Baylen by JChigiChapel

Format: Commander

Commander: Baylen, the Haymaker

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This Naya deck is an explosive token swarm strategy led by Baylen, the Haymaker. The deck leverages 19 copies of Hare Apparent to generate exponentially scaling token swarms on curve. Baylen turns every token into an asset: two tokens produce mana, three tokens draw a card, and four tokens place three +1/+1 counters on Baylen while granting trample. Supported by alternate mana conduits like Cryptolith Rite and Jaheira, Friend of the Forest, the deck quickly converts wide boards into overwhelming card advantage. Win conditions include anthem effects such as Cathars' Crusade, direct burn from Arabella, Abandoned Doll, and mass buffs via Elspeth, Storm Slayer and Banner of Kinship. Asymmetric board sweepers like The Battle of Bywater and Hour of Reckoning clear opposing blockers while leaving small Rabbit tokens intact. While vulnerable to mass bounce and exile wipes, Raise the Past provides an explosive single-card recovery engine.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arabella, Abandoned Doll
  • 1 Arasta of the Endless Web
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Banner of Kinship
  • 1 Baylen, the Haymaker
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Cadira, Caller of the Small
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Caretaker's Talent
  • 1 Carrot Cake
  • 1 Castle Ardenvale
  • 1 Cathars' Crusade
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Creosote Heath
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Divine Visitation
  • 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Finneas, Ace Archer
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Fountainport
  • 1 Frontline Rush
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 19 Hare Apparent
  • 1 Head of the Homestead
  • 1 Hidden Grotto
  • 1 Hour of Reckoning
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Innkeeper's Talent
  • 1 Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
  • 1 Jinnie Fay, Jetmir's Second
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Kher Keep
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lupinflower Village
  • 1 March of the Multitudes
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Nesting Grounds
  • 1 Oakhollow Village
  • 1 Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization
  • 1 Parting Gust
  • 1 Pawpatch Formation
  • 1 Pawpatch Recruit
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Pollen-Shield Hare // Hare Raising
  • 1 Raise the Past
  • 1 Rockface Village
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootborn Defenses
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Season of the Burrow
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Sheltering Landscape
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Song of Totentanz
  • 1 Storm Herd
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 1 Sunscorched Divide
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tender Wildguide
  • 1 The Battle of Bywater
  • 1 Valley Questcaller
  • 1 Wear Down
  • 1 Windbrisk Heights
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Ridgeline