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◇ Catalog #2168

Baral, Chief of Compliance

sld·#2168·rare·borderless

Illus. Kieran Yanner

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Oct '25

10 mo ago

Value

$8.26+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $8.55 · low $7.79

NM$8.26

LP—

MP—

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$7.63–$8.72modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $9.07low $6.76range 34.2%n 106

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #1,292 · Common include

Variants

Borderless$8.26

Gameplay

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

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.

"Before I do anything I ask myself, 'Would an idiot do that?' And if the answer is yes, I do not do that thing."

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Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 3

2021-03-19wotc

The cost reduction applies only to generic mana in the cost of instant and sorcery spells you cast.

2021-03-19wotc

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.

2021-03-19wotc

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.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $8.26. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $6.76 and $9.07 across 106 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from SLD — the lineup includes Borderless alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #2168 of *Secret Lair Drop*, the set that shipped alongside the October 2025 Secret Lair Drop release.

Card type: Legendary Creature — Human Wizard, color identity blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {1}{U} (2 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #1,292 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Kieran Yanner. Rarix catalogs 915 other cards credited to this artist.