Baylen by Aerylis

Format: Commander

Commander: Baylen, the Haymaker

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 64

Deck overview

This Naya deck leverages Baylen, the Haymaker as a powerful card-advantage and mana engine in the command zone. By converting creature, artifact, and land tokens into raw resources, Baylen rapidly accelerates through the library to assemble overwhelming boards or decisive win conditions. The deck's primary victory route is a compact two-card infinite combo between Basking Broodscale and Rosie Cotton of South Lane, which generates arbitrarily large numbers of Eldrazi Spawn tokens, infinite mana, and lethal burn via enter-the-battlefield triggers from Purphoros, God of the Forge, Impact Tremors, and Agate Instigator. Complementing this combo is a potent aggressive go-wide strategy supported by token doublers, pump effects, and asymmetric disruption pieces like Aura Shards, Collector Ouphe, and Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines. Robust protection spells safeguard key turns, making the deck fast, consistent, and resilient against interaction.

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