Bard the Bowman
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Two-mana 1/3 reach signpost: your second draw each turn puts a counter on a creature and grants lifelink. In a deck with recruit or loots, he grows the board every single turn while holding off fliers.
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Gameplay notes
Triggers once per turn including opponents' turns if you draw there. Recruit, loots, and cantrips all count as the second draw.
Key synergies
Each recruit draws a card; on turns you also draw naturally that's the 'second card' that triggers Bard's counter-and-lifelink.
The recruit's loot draw is a non-draw-step draw, so it often makes your second card of the turn — Bard converts the counterspell into a +1/+1 counter and lifelink on top of the tempo.
Both trigger on your second draw each turn — one draw engine turns on two payoffs at once.
The Boat's attack recruit is a draw — with your draw step, that's the second card that triggers Bard every combat turn.