Bard's Bow
Artifact — Equipment
Job select (When this Equipment enters, create a 1/1 colorless Hero creature token, then attach this to it.)
Equipped creature gets +2/+2, has reach, and is a Bard in addition to its other types.
Perseus's Bow — Equip 
(: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Final Fantasy
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #16172
Bard's Bow gives your commander reach and trample for two mana — relevant keywords, but only if your commander is a Bard or you're leaning on the creature-type synergy to justify the slot. Outside of dedicated Bard tribal, this is a narrow equipment that most decks can replace with something that hits harder.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Bard's Bow is a fringe role-player — it shows up in Bard tribal lists where the creature-type clause has genuine text, and occasionally in voltron builds that are scraping the bottom of the keyword-equipment barrel. Competitive and even mid-power tables will cut it fast because two mana for reach and trample with no stat bonus is below the floor for most 99s. In constructed formats like Pioneer and Modern, Bard's Bow doesn't register — aggressive equipment decks want Colossus Hammer or Shadowspear, and tempo decks have no use for it at all. Pauper is the one format where cheap keyword-granting equipment can occasionally sneak into budget aggro lists, but even there the effect is underwhelming without a pushed Bard synergy to back it up.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Bard's Bow is deep bulk — the kind of card that comes in a draft chaff pile and costs more to ship than to buy. It won't hold or gain value, so there's no reason to think twice about picking one up if you actually want it for a Bard tribal build.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.