Baral, Chief of Compliance
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost less to cast.
Whenever a spell or ability you control counters a spell, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.
In light of his zealous defense of Kaladesh, the Consulate was willing to overlook any previous transgressions.
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- Set
- Multiverse Legends (MUL #138)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 2
- Released
- 2023-04-21
- Artist
- Yeong-Hao Han
- EDHREC rank
- #1,326
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Foil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos 2
Commander recommendations
Top synergy 50
Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.
- Rewind
- Unwind
- Disallow
- Mana Leak
- Talrand, Sky Summoner
- Guile
- Archmage Emeritus
- Tale's End
- Ertai's Scorn
- Disdainful Stroke
- Dissipate
- Negate
- Wavebreak Hippocamp
- Haughty Djinn
- Essence Scatter
- Cancel
- Mana Sculpt
- Dissolve
- Archmage of Runes
- Dispel
- Murmuring Mystic
- Saw It Coming
- Spell Pierce
- Telepathy
- Bane's Contingency
- Arcane Denial
- Mystic Confluence
- Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
- Defabricate
- Hullbreaker Horror
- Teferi's Ageless Insight
- Treasure Cruise
- Dismiss
- Wash Away
- Isochron Scepter
- Strix Serenade
- Cryptic Command
- Mana Drain
- Force of Negation
- Narset, Parter of Veils
- Eluge, the Shoreless Sea
- Exclude
- Refute
- Jace's Sanctum
- Swan Song
- Force of Will
- Lullmage Mentor
- Naiad of Hidden Coves
- Fierce Guardianship
- Wizard's Retort
Most included 50
Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.
- Island
- Counterspell
- Sol Ring
- Negate
- Rewind
- Arcane Denial
- Sapphire Medallion
- Unwind
- Mystic Sanctuary
- Arcane Signet
- Archmage Emeritus
- Reliquary Tower
- Talrand, Sky Summoner
- Disallow
- Mana Leak
- An Offer You Can't Refuse
- Brainstorm
- Thought Vessel
- Hullbreaker Horror
- Mana Drain
- Wavebreak Hippocamp
- Swan Song
- Disdainful Stroke
- Guile
- Propaganda
- Frantic Search
- High Tide
- Tale's End
- Archmage of Runes
- Cyclonic Rift
- Rhystic Study
- Ertai's Scorn
- Ponder
- Teferi's Ageless Insight
- Dissipate
- Haughty Djinn
- Murmuring Mystic
- Dispel
- Isochron Scepter
- Mana Sculpt
- Fierce Guardianship
- Cancel
- Essence Scatter
- Spell Pierce
- Laboratory Maniac
- Force of Negation
- Dissolve
- Preordain
- Force of Will
- Mystic Confluence
Format legality
Rulings
- 2021-03-19
A spell or ability counters a spell only if it specifically contains the word "counter" in its text. If a spell or ability you control causes all the targets of a spell to become illegal, that spell doesn't resolve but it's not countered.
- 2021-03-19
The cost reduction applies only to generic mana in the cost of instant and sorcery spells you cast.
- 2021-03-19
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as a flashback cost), add any cost increases (such as kicker costs), then apply any cost reductions (such as that of Baral's first ability). The mana value of the spell is determined by only its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast that spell was.