BAYLEN TEST by user4825438

Format: Commander

Commander: Baylen, the Haymaker

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 76

Deck overview

This competitive Commander deck uses Baylen, the Haymaker as a potent card draw and mana engine in the command zone while executing blistering combo finishes. Powered by a format-ceiling fast mana suite that includes Chrome Mox, Mox Diamond, Lotus Petal, and Mana Vault, the deck consistently threatens game-ending states by Turn 3. Its primary win paths center on one-card pod chains via Vivien on the Hunt—which turns Baylen into Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker and Felidar Guardian—and the compact two-card combo of Dualcaster Mage and Twinflame. A massive tutor package featuring Chord of Calling, Worldly Tutor, Eladamri's Call, and Finale of Devastation guarantees redundant access to key creatures. To ensure its combos resolve cleanly, the deck runs premier proactive shielding spells such as Silence, Orim's Chant, Ranger-Captain of Eos, and Deflecting Swat, making it a lethal and resilient tournament-level threat.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Aven Interrupter
  • 1 Baylen, the Haymaker
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Birthing Pod
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clock of Omens
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Dragonlair Spider
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Endurance
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Felidar Guardian
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Firestorm
  • 1 Flamescroll Celebrant // Revel in Silence
  • 1 Flare of Duplication
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Gandalf the White
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gilded Goose
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
  • 1 Knuckles the Echidna
  • 1 Legolas's Quick Reflexes
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Peregrin Took
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Samwise Gamgee
  • 1 Sarinth Steelseeker
  • 1 Savannah
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Shigeki, Jukai Visionary
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solitude
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Summoner's Pact
  • 1 Sylvan Tutor
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Tarnished Citadel
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Cabbage Merchant
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
  • 1 The Wandering Rescuer
  • 1 Time of Need
  • 1 Tinder Wall
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Twinshot Sniper
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Village Bell-Ringer
  • 1 Vivien on the Hunt
  • 1 Will of the Mardu
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Word of Seizing
  • 1 Worldly Tutor