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Baral, Chief of Compliance
Card Information
Type: Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
Mana Cost: 1
CMC: 2
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Time Spiral Remastered (TSR)
Rarity: Special
Collector Number: 306
Oracle Text
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Whenever a spell or ability you control counters a spell, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- March 19, 2021
The cost reduction applies only to generic mana in the cost of instant and sorcery spells you cast.
Source: wotc - March 19, 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.
Source: wotc - March 19, 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.
Source: wotc
Price History
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