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Baral, Chief of Compliance - Decklist

Creatures 16$7.35

  1. Archaeomancer1Archaeomancer$0.30
  2. Archmage Emeritus1Archmage Emeritus$0.74
  3. Curious Homunculus // Voracious Reader1Curious Homunculus // Voracious Reader$0.32
  4. Docent of Perfection // Final Iteration1Docent of Perfection // Final Iteration$0.59
  5. Guile1Guile$0.59
  6. Haughty Djinn1Haughty Djinn$0.31
  7. Mocking Sprite1Mocking Sprite$0.20
  8. Murmuring Mystic1Murmuring Mystic$0.33

Creatures continued

  1. Naiad of Hidden Coves1Naiad of Hidden Coves$0.21
  2. Sphinx of the Final Word1Sphinx of the Final Word$0.39
  3. Talrand, Sky Summoner1Talrand, Sky Summoner$0.39
  4. Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir1Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir$0.71
  5. Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror1Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror$0.52
  6. Thunderclap Drake1Thunderclap Drake$0.52
  7. Torrential Gearhulk1Torrential Gearhulk$0.65
  8. Wavebreak Hippocamp1Wavebreak Hippocamp$0.58

Planeswalkers 1$0.95

  1. Narset, Parter of Veils1Narset, Parter of Veils$0.95

Instants 31$12.68

  1. Arcane Denial1Arcane Denial$1.85
  2. Bane's Contingency1Bane's Contingency$0.23
  3. Cancel1Cancel$0.07
  4. Defabricate1Defabricate$0.22
  5. Disallow1Disallow$0.35
  6. Disdainful Stroke1Disdainful Stroke$0.11
  7. Dismiss1Dismiss$0.14
  8. Dispel1Dispel$0.36
  9. Dissipate1Dissipate$0.11
  10. Dissolve1Dissolve$0.23
  11. Ertai's Scorn1Ertai's Scorn$0.24

Instants continued

  1. Essence Scatter1Essence Scatter$0.07
  2. Exclude1Exclude$0.15
  3. Filter Out1Filter Out$0.22
  4. Insidious Will1Insidious Will$0.49
  5. Mana Leak1Mana Leak$0.19
  6. Mana Sculpt1Mana Sculpt$0.83
  7. Memory Lapse1Memory Lapse$0.37
  8. Mystic Confluence1Mystic Confluence$0.50
  9. Negate1Negate$0.17
  10. Neutralize1Neutralize$0.13
  11. Remand1Remand$0.25

Instants continued

  1. Rewind1Rewind$0.35
  2. Saw It Coming1Saw It Coming$0.36
  3. Sinister Sabotage1Sinister Sabotage$0.23
  4. Spell Pierce1Spell Pierce$0.28
  5. Spell Swindle1Spell Swindle$1.57
  6. Unwind1Unwind$1.58
  7. Wash Away1Wash Away$0.45
  8. Wizard's Retort1Wizard's Retort$0.30
  9. You Find the Villains' Lair1You Find the Villains' Lair$0.28

Sorceries 6$2.96

  1. Consuming Tide1Consuming Tide$0.58
  2. Curse of the Swine1Curse of the Swine$0.27
  3. Devastation Tide1Devastation Tide$0.32
  4. Mists of Lórien1Mists of Lórien$1.42
  5. Rise from the Tides1Rise from the Tides$0.10
  6. Treasure Cruise1Treasure Cruise$0.27

Artifacts 2$1.50

  1. Mindsplice Apparatus1Mindsplice Apparatus$1.16
  2. Runechanter's Pike1Runechanter's Pike$0.34

Enchantments 5$5.09

  1. Case of the Ransacked Lab1Case of the Ransacked Lab$0.58
  2. Jace's Sanctum1Jace's Sanctum$0.57
  3. Metallurgic Summonings1Metallurgic Summonings$1.52
  4. Propaganda1Propaganda$1.90
  5. Telepathy1Telepathy$0.52

Lands 38 / 38$17.99

  1. Agna Qel'a1Agna Qel'a$0.92
  2. Buried Ruin1Buried Ruin$0.36
  3. Castle Vantress1Castle Vantress$0.31
  4. Cephalid Coliseum1Cephalid Coliseum$0.27
  5. Command Tower1Command Tower$0.21
  6. Coral Atoll1Coral Atoll$0.63
  7. Demolition Field1Demolition Field$0.23
  8. Desert of the Mindful1Desert of the Mindful$0.07
  9. Evolving Wilds1Evolving Wilds$0.09
  10. Fabled Passage1Fabled Passage$0.77
  11. Field of Ruin1Field of Ruin$0.26

Lands continued

  1. Ghost Quarter1Ghost Quarter$0.44
  2. Halimar Depths1Halimar Depths$0.33
  3. Hall of Storm Giants1Hall of Storm Giants$0.44
  4. Island×55Island$0.35
  5. Lonely Sandbar1Lonely Sandbar$0.18
  6. Memorial to Genius1Memorial to Genius$0.16
  7. Myriad Landscape1Myriad Landscape$0.26
  8. Mystic Sanctuary1Mystic Sanctuary$1.14
  9. Remote Isle1Remote Isle$0.23
  10. Riptide Laboratory1Riptide Laboratory$0.66
  11. Rivendell1Rivendell$1.03

Lands continued

  1. Rogue's Passage1Rogue's Passage$0.34
  2. Scavenger Grounds1Scavenger Grounds$0.21
  3. Seat of the Synod1Seat of the Synod$0.90
  4. Snow-Covered Island×44Snow-Covered Island$4.24
  5. Temple of the False God1Temple of the False God$0.19
  6. Terrain Generator1Terrain Generator$1.38
  7. Terramorphic Expanse1Terramorphic Expanse$0.10
  8. Tolaria West1Tolaria West$0.47
  9. War Room1War Room$0.82

About this Baral, Chief of Compliance deck

A complete 100-card Commander deck: Baral, Chief of Compliance, 61 spells, and 38 lands, 9 of them basics. Its estimated price is $52.59 in TCGplayer singles, and no card but the commander may cost more than $2.

The list is drawn from what Baral, Chief of Compliance decks actually play. Of the cards that fit the budget, the most played are Negate, Rewind and Unwind. The picks most particular to this commander are Guile, Mana Leak and Ertai's Scorn, which turn up here far more often than in other Mono-Blue decks.

Its average mana value is 3.29. It runs 1 Game Changer.

The most expensive cards are Propaganda ($1.90), Arcane Denial ($1.85) and Unwind ($1.58); 40 of the 61 spells cost $0.50 or less. With at most $1 per card the same template costs $36.56, and with no limit $665.76; the chart below compares every limit.

Deck statistics and card selection
Average mana value3.29
Game Changers1
Combos0
Deck match70%

Mana curve

  1. Mana value 0: 0 cards
  2. Mana value 1: 4 cards
  3. Mana value 2: 14 cards
  4. Mana value 3: 23 cards
  5. Mana value 4: 10 cards
  6. Mana value 5: 6 cards
  7. Mana value 6: 3 cards
  8. Mana value 7+: 2 cards

The curve and the average cover Baral, Chief of Compliance and every nonland card in the draft. Game Changers are the cards on the official Commander Game Changers list. Combos are the two- to four-card combos from Commander Spellbook that these 100 cards hold every piece of.

Deck match measures similarity to commonly played nonland cards for this commander, weighted by how often they are played. It does not measure power or predict wins.

Command Zone template

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Draft compared with the Command Zone deck-building template
RoleTargetYour draftDifference
Ramp1010+0
Card advantage1214+2
Targeted disruption1236+24
Mass disruption66+0
Lands3838+0
Plan3012-18

These targets add up to 108 because a card can fill more than one role. 17 of your cards count in multiple rows. Modal spell/land cards count as whole lands here; the card-type sections use the front face. Your commander is excluded from these counts.

Roles use imported classifications or curated sample labels. 0 cards lack role data, so counts may be incomplete. Plan counts the cards that fill none of the rows above: the ones this commander’s decks play most distinctively, taken best first once the role targets are met.

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Targets from The Command Zone’s deck-building template. Card mapping and draft selection are by Budget Bauble. This is guidance, not a guarantee of deck strength.

Cards are selected from decks with this commander. Basic lands are split across the available colors; check the mana you need before playing. A complete list is not a guarantee of deck strength.

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Each bar is the complete Command Zone template deck for Baral, Chief of Compliance at that per-card cap, with the commander and basic lands included and no overall budget. Gold is your current cap, blue reaches 100 cards within the cap, and gray either runs out of eligible cards or has a commander that costs more than the cap. Select a bar to build that deck; your budget changes to its price. The percentage under each cap is that deck’s match with what Baral, Chief of Compliance decks usually play.

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With printings adds the set and collector number of the printing each price is based on. Both text formats list the commander first and work on most deck sites.

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