How About No? by EDHCommander

Format: Commander

Commander: Baral, Chief of Compliance

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 63

Deck overview

This mono-blue control deck, led by Baral, Chief of Compliance, plays a classic draw-go strategy designed to dominate the stack and finish through compact infinite combos. Baral reduces the casting cost of all instant and sorcery spells by one generic mana and filters card quality through looting whenever a spell is countered. The deck controls the tempo of the game using a dense package of free and highly efficient counterspells, reinforced by disruptive stax pieces like Back to Basics and Narset, Parter of Veils. While holding interaction up to disrupt opponents, the deck draws cards and tutors for its key pieces. Its primary win condition is the Isochron Scepter and Dramatic Reversal combo, which generates infinite mana and untaps to draw the entire deck with Sensei's Divining Top or Azami, Lady of Scrolls, closing the game immediately using Laboratory Maniac or Jace, Wielder of Mysteries.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arcanis the Omnipotent
  • 1 Archmage's Charm
  • 1 As Foretold
  • 1 Azami, Lady of Scrolls
  • 1 Back to Basics
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
  • 1 Castle Vantress
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Counterbalance
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cryptic Command
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flare of Denial
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Foil
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Glen Elendra Archmage
  • 1 Guile
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Hypnotic Sprite // Mesmeric Glare
  • 1 Ice Cave
  • 20 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Long-Term Plans
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Malevolent Hermit // Benevolent Geist
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Mind Over Matter
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystic Confluence
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nimble Obstructionist
  • 1 Overcharged Amalgam
  • 1 Patron Wizard
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Precognition Field
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Silumgar Sorcerer
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Spiketail Drakeling
  • 1 Stifle
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tale's End
  • 1 Telepathy
  • 1 Trickbind
  • 1 Vedalken Shackles