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Expand your hand and multiply your forces with every tactical move you make.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"TL;DR ⏳"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"A snowballing Azorious value engine that leverages Bard's double card draw and double token creation to drown opponents in massive card advantage, token armies, and alternate win conditions.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The Game Plan 🏹"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Set the Foundation:"},{"insert":" Deploy early card-draw engines and low-cost token generators like "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Caretaker's Talent"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Tataru Taru"},{"insert":", and "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Mischievous Mystic"},{"insert":" to establish an immediate presence before Bard hits the battlefield.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Land the King:"},{"insert":" Cast "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Bard, King of Dale"},{"insert":" to unlock passive doublers for both your card draw triggers and token creation.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Double the Harvest:"},{"insert":" Chain card-draw utilzing "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Queen of Dale"},{"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Esper Sentinel"},{"insert":" with token duplicators like "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Mondrak, Glory Dominus"},{"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Elspeth, Storm Slayer"},{"insert":" to dig deep into your library while exponentially multiplying every token produced.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Scout & Overrun:"},{"insert":" Use "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Dolmen Gate"},{"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Reconnaissance"},{"insert":" to scout enemy lines without fear of bad blocks, guaranteeing safe combat triggers every swing.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Claim Ultimate Victory:"},{"insert":" Decimate the table through lethal combat using "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Moonshaker Cavalry"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Akroma's Will"},{"insert":", or "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Adeline, Resplendent Cathar"},{"insert":", or bypass combat entirely using alternate win conditions like "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Halo Fountain"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Triskaidekaphile"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Twenty-Toed Toad"},{"insert":", or"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":" Laboratory Maniac."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Powering Up ⚔️"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Looking to fortify Dale for higher-power pods? Prioritize high-tier staples that break Bard’s passive engines wide open:\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Rhystic Study:"},{"insert":" Turns your opponents' spells into a non-stop, doubled draw engine that keeps your hand completely stocked.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Smothering Tithe:"},{"insert":" Capitalizes on Bard’s token doubling to turn every enemy draw step into a mountain of extra Treasure tokens.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Teferi's Protection:"},{"insert":" The ultimate defense of the realm, phasing out your entire army, lands, and life total so your massive board survives any wipe unharmed.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"May the black arrow find its mark."},{"insert":"\n\n--\n\nCheck out the other Hobbit builds from this series:\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/24712562/gandalf_goblins_bane_how_big_is_the_room"},"insert":"Gandalf, Goblins' Bane"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/24706070/thranduil_the_elvenking_elfball_is_life"},"insert":"Thranduil, the Elvenking"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/24675824/smaug_the_impenetrable_you_are_my_treasure"},"insert":"Smaug, the Impenetrable"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/24715996/tom_bert_and_william_angry_and_stoned"},"insert":"Tom, Bert, and William"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/24771704/thorin_mountainking_and_my_axe"},"insert":"Thorin, Mountain-King"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/24933446/beorn_the_fierce_ursa_maximus"},"insert":"Beorn the Fierce"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/24677660/the_lord_of_the_eagles_birdemic_shock_terror"},"insert":"The Lord of the Eagles"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/24692950/the_great_goblin_the_horde_assembles"},"insert":"The Great Goblin"},{"insert":"\n\n"}]}
Commander
Bard, King of Dale
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.
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.
Legendary Creature - Human Archer Noble

Commander
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Board Wipe
Board Wipe
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Draw
Bard's Company
You may cast this spell as though it had flash if you control a Human.
Other creatures you control get +1/+1.
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, recruit. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.)
Other creatures you control get +1/+1.
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, recruit. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.)
Creature - Human Citizen

Caretaker's Talent
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
Whenever one or more tokens you control enter, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
: Level 2
When this Class becomes level 2, create a token that's a copy of target token you control.
: Level 3
Creature tokens you control get +2/+2.
Whenever one or more tokens you control enter, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
: Level 2
When this Class becomes level 2, create a token that's a copy of target token you control.
: Level 3
Creature tokens you control get +2/+2.
Enchantment - Class

Great Gilded Boat
Whenever you attack, recruit. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.)
Crew 2 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 2 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.)
Crew 2 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 2 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.)
Artifact - Vehicle

Master of Ceremonies
At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent chooses money, friends, or secrets. For each player who chose money, you and that player each create a Treasure token. For each player who chose friends, you and that player each create a 1/1 green and white Citizen creature token. For each player who chose secrets, you and that player each draw a card.
Creature - Druid Rhino

Draw
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Finisher
Akroma's Will
Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead.
• Creatures you control gain flying, vigilance, and double strike until end of turn.
• Creatures you control gain lifelink, indestructible, and protection from each color until end of turn.
• Creatures you control gain flying, vigilance, and double strike until end of turn.
• Creatures you control gain lifelink, indestructible, and protection from each color until end of turn.
Instant

Twenty-Toed Toad
Your maximum hand size is twenty.
Whenever you attack with two or more creatures, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and draw a card.
Whenever this creature attacks, you win the game if there are twenty or more counters on it or you have twenty or more cards in hand.
Whenever you attack with two or more creatures, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and draw a card.
Whenever this creature attacks, you win the game if there are twenty or more counters on it or you have twenty or more cards in hand.
Creature - Wizard Frog

Finisher
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Land
Land
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Protection
Swiftfoot Boots
Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and no matter when it came under your control.)
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment

Protection
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Ramp
Archaeomancer's Map
When this artifact enters, search your library for up to two basic Plains cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.
Whenever a land an opponent controls enters, if that player controls more lands than you, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.
Whenever a land an opponent controls enters, if that player controls more lands than you, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.
Artifact

Tataru Taru
When Tataru Taru enters, you draw a card and target opponent may draw a card.
Scions' Secretary — Whenever an opponent draws a card, if it isn't that player's turn, create a tapped Treasure token. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Scions' Secretary — Whenever an opponent draws a card, if it isn't that player's turn, create a tapped Treasure token. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Legendary Creature - Advisor Dwarf

Ramp
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Removal
Removal
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Tokens
Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
Vigilance
Adeline's power is equal to the number of creatures you control.
Whenever you attack, for each opponent, create a 1/1 white Human creature token that's tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control.
Adeline's power is equal to the number of creatures you control.
Whenever you attack, for each opponent, create a 1/1 white Human creature token that's tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control.
Legendary Creature - Human Knight

Chasm Skulker
Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
When this creature dies, create X 1/1 blue Squid creature tokens with islandwalk, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature. (They can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
When this creature dies, create X 1/1 blue Squid creature tokens with islandwalk, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature. (They can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
Creature - Horror Squid

Elspeth, Storm Slayer
If one or more tokens would be created under your control, twice that many of those tokens are created instead.
+1: Create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token.
0: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. Those creatures gain flying until your next turn.
−3: Destroy target creature an opponent controls with mana value 3 or greater.
+1: Create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token.
0: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. Those creatures gain flying until your next turn.
−3: Destroy target creature an opponent controls with mana value 3 or greater.
Legendary Planeswalker - Elspeth

Exalted Sunborn
Flying, lifelink
If one or more tokens would be created under your control, twice that many of those tokens are created instead.
Warp (You may cast this card from your hand for its warp cost. Exile this creature at the beginning of the next end step, then you may cast it from exile on a later turn.)
If one or more tokens would be created under your control, twice that many of those tokens are created instead.
Warp (You may cast this card from your hand for its warp cost. Exile this creature at the beginning of the next end step, then you may cast it from exile on a later turn.)
Creature - Wizard Angel

Mondrak, Glory Dominus
If one or more tokens would be created under your control, twice that many of those tokens are created instead.
, Sacrifice two other artifacts and/or creatures: Put an indestructible counter on Mondrak. ( can be paid with either or 2 life.)
, Sacrifice two other artifacts and/or creatures: Put an indestructible counter on Mondrak. ( can be paid with either or 2 life.)
Legendary Creature - Horror Phyrexian

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Tokens & Extras
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Description
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