Baral • (Mono-Blue Commander deck) • Archidekt

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Counterspells Control

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Counterspells Control

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Commander

Qty: 1 Price: $5.49

Baral, Chief of Compliance

Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost

less to cast.
Whenever a spell or ability you control counters a spell, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

Legendary Creature - Human Wizard

$5.49 $4.03 $3.42

Commander

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Counterspell

Qty: 27 Price: $97.47

Access Denied

Counter target spell. Create X 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature tokens with flying, where X is that spell's mana value.

Instant

$3.99 $2.25 $1.68

Arcane Denial

Counter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Instant

$4.49 $1.84 $1.84

Bane's Contingency

Counter target spell. If that spell targets a commander you control, instead counter that spell, scry 2, then draw a card.

Instant

$0.49 $0.22 $0.15

Calculated Dismissal

Counter target spell unless its controller pays

.
Spell mastery — If there are two or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard, scry 2. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Instant

$0.35 $0.32 $0.15

Cancel

Counter target spell.

Instant

$0.35 $0.28 $0.15

Confounding Riddle

Choose one —
• Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
• Counter target spell unless its controller pays

Instant

$0.35 $0.31 $0.15

Confusticate and Bebother

Choose one —
• Counter target spell unless its controller pays

.
• Draw two cards, then discard a card.

Instant

$0.35 $0.20 $0.15

Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant

$3.99 $2.33 $2.38

Defabricate

Choose one —
• Counter target artifact or enchantment spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.
• Counter target activated or triggered ability.

Instant

$0.35 $0.22 $0.15

Disallow

Counter target spell, activated ability, or triggered ability. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)

Instant

$0.99 $0.38 $0.15

Disdainful Stroke

Counter target spell with mana value 4 or greater.

Instant

$0.35 $0.15 $0.15

Divert Disaster

Counter target spell unless its controller pays

. If they do, you create a Lander token. (It's an artifact with "

, Sacrifice this token: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.")

Instant

$0.35 $0.14 $0.15

Ertai's Scorn

This spell costs

less to cast if an opponent cast two or more spells this turn.
Counter target spell.

Instant

$0.35 $0.24 $0.15

Essence Scatter

Counter target creature spell.

Instant

$0.35 $1.01 $0.15

Flash Counter

Counter target instant spell.

Instant

$0.35 $0.29 $0.15

Force of Negation

If it's not your turn, you may exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target noncreature spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.

Instant

$69.99 $47.81 $46.89

Mana Leak

Counter target spell unless its controller pays

Instant

$0.35 $0.29 $0.15

Mana Sculpt

Counter target spell. If you control a Wizard, add an amount of

equal to the amount of mana spent to cast that spell at the beginning of your next main phase.

Instant

$1.49 $0.98 $0.26

Miscast

Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays

Instant

$2.49 $1.48 $0.83

Negate

Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant

$0.35 $0.23 $0.15

Null Elemental Blast

Choose one —
• Counter target multicolored spell.
• Destroy target multicolored permanent.

Instant

$0.69 $0.34 $0.15

Refute

Counter target spell. Draw a card, then discard a card.

Instant

$0.35 $---- $1.76

Remand

Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, put it into its owner's hand instead of into that player's graveyard.
Draw a card.

Instant

$0.39 $0.24 $0.15

Rewind

Counter target spell. Untap up to four lands.

Instant

$0.99 $0.41 $0.26

Spell Pierce

Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays

Instant

$0.35 $0.33 $0.15

Sublime Epiphany

Choose one or more —
• Counter target spell.
• Counter target activated or triggered ability.
• Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.
• Create a token that's a copy of target creature you control.
• Target player draws a card.

Instant

$0.59 $0.28 $0.15

Unwind

Counter target noncreature spell. Untap up to three lands.

Instant

$1.99 $1.60 $0.98

Counterspell

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Discard Payoff

Qty: 4 Price: $33.96

Bag of Holding

Whenever you discard a card, exile that card from your graveyard.

: Draw a card, then discard a card.

, Sacrifice this artifact: Return all cards exiled with this artifact to their owner's hand.

Artifact

$0.49 $0.31 $0.21

Emrakul, the World Anew

When you cast this spell, gain control of all creatures target player controls.
Flying, protection from spells and from permanents that were cast this turn
When Emrakul leaves the battlefield, sacrifice all creatures you control.
Madness—Pay six

Legendary Creature - Eldrazi

$9.99 $6.75 $5.32

Monument to Endurance

Whenever you discard a card, choose one that hasn't been chosen this turn —
• Draw a card.
• Create a Treasure token.
• Each opponent loses 3 life.

Artifact

$22.99 $16.41 $15.63

Scrounging Skyray

Flying
Whenever you discard one or more cards, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature.
Cycling

(

, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Creature - Fish Pirate

$0.49 $0.25 $0.15

Discard Payoff

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Disruption

Qty: 4 Price: $62.66

Cyclonic Rift

Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand.
Overload

(You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Instant

$47.99 $39.43 $40.36

Hullbreaker Horror

Flash
This spell can't be countered.
Whenever you cast a spell, choose up to one —
• Return target spell you don't control to its owner's hand.
• Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.

Creature - Horror Kraken

$9.49 $6.42 $6.19

Snap

Return target creature to its owner's hand. Untap up to two lands.

Instant

$4.49 $4.22 $3.52

Snapback

You may exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Return target creature to its owner's hand.

Instant

$0.69 $0.38 $0.26

Disruption

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Draw

Qty: 11 Price: $131.21

Archmage Emeritus

Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, draw a card.

Creature - Human Wizard

$1.29 $0.74 $0.61

Archmage of Runes

Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost

less to cast.
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, draw a card.

Creature - Wizard Giant

$4.99 $3.64 $2.90

Dig Through Time

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for

.)
Look at the top seven cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Instant

$0.49 $0.31 $0.15

Hurkyl, Master Wizard

At the beginning of your end step, if you've cast a noncreature spell this turn, reveal the top five cards of your library. For each card type among noncreature spells you've cast this turn, you may put a card of that type from among the revealed cards into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Legendary Creature - Human Wizard Advisor

$0.49 $0.32 $0.15

Impulse

Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Instant

$0.35 $0.25 $0.15

Katara, Waterbending Master

Whenever you cast a spell during an opponent's turn, you get an experience counter.
Whenever Katara attacks, you may draw a card for each experience counter you have. If you do, discard a card.

Legendary Creature - Human Warrior Ally

$13.99 $7.90 $6.97

Mystic Remora

Cumulative upkeep

(At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays

Enchantment

$15.99 $14.19 $10.40

Obsessive Search

Draw a card.
Madness

(If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Instant

$0.35 $0.21 $0.15

Rhystic Study

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays

Enchantment

$89.99 $69.95 $60.90

Tolarian Winds

Discard all the cards in your hand, then draw that many cards.

Instant

$2.29 $0.96 $0.90

Wavebreak Hippocamp

Whenever you cast your first spell during each opponent's turn, draw a card.

Creature Enchantment - Fish Horse

$0.99 $0.59 $0.51

Draw

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Land

Qty: 36 Price: $154.94

Agna Qel'a

This land enters tapped unless you control a basic land.

: Add

: Draw a card, then discard a card.

Land

$1.79 $0.92 $0.32

Emergence Zone

: Add

, Sacrifice this land: You may cast spells this turn as though they had flash.

Land

$3.99 $3.54 $3.03

Field of Ruin

: Add

, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. Each player searches their library for a basic land card, puts it onto the battlefield, then shuffles.

Land

$0.39 $0.35 $0.15

Island

(

: Add

Basic Land - Island

$0.49 $---- $----

Jwari Disruption

Counter target spell unless its controller pays

Instant

Jwari Disruption // Jwari Ruins (znr) 64

$0.59 $0.36 $0.15

Minamo, School at Water's Edge

: Add

: Untap target legendary permanent.

Legendary Land

Minamo, School at Water's Edge (plst) CHK-279

$74.99 $57.98 $51.57

Mystic Sanctuary

(

: Add

.)
This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Islands.
When this land enters untapped, you may put target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Land - Island

$2.49 $1.43 $1.27

Otawara, Soaring City

: Add

.
Channel —

, Discard this card: Return target artifact, creature, enchantment, or planeswalker to its owner's hand. This ability costs

less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Legendary Land

$42.99 $28.09 $25.84

Sink into Stupor

Return target spell or nonland permanent an opponent controls to its owner's hand.

Instant

Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs (mh3) 241

$13.99 $8.58 $7.81

Land

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Looting

Qty: 3 Price: $3.43

Frantic Search

Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Untap up to three lands.

Instant

$2.29 $2.22 $1.03

Lore Broker

: Each player draws a card, then discards a card.

Creature - Human Rogue

$0.79 $0.43 $0.26

Merfolk Looter

: Draw a card, then discard a card.

Creature - Merfolk Rogue

$0.35 $0.38 $0.19

Looting

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Pump

Qty: 1 Price: $0.49

Astrologian's Planisphere

Job select (When this Equipment enters, create a 1/1 colorless Hero creature token, then attach this to it.)
Equipped creature is a Wizard in addition to its other types and has "Whenever you cast a noncreature spell and whenever you draw your third card each turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature."
Diana — Equip

Artifact - Equipment

$0.49 $0.27 $0.15

Pump

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Ramp

Qty: 8 Price: $12.62

Arcane Signet

: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact

$0.99 $0.60 $0.39

Bender's Waterskin

Untap this artifact during each other player's untap step.

: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact

$1.79 $0.92 $0.43

Currency Converter

Whenever you discard a card, you may exile that card from your graveyard.

: Draw a card, then discard a card.

: Put a card exiled with this artifact into its owner's graveyard. If it's a land card, create a Treasure token. If it's a nonland card, create a 2/2 black Rogue creature token.

Artifact

$0.49 $0.29 $0.15

Fellwar Stone

: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Artifact

$1.49 $0.61 $0.57

Geist of Saint Thalia

Flying
Noncreature spells you cast cost

less to cast.

Legendary Creature - Cleric Spirit

$2.79 $1.20 $0.36

Haughty Djinn

Flying
Haughty Djinn's power is equal to the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard.
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost

less to cast.

Creature - Djinn

$0.49 $0.30 $0.15

High Tide

Until end of turn, whenever a player taps an Island for mana, that player adds an additional

Instant

$1.79 $0.90 $0.81

Sol Ring

: Add

Artifact

$2.79 $1.55 $1.34

Ramp

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Theft

Qty: 1 Price: $0.79

Guile

This creature can't be blocked except by three or more creatures.
If a spell or ability you control would counter a spell, instead exile that spell and you may play that card without paying its mana cost.
When Guile is put into a graveyard from anywhere, shuffle it into its owner's library.

Creature - Elemental Incarnation

$0.79 $0.82 $0.45

Theft

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Tokens

Qty: 4 Price: $11.46

Chasm Skulker

Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
When this creature dies, create X 1/1 blue Squid creature tokens with islandwalk, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature. (They can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)

Creature - Horror Squid

$0.79 $0.31 $0.22

Drake Haven

Whenever you cycle or discard a card, you may pay

. If you do, create a 2/2 blue Drake creature token with flying.

Enchantment

$0.49 $0.36 $0.15

Lullmage Mentor

Whenever a spell or ability you control counters a spell, you may create a 1/1 blue Merfolk creature token.
Tap seven untapped Merfolk you control: Counter target spell.

Creature - Wizard Merfolk

$9.49 $8.10 $4.76

Talrand, Sky Summoner

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 2/2 blue Drake creature token with flying.

Legendary Creature - Wizard Merfolk

$0.69 $1.88 $0.46

Tokens

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Maybeboard

Qty: 42 Price: $75.04

Academy Wall

Defender
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Creature - Wall

$0.35 $0.20 $0.15

An Offer You Can't Refuse

Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "

, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant

$11.99 $7.57 $5.93

Annul

Counter target artifact or enchantment spell.

Instant

$0.35 $0.32 $0.15

Azami, Lady of Scrolls

Tap an untapped Wizard you control: Draw a card.

Legendary Creature - Human Wizard

$0.79 $0.41 $0.21

Bilbo, Luckwearer

Bilbo can't be blocked.
Whenever Bilbo deals combat damage to a player, draw a card, then discard a card.

Legendary Creature - Rogue Halfling

Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot (hob) 32

$0.35 $0.19 $0.15

Brainstorm

Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

Instant

$2.79 $0.64 $0.36

Brainsurge

Draw four cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

Instant

$0.39 $0.27 $0.15

Chameleon, Master of Disguise

You may have Chameleon enter as a copy of a creature you control, except his name is Chameleon, Master of Disguise.
Mayhem

(You may cast this card from your graveyard for

if you discarded it this turn. Timing rules still apply.)

Legendary Creature - Human Shapeshifter Villain

$0.79 $0.37 $0.29

Circular Logic

Counter target spell unless its controller pays

for each card in your graveyard.
Madness

(If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Instant

$0.69 $0.28 $0.15

Collector's Vault

: Draw a card, then discard a card. Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "

, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Artifact

$2.29 $0.65 $0.36

Convolute

Counter target spell unless its controller pays

Instant

$0.35 $0.15 $0.15

Copy Land

You may have this enchantment enter as a copy of any land on the battlefield, except it's an enchantment in addition to its other types.

Enchantment

$0.49 $0.36 $0.15

Cryptic Command

Choose two —
• Counter target spell.
• Return target permanent to its owner's hand.
• Tap all creatures your opponents control.
• Draw a card.

Instant

$7.99 $3.84 $4.16

Dismiss

Counter target spell.
Draw a card.

Instant

$0.35 $0.23 $0.15

Dispel

Counter target instant spell.

Instant

$0.99 $1.43 $0.35

Dissipate

Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.

Instant

$0.35 $0.23 $0.15

Docent of Perfection

Flying
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 1/1 blue Human Wizard creature token. Then if you control three or more Wizards, transform this creature.

Creature - Horror Insect

Docent of Perfection // Final Iteration (inr) 62

$0.79 $0.59 $0.37

Everflowing Chalice

Multikicker

(You may pay an additional

any number of times as you cast this spell.)
This artifact enters with a charge counter on it for each time it was kicked.

: Add

for each charge counter on this artifact.

Artifact

$0.79 $0.33 $0.19

Fatespinner

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, that player chooses draw step, main phase, or combat phase. The player skips each instance of the chosen step or phase this turn.

Creature - Human Wizard

$6.49 $7.63 $4.16

Hermes, Overseer of Elpis

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, create a 1/1 blue Bird creature token with flying and vigilance.
Whenever you attack with one or more Birds, scry 2.

Legendary Creature - Wizard Elder

$0.79 $0.39 $0.31

Icy Reception

Choose one —
• Counter target creature or legendary spell unless its controller pays

.
• Target creature gets -5/-0 until end of turn.

Instant

$0.35 $0.14 $0.15

Just the Wind

Return target creature to its owner's hand.
Madness

(If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Instant

$0.35 $0.09 $0.15

Metallic Rebuke

Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for

.)
Counter target spell unless its controller pays

Instant

$0.39 $2.23 $0.21

Muse Seeker

Opus — Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, draw a card. Then discard a card unless five or more mana was spent to cast that spell.

Creature - Wizard Elf

$0.35 $0.21 $0.15

Mysterio's Mirage

At the beginning of your end step, if you discarded a card this turn, create a 3/3 blue Illusion Villain creature token.

Enchantment

$0.49 $0.35 $0.15

Propaganda

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays

for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment

$4.49 $2.21 $2.39

Psychosis Crawler

Psychosis Crawler's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.
Whenever you draw a card, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature Artifact - Horror Phyrexian

$0.79 $0.68 $0.36

Recalibrate

Return target creature to its owner's hand. If you've discarded a card this turn, draw a card.

Instant

$0.35 $0.13 $0.15

Reject

Counter target creature or planeswalker spell unless its controller pays

. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.

Instant

$0.35 $0.20 $0.15

Relm's Sketching

Create a token that's a copy of target artifact, creature, or land.

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.26 $0.15

Shark Typhoon

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, create an X/X blue Shark creature token with flying, where X is that spell's mana value.
Cycling

(

, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle this card, create an X/X blue Shark creature token with flying.

Enchantment

$0.69 $0.34 $0.15

Stern Scolding

Counter target creature spell with power or toughness 2 or less.

Instant

$1.29 $4.30 $0.71

Swallowed by Leviathan

Choose target spell. Surveil 2, then counter the chosen spell unless its controller pays

for each card in your graveyard. (To surveil 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

Instant

$0.35 $0.27 $0.15

Swan Song

Counter target enchantment, instant, or sorcery spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.

Instant

$17.99 $10.64 $10.65

Tale's End

Counter target activated ability, triggered ability, or legendary spell.

Instant

$2.99 $3.24 $1.33

Test of Talents

Counter target instant or sorcery spell. Search its controller's graveyard, hand, and library for any number of cards with the same name as that spell and exile them. That player shuffles, then draws a card for each card exiled from their hand this way.

Instant

$0.79 $0.35 $0.15

Treasure Cruise

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for

.)
Draw three cards.

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.26 $0.15

Uncover the Moon-Letters

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, you may draw X cards, where X is the amount of mana spent to cast that spell. If you do, discard two cards.

Enchantment

$0.49 $0.36 $0.15

Urza's Rebuff

Choose one —
• Counter target spell.
• Tap up to two target creatures.

Instant

$0.35 $0.17 $0.15

Welcome to the Fold

Madness

(If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
Gain control of target creature if its toughness is 2 or less. If this spell's madness cost was paid, instead gain control of that creature if its toughness is X or less.

Sorcery

$0.49 $0.23 $0.15

Wharf Infiltrator

Skulk (This creature can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.)
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.
Whenever you discard a creature card, you may pay

. If you do, create a 3/2 colorless Eldrazi Horror creature token.

Creature - Human Horror

$0.49 $0.40 $0.34

Whirlwind Denial

For each spell and ability your opponents control, counter it unless its controller pays

Instant

$0.35 $0.36 $0.15

Maybeboard

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Deck Info

Deck size: 100Est cost: $514.52

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Avg Mana Value: 2.82Total Mana Value: 186.00

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Avg Mana Value: 2.82Total Mana Value: 186.00

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