Baral, chief of counterspells

Commander / EDH Budget Mono-Blue

Ondas

Instant (38)

• 1x AEtherize
• 1x Aetherspouts
• 1x Anticipate
• 1x Blink of an Eye
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Disdainful Stroke
• 1x Dismiss
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Dissolve
• 1x Dragonlord's Prerogative
• 1x Engulf the Shore
• 1x Essence Scatter
• 1x Exclude
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x High Tide
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Jace's Ingenuity
• 1x Mana Leak
• 1x Mission Briefing
• 1x Negate
• 1x Obsessive Search
• 1x Opportunity
• 1x Opt
• 1x Peer Through Depths
• 1x Polymorphist's Jest
• 1x Precognitive Perception
• 1x Pull from Tomorrow
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Sage's Dousing
• 1x Sinister Sabotage
• 1x Spell Crumple
• 1x Spell Swindle
• 1x Summary Dismissal
• 1x Telling Time
• 1x Think Twice
• 1x Unwind

Sorcery (15)

• 1x Call to Mind
• 1x Compulsive Research
• 1x Crush of Tentacles
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Deep Analysis
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Manifold Insights
• 1x Pieces of the Puzzle
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Recall
• 1x Shimmer of Possibility
• 1x Sleight of Hand
• 1x Treasure Cruise
• 1x Uncovered Clues
• 1x Windfall

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Archmage Ascension
• 1x Telepathy
• 1x Trail of Evidence

Land (35)

• 35x Island

Commander (1)

Artifact (5)

• 1x Corrupted Grafstone
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Runechanter's Pike
• 1x Star Compass

Creature (3)

• 1x Docent of Perfection  ^Flip
• 1x Guile
• 1x Silver Myr

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Very budget casual baral list no infinite combos or polymorph shenanigans. At the time of this post, every card fits the challenge this was made for: everything other than the commander is under $2 on goldfish. The main strategy is steal people's actual wincons with guile—or just beat face with it + docent tokens. For budget versions of a cedh baral that are meant to have easy upgrade paths, check out the decks below.

$50 list by Cohuster

Budget Baral, Chief of superior blue iq

$75 list by csCheezeCake

Budget Baral (sub $75)

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 18 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 28 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.86
Tokens	Boar 2/2 G, Clue, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Human Wizard 1/1 U, Octopus 8/8 U, Treasure