---
name: "Baral, Chief of Compliance"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Wizard"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "SLD"
set_name: "Secret Lair Drop"
collector_number: "2168"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Kieran Yanner"
oracle_id: "baf80db7-2ca8-4bfc-b5b6-25ed51878dd7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/baral-chief-of-compliance-sld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Baral, Chief of Compliance
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/3

## 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.

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

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Archmage of Runes](/printing/archmage-of-runes-pfdn.md) — Creature — Giant Wizard
2. [Goblin Electromancer](/printing/goblin-electromancer-grn.md) — Creature — Goblin Wizard
3. [Wizard's Retort](/printing/wizards-retort-plst.md) — Instant
4. [Lunar Mystic](/printing/lunar-mystic-c20.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Arcane Melee](/printing/arcane-melee-avr.md) — Enchantment
6. [Geistchanneler](/printing/geistchanneler-ymid.md) — Creature — Human Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2168
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Kieran Yanner
- **Total Printings:** 38 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`