Token Up by The_New_Ancient

Format: Commander

Commander: Baylen, the Haymaker

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 51

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Naya token engine commanded by Baylen, the Haymaker. The strategy revolves around generating a diverse stream of creature and artifact tokens (such as Soldiers, Rabbits, Food, and Treasures) to fuel Baylen's versatile activated abilities. By converting untapped tokens into mana acceleration and burst card draw, the deck quickly cycles through its library while outpacing opponents on resources. Once a wide token board is established, the deck transitions directly into a decisive win using format-staple combat finishers like Jetmir, Nexus of Revels and Craterhoof Behemoth, or direct damage via Purphoros, God of the Forge and Crackle with Power. Robust protection spells including Teferi's Protection and Heroic Intervention shield the wide board against sweepers, while tutors ensure consistent access to key engine pieces and payoffs.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abandoned Air Temple
  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Arachnogenesis
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Baylen, the Haymaker
  • 1 Bootleggers' Stash
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Caretaker's Talent
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Evendo, Waking Haven
  • 1 Exalted Sunborn
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farmer Cotton
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Gathering Place
  • 1 Giver of Runes
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hushwood Verge
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Illusionist's Bracers
  • 1 Improvised Arsenal
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Jacked Rabbit
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Jetmir, Nexus of Revels
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Magda, Brazen Outlaw
  • 1 Minas Tirith
  • 1 Mines of Moria
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit
  • 1 Old Gnawbone
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Parallel Lives
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Privileged Position
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
  • 1 Quest for Renewal
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhys the Redeemed
  • 1 Rosie Cotton of South Lane
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Season of the Burrow
  • 1 Secure the Wastes
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smaug the Magnificent
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Springleaf Parade
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stoneforge Mystic
  • 1 Stonehewer Giant
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 The Shire
  • 1 Thousand Moons Smithy // Barracks of the Thousand
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Worldly Tutor