Baral Control
Power level
9.0±0.3
Fringe cEDH
Near-cEDH construction and pacing; viable at cEDH-adjacent tables but not top-tier meta.
High confidence638 pts
Strategy ceiling 9.1
Estimated win turn
T3best
T4typical
T5+contested
Vector breakdown
Tight Curve+15ⓘ
Fast mana12
Mana rocks2
Other acceleration1
Commander Draw Engine+10ⓘ
Tutors4
Draw engines8
Cantrips & burst draw13
Recursion2
Value engines6
Control Strategy+30ⓘ
Counterspells10
Spot removal9
Stax & hate2
Protection4
Mono-Color Powerhouse Lands (6)+22ⓘ
Mana Acceleration+5ⓘ
Fetchlands6
Utility lands7
Taplands1
Basic lands1
5 Combo Families+45ⓘ
Combat Damage Synergy: aristocrats engine+8ⓘ
Combo pieces8
Other3
Bracket
5
Bracket 5cEDH
Competitive mindset. Built with cEDH meta assumptions, every card slot contested.
Power level 9.0 → Bracket 5
Right at the Bracket 5 threshold
This deck has no formal Bracket 4 markers (no 4+ Game Changers, MLD, infinite turns, or early 2-card combo). Its power level places it here — under a marker-only reading of WotC's bracket guidance it may fit Bracket 4.
Markers
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Game Changers 7
Minimum Bracket 4
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Mass land denial 1
Minimum Bracket 4
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2-card combo 4
✕Extra turns — none
Themes5 total
Cantrips12 cards
12 cantrips. Cheap spells that replace themselves for velocity.
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Storm10 cards
10 storm synergies. Chain spells for exponential value.
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Counter Control9 cards
9 counterspells. Control the stack and protect your win conditions.
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History1 snapshot
Grade
Power8.8→9.0+0.2
BracketB4→B5(+1)
Vectors
Velocity
87→90
+3
Consistency
95→95
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Interaction
91→91
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Efficiency
84→88
+4
Lethality
90→89
-1
Card Changes
Added (4)
Removed (6)