Baral, Chief of Compliance
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Format Legality
1v1 Commander Legal
Archenemy Legal
Arena Legal
Block Constructed Legal
Canadian Highlander Legal
Casual Legal
Commander / EDH Legal
Commander: Rule 0 Legal
Custom Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Gladiator Legal
Highlander Legal
Historic Legal
Historic Brawl Legal
Legacy Legal
Leviathan Legal
Limited Legal
Modern Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Pioneer Legal
Planar Constructed Legal
Planechase Legal
Pre-release Legal
Quest Magic Legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Vanguard Legal
Vintage Legal

Baral, Chief of Compliance

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost less to cast.

Whenever a spell or ability you control counters a spell, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

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artcwolf22 on What is your favorite mono …

3 months ago

My favorites are Azami and Nezahal, Azami for its classic status, Nezahal being a weird Voltron.

My recommendations (but only as as someone who plays casual and cEDH and rarely inbetween): what scale of combo or control do you want to go on?

On the control end, you could be extreme and build Baral, Chief of Compliance or Baral, Chief of Compliance and just say princess bride quotes. It's tempting to just counter everything and either pull a combo or build up Baral to Commander damage. I've had a Baral player counter 5 spells in a row, letting someone else win just because they ran out of counter spells. However, in competitive it's just a tad slow.

On the combo end, there's quite a few. Orvar has weird combos with twitch. Urza is the classic that has infinite Mana and stupid synergy with Orbs like Winter Orb. Azami, Lady of Scrolls just because I'm an old player and enjoy the classics. You can just draw a lot.

My opinion is that blue is not the best competitive color only because it's too slow and control isn't as viable in multiplayer. it also tends not to be budget friendly.

DeinoStinkus on Glimmers that Represent Negative Emotions

3 months ago

I think Enduring Duplicity is probably a bit too oppressive, but I'm not really sure how to fix it per se without completely overhauling the design. Maybe some kind of buff it gives to counterspells, kind of like Baral, Chief of Compliance? Just a thought

Crow_Umbra on Mono U commanders to a …

4 months ago

You could run Baral, Chief of Compliance and lean into counter spells, cheap removal, & spells that make creature tokens as a means of having a bit more board presence. Bounce spells like Snap could double as a means of protecting your commander or exerting board control.

bjgivesbj on Delete this thread please

4 months ago

I made a counterspell tribal deck with Baral, Chief of Compliance as the commander. It’s $120.

Crow_Umbra on What commander should I run?

8 months ago

Here is a Scryfall list of potential mono-blue commanders that cost $4 or less. It's an extensive list, but a few options that stand out:

AcidicArisato on Pew Pew

11 months ago

There are some new cards coming in MH3 that could help a lot. Glimpse the Impossible provides a crazy burst of tokens along with some card selection. Ral, Monsoon Mage, while it does ping you for 1 with every instant and sorcery, is one of the only spell reducers at his mana value (alongside Goblin Electromancer and Baral, Chief of Compliance. His backside helps even more.

Not from MH3, but, Goblin Rabblemaster could also be a good way to consistently generate a token each turn.

Coward_Token on Modern Horizons 3

11 months ago

Finally

Coram: Kagha, Shadow Archdruid on (red) steroids, but as she's AFAIK not too popular I feel that's not saying too much. Only on your turns. Worth noting that e.g. Hermit Druid works too.

Cayth, Famed Mechanist: "I have no idea who you are." Anyway, all your creature spells coming with a free token or even counter probably has some combo potential, even if Cloudstone Curio is out.

Azlask the Swelling Scourge: Spawning Pit works well here.

Ulalek, Fused Atrocity: Dimensional Infiltrator's time to shine!

Disa the Restless: I dare you to cast Mnemonic Betrayal

Omo, Queen of Vesuva: Not just "changeling counter" since it needs to cover both creatures and land. I kinda wish the counters had their own intrinsic rules, like flying counters. Note that land creatures don't get pseudo-changeling.

Kozilek, the Broken Reality: Does a card that you need to pay nine mana for really need even a minor drawback?

Sorin of House Markov: first extort commander!

Ral, Monsoon Mage: Not a fan of the flip damage. Can't red just have their own reliable Baral, Chief of Compliance?

Volatile Stormdrake: Nerfed Gilded Drake is still pretty good; plenty of high-value creatures at MV <=4. A sorcery-speed kill spell that pierces indestructible isn't horrible either (especially if it has a good on-death trigger.)

Flare of Fortitude: kinda wish this was Flare of Angel's Grace instead.

Trickster's Elk: I kinda hate this? IIRC, Kenrith's Transformation was a break, or at least a strong bend due to time constraints.

IQuarent on The Friendmaker | Talrand, Sky Summoner [PRIMER]

11 months ago

From looking at this list, I'd say what it needs is less card selection and more actual advantage. Lorien Revealed, Plea for Power, and Distant Melody (naming drakes) could all find a spot in here. Also really surprised to see Snap is not in the deck. It's a free drake.

Cards that reduce the cost of Instants and Sorceries would also suit this deck. Unfortunately the non-creature ones aren't very good. If you wanted to drop the Polymorph strategy, (which personally I would because it's going to make games very samey, not that I have anything against other people who decide to do it this way) Curious Homunculus  Flip and Baral, Chief of Compliance would both be great in here. There's also Thunderclap Drake from the new commander set, and you probably already know about Archmage Emeritus.

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