Inspiring Bard
Creature — Elf Bard
When this creature enters, choose one —
• Bardic Inspiration — Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
• Song of Rest — You gain 3 life.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #22492
Inspiring Bard enters the battlefield and gives each creature you control +1/+1 until end of turn — a combat trick stapled to a body, not a repeatable engine. It's a fine Limited card that has no meaningful role in Commander, where a 3/2 that pumps once is buried under three opponents' worth of boardstates.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Inspiring Bard is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but competitive play in any of those formats is not where it lives. In Commander, the one-shot pump on a 3/2 body is too low-impact to justify a slot — go-wide decks want Craterhoof Behemoth effects, not a single trigger for three mana. Pauper is the most forgiving environment for Inspiring Bard; aggressive white token strategies can occasionally use the surprise pump to push through lethal damage in combat. Everywhere else, it's outclassed before it hits the table.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Inspiring Bard isn't available at the moment, but as a bulk common it almost certainly sits under $0.25. Pick it up if a Pauper tokens list calls for it — otherwise it's not a card worth seeking out.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.