Baraltifacts

Commander / EDH Counterspell Mono-Blue Tokens

Demacias_Nerd

Instant (25)

• 1x Miscast
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Stubborn Denial
• 1x Censor
• 1x Mana Leak
• 1x Negate
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Remand
• 1x Revolutionary Rebuff
• 1x Unsubstantiate
• 1x Cancel
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Dissolve
• 1x Hour of Need
• 1x Metallic Rebuke
• 1x Stoic Rebuttal
• 1x Unwind
• 1x Void Shatter
• 1x Wizard's Retort
• 1x Overwhelming Denial
• 1x Aetherspouts
• 1x Confirm Suspicions
• 1x Psychic Spiral
• 1x Traumatic Visions
• 1x Commit / Memory

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Psychic Corrosion
• 1x Trail of Evidence
• 1x Mechanized Production
• 1x Skywise Teachings

Creature (22)

• 1x Cerulean Drake
• 1x Glint-Nest Crane
• 1x Hedron Crawler
• 1x Karfell Harbinger
• 1x Manakin
• 1x Mystic Archaeologist
• 1x Thieving Skydiver
• 1x Vodalian Arcanist
• 1x Voltaic Servant
• 1x Alloy Myr
• 1x Cogwork Assembler
• 1x Emry, Lurker of the Loch
• 1x Naiad of Hidden Coves
• 1x Sai, Master Thopterist
• 1x Silumgar Spell-Eater
• 1x Skilled Animator
• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Traxos, Scourge of Kroog
• 1x Umara Wizard  ^Flip
• 1x Meteor Golem
• 1x Pilgrim of the Fires
• 1x Platinum Angel

Land (32)

• 1x Foundry of the Consuls
• 29x Island
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Ruins of Oran-Rief

Commander (1)

Artifact (16)

• 1x Pyramid of the Pantheon
• 1x Soul-Guide Lantern
• 1x Universal Solvent
• 1x Witching Well
• 1x Amulet of Safekeeping
• 1x Cranial Archive
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Perpetual Timepiece
• 1x Scroll of the Masters
• 1x Sorcerous Spyglass
• 1x Arcane Encyclopedia
• 1x Chaos Wand
• 1x Edifice of Authority
• 1x Whirlermaker
• 1x Ghirapur Orrery
• 1x Trigon of Thought

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Sideboard

Artifact (4)

• 1x Tormod's Crypt
• 1x Renegade Map
• 1x Implement of Examination
• 1x Staff of the Mind Magus

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Thoughtcast
• 1x Treasure Cruise

Instant (4)

• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Warping Wail
• 1x Broken Concentration
• 1x Contradict

Land (1)

• 1x Darksteel Citadel

Creature (3)

• 1x Gingerbrute
• 1x Foundry Inspector
• 1x Gearsmith Guardian

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Efficient Construction

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Maybeboard

Creature (2)

• 1x Scribe of the Mindful
• 1x Witness of Tomorrows

Artifact (1)

• 1x Traveler's Amulet

Instant (1)

• 1x Anticognition

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A mild to moderately shitty Baral deck made entirely of cards from my collection. Main wincon is Mechanized Production and thopter generators, but theres enough control elements that some of the larger artifact beaters can chip away at opponents late in games if Mechanized gets shut down. You can also attempt to go wide with Skywise Teachings or mill opponents out with Psychic Corrosion but they're in here more as synergy pieces and shouldn't be relied on to close out games unless you're reeeeeeaally desperate.

The gameplan is pretty straightforward; counter about 1/4 of the things your opponents do, use the looting effect from Baral, Chief of Compliance to look for Mechanized Production, and use the counterspells you have on hand to keep Mechanized around. If things go wrong, you have 4 graveyard recycling effects like Perpetual Timepiece, and Psychic Spiral doubles as player removal if you end up playing a longer game, and you also have Emry, Lurker of the Loch to grab artifacts from the 'yard if you need them later. There's also about 7 pieces of non-counterspell removal included for cards that are uncounterable or otherwise slip through, and you have Aetherspouts as an aggro release valve if you get buried in creatures early, and as a tokens hoser.

Overall, it's not the best, and honestly I'd argue its not even very good, but the high card velocity from Baral draw/discards and the huge amount of counterspells to protect your gameplan make it a fairly consistent deck, even if it is a pain to play against. Play this deck at high-removal tables if you don't want to be hunted for sport, you tell other people "no, you can't play the game" a little too often for most players taste and if you're at low removal tables where nobody can really get through your counterspells and actually impact your boardstate, you're going to end up with a lot of cheesy wins and some very upset friends.

Date added	5 months
Last updated	5 months
Exclude colors	WBRG
Splash colors	U
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 16 - 1 Rares 32 - 6 Uncommons 21 - 8 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.00
Tokens	Clue, Copy Clone, Djinn Monk 2/2 U, Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Manifest 2/2 C, Morph 2/2 C, Sphinx 4/4 U, Thopter 1/1 C