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Baral, Chief of Compliance
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard · {1}{U} · Blue commander
What Baral, Chief of Compliance actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Triggered ability · otherWhenever a spell or ability you control counters a spell, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.
- Static ability · cost_reductionInstant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
What a Baral, Chief of Compliance deck needs
Plays as counterspell control. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- counterspells and stack interaction (each counter loots)
- cheap instants and sorceries
- card draw and win conditions that use the loot
The Baral, Chief of Compliance deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 20× Instants and sorceries — for a magecraft/prowess commander the spell COUNT is the engine
- 6× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 14× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 2× Answer a whole board at once
- 8× Refill your hand
- 3× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Baral, Chief of Compliance
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
Instants and sorceries — for a magecraft/prowess commander the spell COUNT is the engine
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
- Brainstorm1 mana
- Mystical Tutor1 mana
- Opt1 mana
- Ponder1 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Preordain1 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
- Titan's Presence3 mana
- Icy Prison2 mana
- Kozilek's Command2 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Mindbreak Trap4 mana
- Fierce Guardianship3 mana
- Force of Negation3 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Flare of Denial3 mana
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
- Arcane Denial2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Reshape2 mana
- Mask of the Mimic1 mana
- Long-Term Plans3 mana
- Whir of Invention3 mana
- Merchant Scroll2 mana
- Mystical Tutor1 mana
- Muddle the Mixture2 mana
- Personal Tutor1 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Desynchronization4 mana
- Wave Goodbye4 mana
- Whelming Wave4 mana
- Consuming Tide4 mana
- Selective Obliteration5 mana
- Evacuation5 mana
- Perplexing Test5 mana
- Cyclonic Rift2 mana
Refill your hand
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Rhystic Study3 mana
- Faerie Mastermind2 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Combat Research1 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Lost in the Maze2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- The Walls of Ba Sing Se8 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
- Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana
Combos with Baral, Chief of Compliance
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Baral, Chief of Compliance is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Baral, Chief of Compliance + Storm-Kiln Artist + Goldspan Dragon + Call To Mind + Déjà Vu1 decks
- Baral, Chief of Compliance + Invasion Of Segovia + Displacer Kitten + Vampire Hexmage + Corpse Dance1 decks
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