Bard Class
Bard Class: Enchantment - Class, Adventures in the Forgotten Realms. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {R}{G}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Enchantment - Class
- Colour identity
- Red and green (RG)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR)
- Released
- 2021-07-23
- Collector number
- 217
- Artist
- Andrew Mar
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About Bard Class
Bard Class is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red and green enchantment from Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR), an expansion set released in July 2021. It is collector number 217 in that set, with art by Andrew Mar. It costs {R}{G} (one red and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is red and green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.99 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
Legendary creatures you control enter with an additional +1/+1 counter on them.
{R}{G}: Level 2
Legendary spells you cast cost {R}{G} less to cast. This effect reduces only the amount of colored mana you pay.
{3}{R}{G}: Level 3
Whenever you cast a legendary spell, exile the top two cards of your library. You may play them this turn.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.99 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Bard Class by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Bard Class
Bard Class has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Promos (PAFR) #217a | Rare | 2021 |
| Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Promos (PAFR) #217p | Rare | 2021 |
| Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Promos (PAFR) #217s | Rare | 2021 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Bard Class, newest first.
- If you exile a modal double-faced card this way, you may cast either face of that card.
- Gaining a level is a normal activated ability. It uses the stack and can be responded to.
- You can multiclass or even control multiple Class enchantments of the same class. Each Class permanent tracks its own level separately.
- Gaining a level won't remove abilities that a Class had at a previous level.
- Each Class has five abilities. The three in the major sections of its text box are class abilities. Class abilities can be static, activated, or triggered abilities. The other two are level abilities, one activated ability to advance the Class to level 2 and another to advance the Class to level 3.
- Some Class cards have an effect that increases when more are under your control. For example, if you have multiple Barbarian Class cards, you roll that many additional dice and ignore that many of the lowest rolls.
- Each Class starts with only the first of three class abilities. As the first level ability resolves, the Class becomes level 2 and gains the second class ability. As the second level ability resolves, the Class becomes level 3 and gains the third class ability.
- Unlike most abilities that reduce the costs of spells, Bard Class's Level 2 ability cannot be applied to generic mana costs. For example, a spell that costs {2}{G} to cast would instead cost {2} to cast.
Similar cards
Other enchantment cards with a red and green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.