Baral, Chief of Compliance
Current paper retail
Card Kingdom$5.49
Cardmarket€1.62
ManaPool$3.06
TCGplayer$3.36
Buylist (dealers pay)
Card Kingdom$2.30
MTGO (Cardhoarder)
retail$0.03 tix
90-day paper retail (USD)
3 providers
This printing
SetMUL
Collector #8
Released2023-04-21
Rarityrare
ArtistYeong-Hao Han
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesReprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Baral, Chief of Compliance

RareColour IDMV 2
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
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.
1 / 3
Card capabilities
Card drawCost reductionCreatureDiscardLegendary creature
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
Rulings (3)
wotc19 Mar 2021
A spell or ability counters a spell only if it specifically contains the word "counter" in its text. If a spell or ability you control causes all the targets of a spell to become illegal, that spell doesn't resolve but it's not countered.
wotc19 Mar 2021
The cost reduction applies only to generic mana in the cost of instant and sorcery spells you cast.
wotc19 Mar 2021
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as a flashback cost), add any cost increases (such as kicker costs), then apply any cost reductions (such as that of Baral's first ability). The mana value of the spell is determined by only its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast that spell was.