Baral and Kari Zev
- Mana cost
- {1}{U}{R}
- Type
- Legendary Creature — Human
- Power / toughness
- 2 / 4
- Set
- March of the Machine Promos #218p (rare)
- Price
- $0.36 USD
First strike, menace
Whenever you cast your first instant or sorcery spell each turn, you may cast a spell with lesser mana value that shares a card type with it from your hand without paying its mana cost. If you don't, create First Mate Ragavan, a legendary 2/1 red Monkey Pirate creature token. It gains haste until end of turn.
Baral and Kari Zev has 5 printings, first in March of the Machine (2023). EDHREC ranks it #7,314 among Commander cards. It appears most in Shiko and Narset, Unified decks (3,146 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Public decks that run Baral and Kari Zev
- Jeskai Striker - Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander, led by Shiko and Narset, Unified
Commanders that run Baral and Kari Zev most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Shiko and Narset, Unified: 3,146 decks
- Anhelo, the Painter: 2,670 decks
- Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot: 966 decks
- Elsha, Threefold Master: 650 decks
- Riku of Many Paths: 565 decks
- Eris, Roar of the Storm: 439 decks
- Gandalf of the Secret Fire: 414 decks
- Magnus the Red: 303 decks
Often played with Baral and Kari Zev
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : The spell you cast from your hand without paying its mana cost is cast during the resolution of the triggered ability. Timing restrictions of that spell based on card type are ignored. It will resolve before the spell that caused the ability to trigger.
- : If you cast a spell without paying its mana cost, you can’t choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay any additional costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those.
- : If the spell has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
- : Baral and Kari Zev will count any instant or sorcery spell you cast during a turn, even if it wasn’t on the battlefield at the time. This means if you cast an instant or sorcery spell, then Baral and Kari Zev comes under your control, its triggered ability won’t trigger that turn.