---
name: "Bard, King of Dale"
mana_cost: "{4}{W}{U}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Noble Archer"
colors: ["U", "W"]
color_identity: ["U", "W"]
keywords: ["Reach", "Vigilance"]
set: "HOB"
set_name: "The Hobbit"
collector_number: "244"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "James Bousema"
oracle_id: "d05db2c1-a19a-4803-8e8a-fa2f9b798181"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/bard-king-of-dale-hob"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Bard, King of Dale
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{W}{U}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Noble Archer
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/5
- **Keywords:** Reach, Vigilance

## Oracle Text
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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Bard, Heir of Girion](/printing/bard-heir-of-girion-hoc.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Archer
2. [Bard the Bowman](/printing/bard-the-bowman-hob.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Archer
3. [Prince Imrahil the Fair](/printing/prince-imrahil-the-fair-ltr.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Noble
4. [Knights of Dol Amroth](/printing/knights-of-dol-amroth-ltr.md) — Creature — Human Knight
5. [The Council of Four](/printing/the-council-of-four-clb.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Noble
6. [Gnarled Sage](/printing/gnarled-sage-m21.md) — Creature — Treefolk Druid

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Hobbit (HOB) #244
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** James Bousema
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`