Baylen's Hares by _Yames

Format: Commander

Commander: Baylen, the Haymaker

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This deck uses Baylen, the Haymaker to turn an army of 28 Hare Apparent cards into an engine of mana, card draw, and explosive token generation. The primary game plan deploys early Hares to establish a baseline presence, casts Baylen on Turn 3, and accelerates on Turn 4 by tapping tokens for colored mana and card advantage. By Turn 5, exponential scaling from additional Hares, token doublers like Mondrak, Glory Dominus, or Thrumming Stone creates an overwhelming swarm. Payoffs such as Impact Tremors, Warleader's Call, and Agate Instigator convert creature entrances directly into lethal table-wide damage, while unblocked token attacks and Baylen's built-in trample buff eliminate remaining life totals by Turn 6. The deck relies on dedicated instant-speed blink spells like Ghostway and Semester's End to shield its board against sweepers. Although light on noncreature interaction, the sheer density of identical threats provides remarkable consistency.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agate Instigator
  • 1 Arabella, Abandoned Doll
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Baylen, the Haymaker
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Citywide Bust
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Drumbellower
  • 1 Dusk // Dawn
  • 1 Duty Beyond Death
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Flickering Hound
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Ghostway
  • 1 Graypelt Refuge
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Halo Fountain
  • 28 Hare Apparent
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Jinnie Fay, Jetmir's Second
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Lae'zel's Acrobatics
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Mirrormind Crown
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Pollen-Shield Hare // Hare Raising
  • 1 Raise the Past
  • 1 Rootborn Defenses
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Rugged Highlands
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Semester's End
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Slagwoods Bridge
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunbillow Verge
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Unity
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Thrumming Stone
  • 1 Warleader's Call
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Wind-Scarred Crag
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witty Roastmaster
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor