Art by Dan Brereton
Saved commander deck
Bucky Barnes, Eager Ally
Maximize Bucky Barnes's death trigger by combining Soldier tribal aggression with high-impact Equipment and recursion engines to continuously restock your hand.
Prompt: Bucky Barnes, Eager Ally commander deck
Commander
1 cards
Bucky Barnes, Eager Ally
{1}{W}Legendary Creature — Human Soldier Hero
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
9 cards
Sword of the Animist
{2}Legendary Artifact — Equipment
Equipment that ramps basic lands on attack
Knight of the White Orchid
{W}{W}Creature — Human Knight
Catches up on plains ramp when behind
The Irencrag
{2}Legendary Artifact
Two-mana mana rock that can become equipment late game
Card Draw
10 cards
Puresteel Paladin
{W}{W}Creature — Human Knight
Draws on equipment entry and zeroes equip costs
Sram, Senior Edificer
{1}{W}Legendary Creature — Dwarf Advisor
Draws cards when casting equipment
Esper Sentinel
{W}Artifact Creature — Human Soldier
Soldier that taxes opponent noncreature spells for draw
Skullclamp
{1}Artifact — Equipment
Turns Bucky and 1/1 Soldier tokens into massive card draw
Mentor of the Meek
{2}{W}Creature — Human Soldier
Soldier that draws when small creatures enter
Welcoming Vampire
{2}{W}Creature — Vampire
Soldier that draws on low-power creature ETBs
Mask of Memory
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Equipment providing card filter on combat damage
Removal
9 cards
Grasp of Fate
{1}{W}{W}Enchantment
Exiles a problematic permanent from each opponent
Sunfall
{3}{W}{W}Sorcery
Mass exile board wipe that leaves behind an Incubator token
Austere Command
{4}{W}{W}Sorcery
Modal board wipe that protects your specific board state
Threats/Wincons
24 cards
Stoneforge Mystic
{1}{W}Creature — Kor Artificer
Tutors any Equipment directly to hand and cheats it into play
Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms
{2}{W}{W}Legendary Creature — God // Legendary Artifact — Equipment
Grants double strike to equipped creatures and moves equipment
Danitha Capashen, Paragon
{2}{W}Legendary Creature — Human Knight
Cost reduction on equipment with keywords
Kemba, Kha Regent
{1}{W}{W}Legendary Creature — Cat Cleric
Generates Cat tokens for each equipment attached
Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist
{2}{W}Legendary Creature — Kor Scout
Attaches all equipment freely each combat
Brimaz, King of Oreskos
{1}{W}{W}Legendary Creature — Cat Soldier
Resilient Soldier that generates Soldier tokens
Myrel, Shield of Argive
{3}{W}Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
Soldier that silences opponents on your turn and multiplies Soldiers
Preeminent Captain
{2}{W}Creature — Kithkin Soldier
Soldier that cheats other Soldiers into play attacking
Captain of the Watch
{4}{W}{W}Creature — Human Soldier
Soldier lord that creates tokens and gives vigilance
Field Marshal
{1}{W}{W}Creature — Human Soldier
Grants Soldiers +1/+1 and first strike
Siege Veteran
{2}{W}Creature — Human Soldier
Distributes +1/+1 counters and replaces nontoken Soldiers on death
Thalia's Lieutenant
{1}{W}Creature — Human Soldier
Buffs your team and grows as Humans enter
Hero of Bladehold
{2}{W}{W}Creature — Human Knight
Battle cry threat that produces attacking Soldier tokens
Sword of Feast and Famine
{3}Artifact — Equipment
Protects, untaps lands, and forces discards
Sword of Fire and Ice
{3}Artifact — Equipment
Protects, deals damage, and draws cards
Sword of Forge and Frontier
{3}Artifact — Equipment
Card advantage and extra land drops on hit
Colossus Hammer
{1}Artifact — Equipment
Massive +10/+10 power boost to quickly eliminate opponents
Shadowspear
{1}Legendary Artifact — Equipment
Provides trample, lifelink, and strips hexproof/indestructible
Commander's Plate
{1}Artifact — Equipment
Gives commander huge buffs and protection from almost all colors
Swiftfoot Boots
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Haste and hexproof protection for key creatures
Kaldra Compleat
{7}Legendary Artifact — Equipment
Indestructible living weapon with haste, trample, and exile
Hammer of Nazahn
{4}Legendary Artifact — Equipment
Grants indestructible and auto-equips gear as it enters
Utility
8 cards
Ashnod's Altar
{3}Artifact
Sacrifice outlet to trigger Bucky Barnes at will for mana
Spawning Pit
{2}Artifact
Free sac outlet to proc Bucky that stockpiles spawn tokens
Fanatical Devotion
{2}{W}Enchantment
Sacrifice outlet that regenerates your key threats
Sun Titan
{4}{W}{W}Creature — Giant
Soldier that repeatedly recurs Bucky Barnes and low-mana equipment
Sevinne's Reclamation
{2}{W}Sorcery
Returns Bucky or equipment from the graveyard twice
Flawless Maneuver
{2}{W}Instant
Free protection spell that preserves your board against destruction
