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Bello, Bard of the Brambles
Legendary Creature — Raccoon Bard · {1}{R}{G} · Green/Red commander
During your turn, each non-Equipment artifact and non-Aura enchantment you control with mana value 4 or greater is a 4/4 Elemental creature in addition to its other types and has indestructible, haste, and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card."
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What Bello, Bard of the Brambles actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Keyword · hastehaste
- AbilityDuring your turn, each non-Equipment artifact and non-Aura enchantment you control with mana value 4 or greater is a 4/4 Elemental creature in addition to its other types and has indestructible, haste
What a Bello, Bard of the Brambles deck needs
Plays as artifacts & enchantments. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- non-Equipment artifacts and non-Aura enchantments with mana value 4 or greater (on your turn each is a 4/4 hasty, indestructible attacker that draws when it connects)
- team evasion so the animated permanents connect
The Bello, Bard of the Brambles deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 26× A permanent of the exact NON-creature type the commander counts — artifacts for an artifact commander, enchantments for an enchantress
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
- 6× Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch
Best cards for Bello, Bard of the Brambles
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
A permanent of the exact NON-creature type the commander counts — artifacts for an artifact commander, enchantments for an enchantress
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Lotus Petal0 mana
- Mox Amber0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mox Opal0 mana
- Lion's Eye Diamond0 mana
- Ornithopter0 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Beast Within3 mana
- Nature's Claim1 mana
- Crush1 mana
- Emerald Charm1 mana
- Naturalize2 mana
- Origin of Metalbending2 mana
- Natural State1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Nature's Rhythm2 mana
- Worldly Tutor1 mana
- March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
- Archdruid's Charm3 mana
- Chord of Calling3 mana
- Eldritch Evolution3 mana
- Summoner's Pact0 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
- Street Spasm1 mana
- Selective Obliteration5 mana
- Mizzium Mortars2 mana
- Delete2 mana
- Earthquake1 mana
- Needle Storm3 mana
Refill your hand
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Sylvan Library2 mana
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
- Beast Whisperer4 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Sticky Fingers1 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Guardian Augmenter3 mana
- Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Asceticism5 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Gruul Signet2 mana
- Incubation Druid2 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Ilysian Caryatid2 mana
- Heritage Druid1 mana
- Llanowar Tribe3 mana
Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch
- Glaring Spotlight1 mana
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Inquisitorial Rosette2 mana
- Crash Through1 mana
- Kodama of the West Tree3 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Goblin War Drums3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
Combos with Bello, Bard of the Brambles
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Bello, Bard of the Brambles is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Bello, Bard of the Brambles + Voltaic Construct + Thran Dynamo640 decks
- Bello, Bard of the Brambles + Voltaic Construct + Gilded Lotus624 decks
- Bello, Bard of the Brambles + Aggravated Assault + Gilded Lotus + Sisay's Ring616 decks
- Bello, Bard of the Brambles + Aggravated Assault + Chromatic Orrery246 decks
- Bello, Bard of the Brambles + Voltaic Construct + The Great Henge232 decks
- Bello, Bard of the Brambles + Aggravated Assault + Nyx Lotus198 decks