Do A Baral Roll - Baral $40 Budget Counterspells

Commander / EDH Budget Counters Mono-Blue Tokens

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Can't let you do that, Star Fox! (Counters) (18)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Confirm Suspicions
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Disdainful Stroke
• 1x Dismiss
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Dissolve
• 1x Ethereal Usher
• 1x Exclude
• 1x Faerie Trickery
• 1x Hinder
• 1x Mana Leak
• 1x Memory Lapse
• 1x Negate
• 1x Overwhelming Denial
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Void Shatter

Deploy the Landmaster! (Mana Base) (35)

• 1x Blighted Cataract
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 30x Island
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Remote Isle
• 1x Temple of the False God

Hey Einstein! I'm on your side! (Tokens) (4)

• 1x Docent of Perfection  ^Flip
• 1x Lullmage Mentor
• 1x Rise from the Tides
• 1x Talrand, Sky Summoner

Location confirmed. Sending supplies. (Card Draw) (13)

• 1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
• 1x Azami, Lady of Scrolls
• 1x Blighted Cataract
• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Recurring Insight
• 1x Sphinx of Magosi
• 1x Sphinx's Tutelage
• 1x Think Twice
• 1x Trail of Evidence
• 1x Treasure Cruise

You're dead meat, pal. (Removal) (9)

• 1x AEtherize
• 1x Aetherspouts
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Engulf the Shore
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Scourge of Fleets

Your carcass is mine. (Steal) (6)

• 1x Desertion
• 1x Diluvian Primordial
• 1x Grip of Phyresis
• 1x Guile
• 1x Mind's Dilation
• 1x Talent of the Telepath

Commander (1)

Utility (11)

• 1x Curator of Mysteries
• 1x Curious Homunculus  ^Flip
• 1x Jace's Sanctum
• 1x Library of Leng
• 1x Ludevic's Test Subject  ^Flip
• 1x Runechanter's Pike
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Sphinx-Bone Wand
• 1x Sphinx of the Final Word
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Telepathy

Repairs complete on Slippy's ship. (Recursion) (5)

• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Diluvian Primordial
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Learn from the Past
• 1x Spelltwine

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The #1 Baral deck on TappedOut!

 

In my ongoing endeavor to bring frugality to Commander, each card in this deck is under $2 and the whole deck is under $40. If you like what you see, UPVOTE! or you can check out all my other $40 budget decks. If you see some areas of improvement, let me know what you'd change. Just make sure all suggested cards are under $2.

The Strategy

1) Get Baral, Chief of Compliance onto the battlefield

2) Say no with your counterspells only to the things that will disrupt your commander and your plan

3) Follow one of the win cons to victory

The Win Cons

1) Token army from Talrand, Sky Summoner / Docent of Perfection   / Lullmage Mentor / Rise from the Tides

2) Massive damage from Sphinx-Bone Wand / Runechanter's Pike

3) Ludevic's Test Subject  

4) Encourage multiple opponents to go after each other

5) Table-flipping concession by an opponent who is tired of not being able to do anything

The Upgrades

Fee free to suggest your favorite upgrade cards:

Card Draw: Alhammaret's Archive , Dig Through Time, Jace, Unraveler of Secrets, Ponder, Preordain, Pull from Tomorrow, Rhystic Study

Counters: Cryptic Command, Disallow, Forbid, Force of Will, Glen Elendra Archmage, Mystic Confluence, Spell Crumple

Mana Base: Myriad Landscape, Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx, Riptide Laboratory, Reliquary Tower

Recursion: Snapcaster Mage, Torrential Gearhulk

Removal: Cyclonic Rift, Thing in the Ice  

Tokens: Drake Haven, Rite of Replication

Utility: As Foretold, Caged Sun, Gilded Lotus, Isochron Scepter, Laboratory Maniac, Merchant Scroll, Mystical Tutor, Propaganda, Sapphire Medallion, Sensei's Divining Top, Sol Ring, Thought Vessel

$40 Budget Decks

I love the challenge of building really cheap decks. This is how the majority of my real life decks start out and then I improve them over time.

Mono Decks

Do A Baral Roll - Baral $40 Budget Counterspells - #1 Baral deck on TappedOut

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Beauty and the Beasts - Braids $40 Budget Monsters - #3 Braids deck on TappedOut

The Thrull Is Gone - Endrek $40 Budget Control - #1 Endrek Sahr deck on TappedOut

Turn Down For What - Ixidor $40 Budget Mystery

Black Water - Korlash $40 Budget Voltron - #1 Korlash deck on TappedOut

The Godfather - Krenko $40 Budget Goblins

Spirit In The Sky - Oyobi $40 Budget Spirits - #1 Oyobi deck on TappedOut

One Plus One Is One - Rishkar $40 Budget Counters - #2 Rishkar deck on TappedOut

Srama Lama Ding Dong - Sram $40 Budget Voltron

Bugs - Thriss $40 Budget Infectious Insects - #1 Thriss deck on TappedOut

2 Color Decks

Army - Agrus Kos $40 Budget Soldiers - #1 Agrus Kos deck on TappedOut

Baby, Come Back - Brago $40 Budget Blink

Time Is On My Side - Jhoira $40 Budget Suspension

Kitty - Katametra $40 Budget Tribal

Where Is My Mina? - Mina/Denn $40 Budget Landfall - #4 Mina & Denn deck on TappedOut

We're Going To Be Friends - Munda $40 Budget Ally - #1 Munda deck on TappedOut

Bulls on Parade - Neheb $40 Budget Minotaurs

I Am A Rock - Noyan Dar $40 Budget Man Lands - #3 Noyan Dar deck on TappedOut

Red Rain - Olivia $40 Budget Vampires - #4 Olivia deck on TappedOut

One Time Too Many - Phenax $40 Budget Mill

King of Pain - Rakdos $40 Budget Beaters

Jumpin' Jack Flashmi - Rashmi $40 Budget Flashers

Cage The Elephant - Selvala $40 Budget Tribal

Stone Free - Sisters $40 Budget Thievery - #1 Sisters deck on TappedOut

Three Times A Lady - Triad $40 Budget Blinkers

3 Color Decks

I Put A Spell On You - Jeleva $40 Budget Spells - #3 Jeleva deck on TappedOut

Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger - Uril $40 Budget - #2 Uril deck on TappedOut

Been Caught Stealing - Yasova $40 Budget Thievery

Whoomp! Zur It Is - Zur $40 Budget Enchantments

4/5 Color Decks

Super Metroid - Akiri & Silas $40 Budget Voltron - #1 Akiri & Silas deck on TappedOut

Let My Love Open The Door - Sidar & Kraum $40 Budg

Beds Are Burning - Vial & Thrasios $40 Budget - #5 Vial & Thrasios deck on TappedOut

My Current Decks

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The Funeral - Chainer Reanimator / deck:one-thing-leads-to-another-sidisi-combo-control

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Grey Ice Water - Kozilek Eldrazi

A Whiter Shade of Pale - Michiko Budget Lifegain - #1 Michiko Konda deck on TappedOut

Paint It Black - Mikaeus Budget Combo

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Hurt - Nekusar Wheels

Bein' Green - Omnath Elves

Tangled Up In Blue - Talrand Morph

Red Right Hand - Zada Budget Aggro

Top Ranked	Achieved #1 position overall 7 years ago
Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 27 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 18 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.66
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Boar 2/2 G, Clue, Drake 2/2 U, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Human Wizard 1/1 U, Manifest 2/2 C, Merfolk 1/1 U, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Zombie 2/2 B
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