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Bard the Bowman
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Bard the Bowman

{1}{W}{U}

Legendary Creature — Human Archer

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Whenever you draw your second card each turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. It gains lifelink until end of turn.

No one had dared to face the Dragon for many an age; nor would they have dared now, if it hadn't been for the grim-voiced Bard urging them on.

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Set
The Hobbit (HOB #145)
Rarity
Uncommon
Mana value
3
Released
2026-08-14
Artist
Miklós Ligeti
EDHREC rank
#16,839
Colour identity
{U}{W}
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.00
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Plunder the Trollshaws 54 %+52.0 %
  2. Lakeshore Apothecary 54 %+51.8 %
  3. Prince Imrahil the Fair 56 %+51.4 %
  4. Lake-town 48 %+45.3 %
  5. Bard's Company 51 %+45.2 %
  6. Confusticate and Bebother 46 %+44.2 %
  7. Patient Instructor 44 %+42.1 %
  8. Celebrate the Mountain-king 44 %+41.9 %
  9. Lake-town Lookout 43 %+41.0 %
  10. Esgaroth Garrison 42 %+39.9 %
  11. The Mountain-king's Return 42 %+39.8 %
  12. Bilbo Baggins, Burglar 40 %+39.0 %
  13. Long Lake Nuisance 40 %+38.4 %
  14. Mischievous Mystic 41 %+37.8 %
  15. Kid Loki 38 %+37.3 %
  16. Ravenhill Flock 39 %+36.8 %
  17. Moment of Glory 38 %+36.6 %
  18. Bard, King of Dale 42 %+36.5 %
  19. The Council of Four 45 %+36.5 %
  20. Emrakul's Messenger 38 %+35.2 %
  21. The Queen of Dale 40 %+31.9 %
  22. Bilbo, Luckwearer 32 %+31.4 %
  23. Chasm Skulker 36 %+30.8 %
  24. Great Gilded Boat 34 %+30.8 %
  25. Wizard Class 38 %+30.6 %
  26. Old Fat Spider Can't See Me 31 %+30.3 %
  27. Sound the Trumpets 32 %+30.2 %
  28. Opt 37 %+27.4 %
  29. Lake-town Toymaker 28 %+27.1 %
  30. Consider 30 %+24.9 %
  31. Enchanted River's Grasp 26 %+24.9 %
  32. Brainstorm 43 %+24.6 %
  33. Proft's Eidetic Memory 28 %+24.2 %
  34. Mangara, the Diplomat 30 %+24.0 %
  35. Bard, Heir of Girion 26 %+23.2 %
  36. Pensive Professor 24 %+22.8 %
  37. Quick Study 24 %+22.0 %
  38. Magnificent End 23 %+22.0 %
  39. Loran of the Third Path 35 %+21.8 %
  40. Thrór's Map 23 %+21.7 %
  41. Gandalf, Wandering Wizard 22 %+21.7 %
  42. Teferi's Ageless Insight 29 %+21.6 %
  43. Arcane Denial 48 %+21.4 %
  44. Master's Councillors 22 %+21.2 %
  45. Frantic Search 34 %+21.2 %
  46. Troop of Ponies 23 %+21.0 %
  47. Homunculus Horde 25 %+20.6 %
  48. Preordain 30 %+20.6 %
  49. Hithlain Knots 22 %+19.9 %
  50. Eagle's Rescue 20 %+19.2 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Island 99 %+3.4 %
  2. Plains 98 %+2.7 %
  3. Command Tower 75 %-9.7 %
  4. Sol Ring 65 %-21.1 %
  5. Arcane Signet 61 %-21.8 %
  6. Path to Exile 57 %+3.2 %
  7. Prince Imrahil the Fair 56 %+51.4 %
  8. Reliquary Tower 55 %+6.3 %
  9. Swords to Plowshares 54 %-14.6 %
  10. Lakeshore Apothecary 54 %+51.8 %
  11. Plunder the Trollshaws 54 %+52.0 %
  12. Glacial Fortress 53 %-11.1 %
  13. Prairie Stream 53 %-12.5 %
  14. Bard's Company 51 %+45.2 %
  15. Thought Vessel 49 %+6.6 %
  16. Lake-town 48 %+45.3 %
  17. Arcane Denial 48 %+21.4 %
  18. Confusticate and Bebother 46 %+44.2 %
  19. The Council of Four 45 %+36.5 %
  20. Patient Instructor 44 %+42.1 %
  21. Celebrate the Mountain-king 44 %+41.9 %
  22. Brainstorm 43 %+24.6 %
  23. Lake-town Lookout 43 %+41.0 %
  24. Bard, King of Dale 42 %+36.5 %
  25. Esgaroth Garrison 42 %+39.9 %
  26. The Mountain-king's Return 42 %+39.8 %
  27. Mischievous Mystic 41 %+37.8 %
  28. The Queen of Dale 40 %+31.9 %
  29. Bilbo Baggins, Burglar 40 %+39.0 %
  30. Long Lake Nuisance 40 %+38.4 %
  31. Ravenhill Flock 39 %+36.8 %
  32. Wizard Class 38 %+30.6 %
  33. Emrakul's Messenger 38 %+35.2 %
  34. Kid Loki 38 %+37.3 %
  35. Moment of Glory 38 %+36.6 %
  36. Adarkar Wastes 37 %-9.0 %
  37. Opt 37 %+27.4 %
  38. Port Town 37 %-9.3 %
  39. Talisman of Progress 36 %-14.7 %
  40. Chasm Skulker 36 %+30.8 %
  41. Loran of the Third Path 35 %+21.8 %
  42. Frantic Search 34 %+21.2 %
  43. Counterspell 34 %-19.6 %
  44. Azorius Chancery 34 %-0.6 %
  45. Azorius Signet 34 %-21.1 %
  46. Great Gilded Boat 34 %+30.8 %
  47. Bilbo, Luckwearer 32 %+31.4 %
  48. Sound the Trumpets 32 %+30.2 %
  49. Hallowed Fountain 31 %-18.0 %
  50. Gleaming Splendor 31 %+16.2 %

Format legality

Standard Legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Not legal
Gladiator Legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

  • 2026-06-29

    If you draw your second card in a turn while recruiting, the Human Soldier you create can be chosen as the target of Bard the Bowman's ability.

  • 2026-06-29

    The triggered ability can trigger only once each turn. It doesn't matter whether Bard the Bowman was on the battlefield when the first card was drawn. If he's not on the battlefield when the second card is drawn, the ability can't trigger at all that turn. It won't trigger when the third or fourth card is drawn.

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