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Barrin, Tolarian Archmage
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Barrin, Tolarian Archmage

{1}{U}{U}

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

When Barrin enters, return up to one other target creature or planeswalker to its owner's hand.

At the beginning of your end step, if a permanent was put into your hand from the battlefield this turn, draw a card.

"There is no age at which you stop learning."

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Set
Core Set 2021 Promos (PM21 #45s)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
3
Released
2020-07-03
Artist
Ryan Pancoast
EDHREC rank
#8,776
Colour identity
{U}
Finishes
Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.38
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander

Combos 6

Sakashima of a Thousand Faces+Aluren+Barrin, Tolarian Archmage+Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore
{G}{U}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite storm count
Sakashima of a Thousand Faces+Aluren+Barrin, Tolarian Archmage+Mirror Image
{G}{U}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite storm count
Aluren+Barrin, Tolarian Archmage+Mirror Image+Mirror Gallery
{G}{U}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite storm count
Aluren+Barrin, Tolarian Archmage+Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore+Mirror Box
{G}{U}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite storm count
Aluren+Barrin, Tolarian Archmage+Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore+Mirror Gallery
{G}{U}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite storm count
Aluren+Barrin, Tolarian Archmage+Mirror Image+Mirror Box
{G}{U}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite storm count

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Aether Channeler 63 %+57.4 %
  2. Riptide Laboratory 66 %+56.8 %
  3. Venser, Shaper Savant 62 %+55.7 %
  4. Naban, Dean of Iteration 56 %+54.5 %
  5. Dour Port-Mage 56 %+52.7 %
  6. Archaeomancer 66 %+52.3 %
  7. Watcher for Tomorrow 52 %+51.4 %
  8. Trusted Advisor 51 %+51.1 %
  9. Crystal Shard 51 %+49.4 %
  10. Run Away Together 52 %+47.3 %
  11. Gadwick, the Wizened 43 %+40.5 %
  12. Familiar's Ruse 41 %+40.5 %
  13. Shrieking Drake 40 %+38.8 %
  14. Equilibrium 38 %+37.9 %
  15. Naru Meha, Master Wizard 40 %+37.8 %
  16. Cloudkin Seer 38 %+36.2 %
  17. Aether Adept 37 %+35.7 %
  18. Peregrine Drake 43 %+35.3 %
  19. Azami, Lady of Scrolls 38 %+35.0 %
  20. Panharmonicon 39 %+34.9 %
  21. Ghostly Flicker 46 %+34.8 %
  22. Cyclone Summoner 36 %+34.7 %
  23. Baral's Expertise 36 %+34.4 %
  24. Evacuation 38 %+30.8 %
  25. Step Through 34 %+28.6 %
  26. Coral Atoll 32 %+28.5 %
  27. Kefnet's Monument 33 %+27.2 %
  28. Faerie Seer 30 %+27.0 %
  29. Exclusion Mage 27 %+26.8 %
  30. Wizard's Retort 30 %+26.6 %
  31. Cunning Evasion 27 %+26.5 %
  32. Engulf the Shore 33 %+26.0 %
  33. Peel from Reality 26 %+25.3 %
  34. Solemn Simulacrum 45 %+24.5 %
  35. Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar 26 %+24.4 %
  36. Curfew 23 %+22.9 %
  37. Cloudstone Curio 23 %+22.7 %
  38. Man-o'-War 24 %+22.6 %
  39. Portal Mage 23 %+21.7 %
  40. Sunken Hope 21 %+21.3 %
  41. Umbilicus 21 %+21.2 %
  42. Sea Gate Oracle 22 %+20.7 %
  43. Overwhelmed Apprentice 22 %+20.6 %
  44. This Town Ain't Big Enough 21 %+20.2 %
  45. Flood of Tears 23 %+20.2 %
  46. Guildless Commons 22 %+20.1 %
  47. Rimekin Recluse 20 %+20.0 %
  48. Geistwave 21 %+19.7 %
  49. Starfield Vocalist 22 %+19.5 %
  50. Dream Stalker 20 %+19.4 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Island 95 %+1.2 %
  2. Sol Ring 70 %-15.0 %
  3. Archaeomancer 66 %+52.3 %
  4. Riptide Laboratory 66 %+56.8 %
  5. Aether Channeler 63 %+57.4 %
  6. Venser, Shaper Savant 62 %+55.7 %
  7. Arcane Signet 59 %-5.6 %
  8. Reliquary Tower 59 %+2.7 %
  9. Sapphire Medallion 59 %-0.9 %
  10. Counterspell 57 %-8.9 %
  11. Naban, Dean of Iteration 56 %+54.5 %
  12. Dour Port-Mage 56 %+52.7 %
  13. Mystic Sanctuary 55 %+5.7 %
  14. Watcher for Tomorrow 52 %+51.4 %
  15. Run Away Together 52 %+47.3 %
  16. Trusted Advisor 51 %+51.1 %
  17. Crystal Shard 51 %+49.4 %
  18. Thought Vessel 48 %-3.1 %
  19. Ghostly Flicker 46 %+34.8 %
  20. Aetherize 45 %+13.0 %
  21. Solemn Simulacrum 45 %+24.5 %
  22. Peregrine Drake 43 %+35.3 %
  23. Gadwick, the Wizened 43 %+40.5 %
  24. Mind Stone 41 %+7.3 %
  25. Familiar's Ruse 41 %+40.5 %
  26. Naru Meha, Master Wizard 40 %+37.8 %
  27. Shrieking Drake 40 %+38.8 %
  28. Panharmonicon 39 %+34.9 %
  29. Evacuation 38 %+30.8 %
  30. Equilibrium 38 %+37.9 %
  31. Azami, Lady of Scrolls 38 %+35.0 %
  32. Cloudkin Seer 38 %+36.2 %
  33. Aether Adept 37 %+35.7 %
  34. Cyclone Summoner 36 %+34.7 %
  35. Baral's Expertise 36 %+34.4 %
  36. Negate 36 %-1.2 %
  37. High Tide 36 %-7.8 %
  38. Castle Vantress 35 %+18.0 %
  39. Snap 35 %+14.9 %
  40. Hullbreaker Horror 35 %+10.7 %
  41. Sky Diamond 34 %+12.7 %
  42. Myriad Landscape 34 %+10.4 %
  43. Step Through 34 %+28.6 %
  44. Engulf the Shore 33 %+26.0 %
  45. Kefnet's Monument 33 %+27.2 %
  46. Coral Atoll 32 %+28.5 %
  47. Lonely Sandbar 31 %+17.6 %
  48. Otawara, Soaring City 30 %+4.6 %
  49. Wizard's Retort 30 %+26.6 %
  50. Faerie Seer 30 %+27.0 %

Format legality

Rulings

  • 2020-06-23

    Barrin's last ability checks the entire turn, even before Barrin was on the battlefield.

  • 2020-06-23

    If a permanent wasn't put into your hand from the battlefield before your end step begins, Barrin's ability doesn't trigger at all.

  • 2020-06-23

    If a token is returned to your hand, it's put there before it ceases to exist.

  • 2020-06-23

    The permanent that was returned to your hand doesn't have to still be there.

  • 2020-06-23

    You draw only one card, no matter how many permanents were put into your hand from the battlefield during that turn.

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