Baral, Captain of Control

Commander / EDH

Sporebuster

Instant (26)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Condescend
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cryptic Command
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Desertion
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Disdainful Stroke
• 1x Dismiss
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Faerie Trickery
• 1x High Tide
• 1x Hinder
• 1x Insidious Will
• 1x Last Word
• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Remand
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Spell Crumple
• 1x Spelljack

Creature (17)

• 1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Azami, Lady of Scrolls
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Docent of Perfection  ^Flip
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Guile
• 1x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip
• 1x Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Memnarch
• 1x Palinchron
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
• 1x Torrential Gearhulk
• 1x Vendilion Clique

Land (37)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 31x Island
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Riptide Laboratory
• 1x Tolaria West

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Declaration of Naught
• 1x Jace's Sanctum
• 1x Metallurgic Summonings
• 1x Mind Over Matter
• 1x Treachery

Commander (1)

Artifact (8)

• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Knowledge Pool
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mindslaver
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Vedalken Shackles

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Baral's Expertise
• 1x Braingeyser
• 1x Bribery
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Tunnel Vision

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Before I even saw Baral I knew I wanted to build a deck around him. His lore and character all sounded incredible to me and I'm going to do my best to fit his personality into this deck

Counters:

There's no dancing around this one: The deck is full of counters. The deck runs on counters. If there's a spell on the board that even remotely resembles a threat it is going down. Baral takes no prisoners and will not hesitate to put his enemies in the ground (AKA graveyard).

Creatures:

Baral is getting old. He admits this. He needs some help on his quest for compliance. The deck runs obvious choices such as Torrential Gearhulk and Snapcaster Mage, and some other friends such as Arcanis the Omnipotent and Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  . These creatures may not outright win us the game, but they will help us break those who stand against us and the Consulate.

Combos:

Baral doesn't like wasting his time, so if there's a way he can kill someone immediately, he will do it. The deck runs 5 combos currently and Baral is always looking for more.

Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir + Knowledge Pool : With Knowledge Pool, whenever an opponent casts a spell it is exiled, and they get to choose a new one and cast it at instant speed. With Teferi in play, the second card can't be cast and both cards just stay exiled.

Vendilion Clique + Tunnel Vision : Choose a card and then name the card that has been put on the bottom of the library using Tunnel. They now have one card in their library and one turn to fix it.

Spell Crumple + Tunnel Vision : Same as above.

Palinchron + Deadeye Navigator or High Tide or Extraplanar Lens : Infinite mana. Combine with Blue Sun's Zenith or Braingeyser to kill someone or drawn however many cards you need. Another combo with this is using Capsize to wipe the whole board. Another combo is to use memnarch to take control of the entire board. And yay! Another combo is using Laboratory Maniac to draw your whole deck.

Academy Ruins + Mindslaver : Infinite turn takeover.

Mind Over Matter + Azami, Lady of Scrolls : Draw all the cards you need and set up combo pieces.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	2 years
Exclude colors	WBRG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 13 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.52
Tokens	Construct */* C, Emblem Jace, Vryn's Prodigy, Human Wizard 1/1 U
Folders	EDH Decks to Build, EDH