Baylen Hare Apparent by Nadz6609

Format: Commander

Commander: Baylen, the Haymaker

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This deck leverages Baylen, the Haymaker alongside 24 copies of Hare Apparent to execute an explosive token-based storm strategy. Baylen turns every token into mana, card draw, or power buffs without requiring haste or tapping itself. Because each Hare Apparent creates tokens equal to the number of other Hare Apparents you control, the token count grows exponentially with each cast. By Turn 4, Baylen begins drawing cards and generating mana from initial tokens. On Turn 5, the deck chains through its library using Baylen's draw ability or triggers Thrumming Stone to cast every rabbit in the deck. Redundant entry-damage permanents like Purphoros, God of the Forge and Impact Tremors convert this mass deployment into an immediate table kill. The deck operates with exceptional consistency due to its extreme card redundancy, though it trades away defensive countermagic and proactive stax to focus entirely on its proactive win condition.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agate Instigator
  • 1 Another Round
  • 1 Banner of Kinship
  • 1 Baylen, the Haymaker
  • 1 Bovine Intervention
  • 1 Brave the Elements
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dazzling Theater // Prop Room
  • 1 Dollmaker's Shop // Porcelain Gallery
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Drumbellower
  • 1 Echoing Assault
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 1 Final Fortune
  • 1 Finneas, Ace Archer
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Fountainport
  • 1 Gavony Township
  • 24 Hare Apparent
  • 1 Harvest Season
  • 1 Heraldic Banner
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Legion Leadership // Legion Stronghold
  • 1 Lupinflower Village
  • 1 Mass Hysteria
  • 1 Molten Gatekeeper
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Oakhollow Village
  • 1 Oketra's Monument
  • 1 Open the Way
  • 12 Plains
  • 1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
  • 1 Quest for Renewal
  • 1 Raise the Past
  • 1 Requisition Raid
  • 1 Rustler Rampage
  • 1 Sheltering Landscape
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Split Up
  • 1 Strength of the Harvest // Haven of the Harvest
  • 1 Stump Stomp // Burnwillow Clearing
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Throne of the God-Pharaoh
  • 1 Thrumming Stone
  • 1 Toby, Beastie Befriender
  • 1 Warleader's Call