Yojimbo, One With the Soul of the Samurai by HoidsWit

Format: Commander

Commander: Baylen, the Haymaker

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 68

Deck overview

This Naya deck leverages Baylen, the Haymaker as a powerful value engine and resource converter in the command zone. By turning creature, artifact, and land tokens into raw mana, card draw, and combat power, Baylen accelerates through the library with extreme velocity. The primary route to victory is a compact creature combo between Rosie Cotton of South Lane and Basking Broodscale, which produces infinite Eldrazi Spawn tokens, infinite mana, and infinite counters. Once the loop begins, Baylen draws the deck to deploy lethal enter-the-battlefield damage effects like Impact Tremors, Agate Instigator, and Purphoros, God of the Forge. Robust asymmetric stax pieces such as Collector Ouphe and Stony Silence disrupt opponents' artifact engines without hindering Baylen's ability to tap tokens. Supported by premier protection spells like Clever Concealment and Heroic Intervention, the deck operates with high resilience and rapid recovery across all stages of play.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Agate Instigator
• 1 Anointed Procession
• 1 Arasta of the Endless Web
• 1 Arid Mesa
• 1 Artifact Mutation
• 1 Aura Mutation
• 1 Aura Shards
• 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 1 Awaken the Woods
• 1 Basking Broodscale
• 1 Battlefield Forge
• 1 Baylen, the Haymaker
• 1 Beast Within
• 1 Birds of Paradise
• 1 Bloom Tender
• 1 Boromir, Warden of the Tower
• 1 Boros Charm
• 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1 Bountiful Promenade
• 1 Brushland
• 1 Charismatic Conqueror
• 1 Chord of Calling
• 1 City of Brass
• 1 Clever Concealment
• 1 Collector Ouphe
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Dazzling Theater // Prop Room
• 1 Delighted Halfling
• 1 Drumbellower
• 1 Eladamri's Call
• 1 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
• 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer
• 1 Enlightened Tutor
• 1 Esper Sentinel
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Farmer Cotton
• 1 Finale of Devastation
• 1 Flawless Maneuver
• 4 Forest
• 1 Forth Eorlingas!
• 1 Gilded Goose
• 1 Grand Crescendo
• 1 Grove of the Burnwillows
• 1 Heroic Intervention
• 1 Horizon Canopy
• 1 Horizon of Progress
• 1 Illustrious Wanderglyph
• 1 Impact Tremors
• 1 Imperial Recruiter
• 1 Jetmir's Garden
• 1 Karplusan Forest
• 1 Llanowar Elves
• 1 Mana Confluence
• 1 March of the Multitudes
• 1 Molten Gatekeeper
• 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
• 1 Mountain
• 1 Nature's Lore
• 1 Parallel Lives
• 1 Path to Exile
• 2 Plains
• 1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1 Quest for Renewal
• 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
• 1 Razorverge Thicket
• 1 Rosie Cotton of South Lane
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 1 Scute Swarm
• 1 Secure the Wastes
• 1 Smothering Tithe
• 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
• 1 Song of Totentanz
• 1 Spectator Seating
• 1 Spire Garden
• 1 Split Up
• 1 Springheart Nantuko
• 1 Stomping Ground
• 1 Stony Silence
• 1 Sunbaked Canyon
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Sylvan Offering
• 1 Temple Garden
• 1 Tempt with Vengeance
• 1 Three Visits
• 1 Throne of the God-Pharaoh
• 1 Tireless Provisioner
• 1 Treasure Vault
• 1 Voice of Victory
• 1 Warleader's Call
• 1 Wildfire Awakener
• 1 Will of the Mardu
• 1 Windswept Heath
• 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
• 1 Witty Roastmaster
• 1 Wooded Foothills
• 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth