Bard, King of Dale
The Hobbit 280 • mythic
- Set
- The Hobbit
- Collector number
- 280
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana white mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue · White
- Artist
- James Bousema
- Finish
- Surge
What it does
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.
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Bard, King of Dale (280) originates from The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug expansion for The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game, released by Decipher, Inc. in the early 2000s. The card was designed to support the mechanics of the Free Peoples player, specifically highlighting the Men of Dale culture, which provided a tactical defensive presence against Shadow player threats.
The imagery features the likeness of Bard the Bowman as conceptualized for the cinematic adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien’s work. The design team focused on balancing the character's narrative importance as a leader and archer with the specific game mechanics required for late-game board control, a common goal for high-tier character cards in the Middle-earth Collectible Card Game ecosystem.
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