Baral, Chief of Compliance
- Mana cost
- {1}{U}
- Type
- Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
- Power / toughness
- 1 / 3
- Set
- Aether Revolt #28 (rare)
- Price
- $3.10 USD
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Whenever a spell or ability you control counters a spell, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.
Baral, Chief of Compliance has 12 printings, first in Aether Revolt (2017). EDHREC ranks it #1,354 among Commander cards. It appears most in Eluge, the Shoreless Sea decks (5,289 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Baral, Chief of Compliance most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Eluge, the Shoreless Sea: 5,289 decks
- Niv-Mizzet, Parun: 4,836 decks
- Y'shtola, Night's Blessed: 4,769 decks
- Vivi Ornitier: 3,469 decks
- Lord of the Nazgûl: 3,219 decks
- Talrand, Sky Summoner: 3,050 decks
- Gandalf, Party Guest: 2,956 decks
- Zethi, Arcane Blademaster: 2,836 decks
Often played with Baral, Chief of Compliance
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : The cost reduction applies only to generic mana in the cost of instant and sorcery spells you cast.
- : A spell or ability counters a spell only if it specifically contains the word "counter" in its text. If a spell or ability you control causes all the targets of a spell to become illegal, that spell doesn't resolve but it's not countered.
- : To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as a flashback cost), add any cost increases (such as kicker costs), then apply any cost reductions (such as that of Baral's first ability). The mana value of the spell is determined by only its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast that spell was.