Baral can be responsible for some fairly unfun decks when his first ability is the primary focus, but what I want to look at harder is the second ability (while still, of course, making use of the first ability—after all, cost reduction is great!). Looting is a wonderful thing, and there are plenty of ways to maximize its effects. Plus, since this is Commander and people aren’t curving out on you, you can focus on countering important spells with cards that generate additional value when you do so.
I’ll note that there’s definitely a Wizard angle you can take with this deck—I’m not going too far in that direction this time around, but cards like Patron Wizard and Azami, Lady of Scrolls can enable that. Our Wizard theme is much more incidental.
I’ll note that there’s definitely a Wizard angle you can take with this deck—I’m not going too far in that direction this time around, but cards like Patron Wizard and Azami, Lady of Scrolls can enable that. Our Wizard theme is much more incidental.