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Bard the Bowman

Bard the Bowman

Legendary Creature — Human Archer · {1}{W}{U} · Blue/White commander

Reach Whenever you draw your second card each turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. It gains lifelink until end of turn.
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What Bard the Bowman actually does

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What a Bard the Bowman deck wants

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Best cards for Bard the Bowman

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Refill your hand

  1. Esper Sentinel1 mana
  2. Mystic Remora1 mana
  3. Skullclamp1 mana
  4. Curiosity1 mana
  5. Wizard Class1 mana
  6. Rhystic Study3 mana
  7. Archivist of Oghma2 mana
  8. Faerie Mastermind2 mana

Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there

  1. Karn's Bastion0 mana
  2. Ripples of Potential2 mana
  3. Thrummingbird2 mana
  4. Contagion Clasp2 mana
  5. Contentious Plan2 mana
  6. Experimental Augury2 mana
  7. Grateful Apparition2 mana
  8. Metastatic Evangel2 mana

Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it

  1. Path to Exile1 mana
  2. Swords to Plowshares1 mana
  3. Reality Shift2 mana
  4. Pongify1 mana
  5. Rapid Hybridization1 mana
  6. Resculpt2 mana
  7. March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
  8. Suspend1 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Final Showdown1 mana
  2. Vanquish the Horde8 mana
  3. Martyr's Cry2 mana
  4. Split Up3 mana
  5. Cathedral Membrane2 mana
  6. Citywide Bust3 mana
  7. Displacement Wave2 mana
  8. Harsh Mercy3 mana

Answer a spell or ability before it resolves

  1. Pact of Negation0 mana
  2. Counterspell2 mana
  3. Three Steps Ahead1 mana
  4. Long River's Pull2 mana
  5. Force of Will5 mana
  6. Abjure1 mana
  7. Archmage's Charm3 mana
  8. Cancel3 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Reshape2 mana
  2. Mask of the Mimic1 mana
  3. Long-Term Plans3 mana
  4. Open the Armory2 mana
  5. Whir of Invention3 mana
  6. Merchant Scroll2 mana
  7. Enlightened Tutor1 mana
  8. Mystical Tutor1 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Esper Sentinel1 mana
  2. Mystic Remora1 mana
  3. Skullclamp1 mana
  4. Curiosity1 mana
  5. Wizard Class1 mana
  6. Rhystic Study3 mana
  7. Archivist of Oghma2 mana
  8. Faerie Mastermind2 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
  2. Bastion Protector3 mana
  3. Gold-Forged Thopteryx2 mana
  4. Greater Auramancy2 mana
  5. Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
  6. Cryptothrall4 mana
  7. Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus4 mana
  8. Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana

Get ahead on mana

  1. Chrome Mox0 mana
  2. Everflowing Chalice0 mana
  3. Mox Amber0 mana
  4. Mox Diamond0 mana
  5. Mox Opal0 mana
  6. Mana Vault1 mana
  7. Sol Ring1 mana
  8. Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana

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