Baral, Chief of Compliance

Baral, Chief of Compliance Duel Commander decklist played by louis thoreau at OPEN QUALIFIER : La petite malle (19 Apr 2026).

Player: louis thoreau
Finish: #50 of 118, 3-2
Event: OPEN QUALIFIER : La petite malle, 19 Apr 2026
Archetype: Baral, Chief of Compliance
Format: Duel Commander
MTGO
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Commander

Main deck (100)

Creatures (9)

Planeswalkers (1)

Instants (36)

Sorceries (9)

Artifacts (4)

Enchantments (2)

Lands (38)

Commander

1 Baral, Chief of Compliance

Main deck (100)

Creatures (9)

Planeswalkers (1)

1 Ugin, Eye of the Storms

Instants (36)

Sorceries (9)

Artifacts (4)

Enchantments (2)

1 Treachery
1 Unable to Scream

Lands (38)

Compared with the average Baral, Chief of Compliance list

This list is the standard version of the archetype.

Most unusual list in this period: louis thoreau in CHAMPIONNAT RÉGIONAL : CHAMPAGNE ADRENNES (0 cards away from the average)

Combos in this deck

2 combos from Commander Spellbook with every card in this list, the most popular first.

Deck stats

Mana curve

2.71 average mana value · 3.16 printed

Cards by mana value
Mana value	Creatures	Other spells
0	2	3
1	0	9
2	3	16
3	4	12
4	0	4
5	0	4
6	0	1
7+	1	3

Printed cost With discounts

Pick the game state, or start from an optimistic guess for a turn.

Guess by turn On the draw

Cards in your graveyard Baral, Chief of Compliance in play Sapphire Medallion in play Discount on Emrakul, the Promised End Use alternative costs

Cheaper: Emrakul, the Promised End 13→0, Murktide Regent 7→3, Subtlety 4→0 (evoked), Force of Negation 3→0 (alternative cost), Daze 2→0 (alternative cost), Disrupting Shoal 2→0 (alternative cost)

Lands

38 38.0% of the deck

2 to 4 lands in the opening hand: 75.3%
A land drop each turn until turn 3, on the play: 74.0%
Same, on the draw: 81.2%

More draw odds for this deck

Colors: costs and sources

0 symbols (0.0%) 2 sources (4.2%)
81 symbols (100.0%) 40 sources (83.3%)
0 symbols (0.0%) 2 sources (4.2%)
0 symbols (0.0%) 2 sources (4.2%)
0 symbols (0.0%) 2 sources (4.2%)

Card types

Creatures 10 (10.0%)
Planeswalkers 1 (1.0%)
Instants 36 (36.0%)
Sorceries 9 (9.0%)
Artifacts 4 (4.0%)
Enchantments 2 (2.0%)
Lands 38 (38.0%)

Interaction

Removal 11
11 cards
Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft, Commit // Memory, Cryptic Command, Cyclonic Rift, Engulf the Shore, Mystic Confluence, Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs, Snap, Ugin, Eye of the Storms, Unable to Scream, Unsubstantiate
Counterspells 23
23 cards
Archmage's Charm, Commit // Memory, Counterspell, Cryptic Command, Daze, Disrupting Shoal, Force of Negation, Force Spike, Lose Focus, Mana Leak, Mana Sculpt, Memory Lapse, Mental Misstep, Miscalculation, Mystic Confluence, Remand, Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs, Spell Snare, Stern Scolding, Subtlety, Tale's End, Unsubstantiate, Wash Away
Hand disruption 0
Board wipes 2
2 cards
Cyclonic Rift, Engulf the Shore

Themes

Card draw 18
18 cards
Baral, Chief of Compliance, Archmage's Charm, Brainsurge, Commander's Insight, Commit // Memory, Cryptic Command, Flow of Knowledge, Frantic Search, Gitaxian Probe, Lórien Revealed, Miscalculation, Mystic Confluence, Preordain, Remand, Time Spiral, Ugin, Eye of the Storms, Wan Shi Tong, Librarian, Waterbending Scroll
Creature removal 11
11 cards
Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft, Commit // Memory, Cryptic Command, Cyclonic Rift, Engulf the Shore, Mystic Confluence, Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs, Snap, Ugin, Eye of the Storms, Unable to Scream, Unsubstantiate
Bounce (any) 10
10 cards
Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft, Cryptic Command, Cyclonic Rift, Daze, Engulf the Shore, Mystic Confluence, Palinchron, Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs, Snap, Unsubstantiate
Bounce 8
8 cards
Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft, Cryptic Command, Cyclonic Rift, Engulf the Shore, Mystic Confluence, Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs, Snap, Unsubstantiate
Artifact removal 6
6 cards
Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft, Commit // Memory, Cryptic Command, Cyclonic Rift, Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs, Ugin, Eye of the Storms
Enchantment removal 6
6 cards
Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft, Commit // Memory, Cryptic Command, Cyclonic Rift, Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs, Ugin, Eye of the Storms
Soft counterspells 6
6 cards
Daze, Force Spike, Lose Focus, Mana Leak, Miscalculation, Mystic Confluence
Ramp 5
5 cards
Extraplanar Lens, High Tide, Hullbreacher, Mana Sculpt, Ugin, Eye of the Storms