 | $0.33 |
| 84 | Flawless Maneuver | Instant | 3 | $9.24 |
| 85 | Mystic Sanctuary | Land | 0 | $1.01 |
| 86 | Farewell | Sorcery | 6 | $4.44 |
| 87 | Three Tree City | Land | 0 | $29.09 |
| 88 | Gemstone Caverns | Land | 0 | $62.05 |
| 89 | Command Beacon | Land | 0 | $7.99 |
| 90 | Akroma's Will | Instant | 4 | $16.21 |
| 91 | Idol of Oblivion | Artifact | 2 | $2.40 |
| 92 | Prismatic Vista | Land | 0 | $28.10 |
| 93 | Buried Ruin | Land | 0 | $0.38 |
| 94 | Thran Dynamo | Artifact | 4 | $1.94 |
| 95 | Force of Will | Instant | 5 | $26.56 |
| 96 | Stroke of Midnight | Instant | 3 | $0.20 |
| 97 | Patchwork Banner | Artifact | 3 | $1.52 |
| 98 | Mox Amber | Artifact | 0 | $86.45 |
| 99 | Karn's Bastion | Land | 0 | $2.51 |
| 100 | Rapid Hybridization | Instant | 1 | $0.81 |
Curve of these staples
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Combos with Bard, King of Dale
The 10 most popular of 31 combos (by EDHREC decklist count) using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.
Bard, King of Dale + Gleaming Splendor + Smothering Tithe
Infinite card draw for any number of players · Infinite draw triggers for any number of players · Near-infinite Treasure tokens · Near-infinite colored mana · Near-infinite artifact ETB · Near-infinite artifact LTB · Near-infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
Bard, King of Dale + Psychosis Crawler + Scrawling Crawler + Windfall
Near-infinite lifeloss
Bard, King of Dale + Deadeye Navigator + Urza, Lord High Artificer
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite tapped creature tokens
Bard, King of Dale + Spawnsire of Ulamog
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Bard, King of Dale + Mindless Automaton + Wizard Class
Infinite card draw · Infinite draw triggers
Bard, King of Dale + Drowner of Hope + Eldrazi Displacer
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite blinking · Infinite blinking of most creatures · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Bard, King of Dale + Phyrexian Altar + Twilight Drover
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Bard, King of Dale + Clock of Omens + Transmutation Font
Infinite tapped Blood tokens · Infinite tapped Clue tokens · Infinite tapped Food tokens
Automated Assembly Line + Bard, King of Dale + Gonti's Aether Heart
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite energy counters
Bard, King of Dale + Lyla, Holographic Assistant + Mindless Automaton
Infinite card draw · Infinite draw triggers
Top finishes
One finish placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.
- 11th of 18 — Team 6750: The Hobbit Bracket 3 Tournament on Topdeck.ggAug 29, 2026 · 0–4–0 · by Tyr Tyrrant
Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall; popularity ranking from EDHREC decklist data included in Scryfall bulk. Combo data courtesy of Commander Spellbook. Tournament results courtesy of Topdeck.gg. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.