Baral, Lord of Counterspells

Commander / EDH Combo Control Infinite Combo Mono-Blue

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Instant (30)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Confirm Suspicions
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cryptic Command
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Desertion
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Dismiss
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Dissolve
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Exclude
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x High Tide
• 1x Hinder
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Memory Lapse
• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Negate
• 1x Overwhelming Denial
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Scour from Existence
• 1x Sublime Epiphany
• 1x Void Shatter

Sorcery (15)

• 1x Beacon of Tomorrows
• 1x Call to Mind
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Enter the Infinite
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Recurring Insight
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Spelltwine
• 1x Temporal Trespass
• 1x Time Stretch
• 1x Time Warp
• 1x Treasure Cruise

Creature (8)

• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Guile
• 1x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Mnemonic Wall
• 1x Palinchron
• 1x Scourge of Fleets
• 1x Talrand, Sky Summoner

Enchantment (5)

• 1x As Foretold
• 1x Jace's Sanctum
• 1x Omniscience
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Telepathy

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor

Commander (1)

Land (35)

• 1x Desert of the Mindful
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 24x Island
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Remote Isle
• 1x Riptide Laboratory
• 1x Soldevi Excavations
• 1x Tectonic Edge

Artifact (5)

• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring

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Maybeboard

Instant (16)

• 1x AEtherize
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Delay
• 1x Disdainful Stroke
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Forbid
• 1x Mana Leak
• 1x Mental Misstep
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Nexus of Fate
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Polymorphist's Jest
• 1x Remand
• 1x Spell Shrivel
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Syncopate

Creature (7)

• 1x Archmage Emeritus
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Kefnet the Mindful
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
• 1x Torrential Gearhulk

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Jace Beleren
• 1x Tamiyo, the Moon Sage

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Drake Haven
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Precognition Field
• 1x Search for Azcanta  ^Flip
• 1x Trail of Evidence

Artifact (3)

• 1x Library of Leng
• 1x Mindsplice Apparatus
• 1x Paradox Engine

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"The echo of silence is music to my ears."

Counterspells

Baral obviously wants a metric ton of counterspells:

Arcane Denial, Confirm Suspicions, Counterspell, Dismiss, Disallow, Dissipate, Dissolve, Hinder, Overwhelming Denial, Rewind, Sublime Epiphany and Void Shatter for hard counters.

Delay, Disdainful Stroke, Exclude, Mana Leak, Memory Lapse, Mystic Confluence, Negate and Spell Shrivel for situational and soft counters.

Guile works with counterspells to basically Spelljack opponents spells.

Telepathy for making opponents play with their hands revealed.

Alhammarret's Archive turns Baral's looting effect into card advantage and Library of Leng makes the discard part a lot better.

Jace's Sanctum and Sapphire Medallion for cost reduction on instant/sorceries, Trail of Evidence for generating Clue tokens on instant/sorceries. Drake Haven for making Drake tokens when looting.

Isochron Scepter for imprinting counterspells.

Ghost Quarter and Tectonic Edge for blowing up "can't be countered" lands.

Draw

Jace, Vryn's Prodigy   for an alternate general with a loot effect that flips to recur spells.

Blue Sun's Zenith, Brainstorm, Ponder, Preordain, Recurring Insight and Treasure Cruise for draw spells. Dig Through Time is basically a draw spell, though it doesn't actually "draw" cards.

Rhystic Study and Tamiyo's Journal for additional draw effects.

Archaeomancer, Call to Mind, Mnemonic Wall and Spelltwine for recursion/replaying spells.

Removal

Curse of the Swine, Pongify, Rapid Hybridization and Scour from Existence for destroy/exile removal.

Cyclonic Rift, Evacuation and Scourge of Fleets for bounce effects.

Combos

Leyline of Anticipation for playing at instant speed.

Omniscience + Enter the Infinite + Laboratory Maniac and any other draw spell (of 2+ cards) for an instant win. Or, Beacon of Tomorrows for infinite turns.

High Tide or Caged Sun + Palinchron + at least six Islands for infinite Blue mana, add Blue Sun's Zenith to mill an opponent.

Beacon of Tomorrows, Temporal Trespass, Time Stretch and Time Warp for extra turns while setting up for combos.

Trail of Evidence + Tamiyo's Journal turns instants/sorceries into Clue tokens, which quickly become tutors for combo pieces.

Everything Else

Talrand, Sky Summoner for making Drake tokens as instants/sorceries are cast.

Caged Sun and Sol Ring for ramp.

Rite of Replication for cloning things.

Maybeboard

Paradox Engine with Sol Ring/Isochron Scepter (and a counterspell imprinted) can basically counter every spell for the rest of the game (barring a Krosan Grip).

Date added	7 years
Last updated	1 day
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 28 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 21 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.03
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Boar 2/2 G, Clue, Copy Clone, Drake 2/2 U, Emblem Jace, Vryn's Prodigy, Frog Lizard 3/3 G
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