This deck is designed to highlight the new recruit mechanic. Use the many different discard sources to fill the grave with cheap creatures. Then, bring them back and flood the board to assemble an army for Bard! Faith's Reward is a very fun inclusion as a boardwipe protection that also gets all of the etb triggers that many of the creatures have. Thematically, this deck is Bard forging his defenses before he is king. For that reason, the King of Dale variant is excluded.