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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.

2 / 2

Set
Core Set 2021 (M21 #348)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
3
Released
2020-07-03
Artist
Ryan Pancoast
EDHREC rank
#8,636
Colour identity
{U}
Finishes
Nonfoil, 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 0.29
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 65 %+59.8 %
  2. Venser, Shaper Savant 63 %+57.4 %
  3. Riptide Laboratory 66 %+56.7 %
  4. Naban, Dean of Iteration 58 %+56.7 %
  5. Archaeomancer 70 %+55.9 %
  6. Dour Port-Mage 58 %+54.2 %
  7. Trusted Advisor 54 %+53.6 %
  8. Watcher for Tomorrow 54 %+52.7 %
  9. Crystal Shard 53 %+51.9 %
  10. Run Away Together 54 %+50.0 %
  11. Gadwick, the Wizened 47 %+44.6 %
  12. Familiar's Ruse 44 %+43.3 %
  13. Shrieking Drake 40 %+39.1 %
  14. Naru Meha, Master Wizard 41 %+38.6 %
  15. Aether Adept 39 %+38.4 %
  16. Ghostly Flicker 49 %+37.8 %
  17. Cloudkin Seer 39 %+37.0 %
  18. Equilibrium 37 %+36.9 %
  19. Cyclone Summoner 38 %+36.6 %
  20. Panharmonicon 41 %+36.4 %
  21. Baral's Expertise 38 %+36.3 %
  22. Azami, Lady of Scrolls 39 %+36.3 %
  23. Peregrine Drake 43 %+35.0 %
  24. Kefnet's Monument 37 %+30.8 %
  25. Cunning Evasion 30 %+29.5 %
  26. Step Through 34 %+29.2 %
  27. Evacuation 37 %+29.1 %
  28. Coral Atoll 31 %+27.8 %
  29. Wizard's Retort 32 %+27.7 %
  30. Solemn Simulacrum 48 %+27.5 %
  31. Faerie Seer 31 %+27.5 %
  32. Exclusion Mage 28 %+27.2 %
  33. Engulf the Shore 34 %+26.4 %
  34. Peel from Reality 27 %+26.2 %
  35. Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar 28 %+26.0 %
  36. Man-o'-War 25 %+23.5 %
  37. Rimekin Recluse 23 %+22.9 %
  38. Curfew 23 %+22.5 %
  39. Cloudstone Curio 23 %+22.3 %
  40. Flood of Tears 25 %+22.3 %
  41. Portal Mage 23 %+21.9 %
  42. Sunken Hope 22 %+21.4 %
  43. Dream Stalker 22 %+21.4 %
  44. Voidmage Husher 22 %+21.3 %
  45. Defiler of Dreams 28 %+20.8 %
  46. Umbilicus 21 %+20.8 %
  47. Starfield Vocalist 23 %+20.5 %
  48. Mulldrifter 27 %+20.2 %
  49. Consuming Tide 23 %+20.2 %
  50. Portal of Sanctuary 20 %+20.1 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Island 95 %+1.1 %
  2. Sol Ring 72 %-13.1 %
  3. Archaeomancer 70 %+55.9 %
  4. Riptide Laboratory 66 %+56.7 %
  5. Aether Channeler 65 %+59.8 %
  6. Venser, Shaper Savant 63 %+57.4 %
  7. Counterspell 61 %-5.0 %
  8. Arcane Signet 61 %-4.0 %
  9. Sapphire Medallion 61 %+1.1 %
  10. Reliquary Tower 60 %+4.0 %
  11. Mystic Sanctuary 58 %+8.4 %
  12. Naban, Dean of Iteration 58 %+56.7 %
  13. Dour Port-Mage 58 %+54.2 %
  14. Run Away Together 54 %+50.0 %
  15. Trusted Advisor 54 %+53.6 %
  16. Watcher for Tomorrow 54 %+52.7 %
  17. Crystal Shard 53 %+51.9 %
  18. Ghostly Flicker 49 %+37.8 %
  19. Thought Vessel 49 %-1.9 %
  20. Solemn Simulacrum 48 %+27.5 %
  21. Gadwick, the Wizened 47 %+44.6 %
  22. Aetherize 47 %+15.4 %
  23. Familiar's Ruse 44 %+43.3 %
  24. Peregrine Drake 43 %+35.0 %
  25. Mind Stone 41 %+6.9 %
  26. Naru Meha, Master Wizard 41 %+38.6 %
  27. Panharmonicon 41 %+36.4 %
  28. Shrieking Drake 40 %+39.1 %
  29. Aether Adept 39 %+38.4 %
  30. Azami, Lady of Scrolls 39 %+36.3 %
  31. Cloudkin Seer 39 %+37.0 %
  32. Baral's Expertise 38 %+36.3 %
  33. High Tide 38 %-5.9 %
  34. Sky Diamond 38 %+16.1 %
  35. Cyclone Summoner 38 %+36.6 %
  36. Castle Vantress 37 %+19.7 %
  37. Equilibrium 37 %+36.9 %
  38. Negate 37 %-0.4 %
  39. Evacuation 37 %+29.1 %
  40. Kefnet's Monument 37 %+30.8 %
  41. Hullbreaker Horror 36 %+11.7 %
  42. Snap 35 %+16.0 %
  43. Step Through 34 %+29.2 %
  44. Engulf the Shore 34 %+26.4 %
  45. Myriad Landscape 32 %+8.0 %
  46. Wizard's Retort 32 %+27.7 %
  47. Coral Atoll 31 %+27.8 %
  48. Faerie Seer 31 %+27.5 %
  49. Lonely Sandbar 30 %+17.0 %
  50. Pongify 30 %-10.9 %

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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