Baral, HIgh Calibur Magic

Commander / EDH*

ehohenthal

Instant (23)

• 1x Capsize
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cryptic Command
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Desertion
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Dismiss
• 1x Dissolve
• 1x Forbid
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x High Tide
• 1x Hinder
• 1x Insidious Will
• 1x Last Word
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Overwhelming Denial
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Turnabout
• 1x Unsubstantiate

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Acquire
• 1x Baral's Expertise
• 1x Blatant Thievery
• 1x Bribery
• 1x Capture of Jingzhou
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Expropriate
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Temporal Manipulation
• 1x Time Spiral
• 1x Time Stretch
• 1x Time Warp

Enchantment (9)

• 1x As Foretold
• 1x Counterbalance
• 1x Future Sight
• 1x Jace's Sanctum
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Mind Over Matter
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Statecraft

Artifact (10)

• 1x Clock of Omens
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Static Orb
• 1x Temple Bell
• 1x Winter Orb

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor

Creature (7)

• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Sakashima the Impostor
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Sphinx of the Final Word
• 1x Talrand, Sky Summoner

Land (36)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scrying Sheets
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 29x Snow-Covered Island

Commander (1)

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Welcome to Baral!

The goal of this deck is very straight forward; make your playgroup hate to play against it.

Clock of Omens taps Static Orb and/or Winter Orb at the end of your opponents' turn so that you get to untap everything. You can use that combo to untap Sol Ring, Grim Monolith, Isochron Scepter, or Seat of the Synod, it's nice.

Double your mana with options like; Extraplanar Lens won't buff your opponents lands in most cases because few people run Snow Covered lands and they wont share a name. High Tide can be imprinted onto Isochron Scepter very nicely.

Isochron Scepter has 8 possible Imprints, and if you manage to get Mana Drain on it, most people concede on the spot.

Counter anything scary and keep the board loose with return to hand abilities and tons of reduced cost extra turn spells until you get Temple Bell and Mind Over Matter---

Tap Temple Bell and discard the cards you draw with Mind Over Matter to untap it over and over until Laboratory Maniac wins you the game.

In my humble opinion, Sakashima the Impostor deserves a spot in nearly every Commander deck that includes blue. The power to copy your general and have two of them stay on the field is huge, make no mistake.

Mirari is here because copying a (2UU) cost Capture of Jingzhou is quite radical.

Feel free to comment with any suggestions or questions, and as always, GG and keep slinging

Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 40 - 0 Rares 12 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.59
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Boar 2/2 G, Drake 2/2 U