---
name: "Insufferable Balladeer"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Dwarf Bard"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Goad", "Vicious Mockery"]
set: "CLB"
set_name: "Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate"
collector_number: "184"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Borja Pindado"
oracle_id: "e6acafdf-e3ad-4ac2-bb26-cec37c7ca115"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/insufferable-balladeer-clb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Insufferable Balladeer
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Dwarf Bard
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/1
- **Keywords:** Goad, Vicious Mockery

## Oracle Text
Vicious Mockery — When this creature enters, target creature an opponent controls can't block this turn. Goad it. (Until your next turn, that creature attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
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3. [Bothersome Quasit](/printing/bothersome-quasit-clb.md) — Creature — Demon
4. [Taunt from the Rampart](/printing/taunt-from-the-rampart-ltc.md) — Sorcery
5. [Goblin Racketeer](/printing/goblin-racketeer-cn2.md) — Creature — Goblin Rogue
6. [Dwarven Nomad](/printing/dwarven-nomad-mir.md) — Creature — Dwarf Nomad

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #184
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Borja Pindado
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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