baylen by twal

Format: Commander

Commander: Baylen, the Haymaker

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 56

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Naya token combo engine commanded by Baylen, the Haymaker. The strategy revolves around early board development using cheap token producers and mana dorks to deploy Baylen on Turn 3. Once active, Baylen transforms tokens into mana ramp and massive card velocity. The primary route to victory is an infinite creature token combo between Rosie Cotton of South Lane and either Basking Broodscale or Scurry Oak. Because Baylen taps tokens without requiring haste, assembling this loop generates infinite mana and draws the deck, facilitating an immediate same-turn kill via Impact Tremors, Warleader's Call, or hasty combat with Song of Totentanz. The list runs robust defensive interaction like Silence, Heroic Intervention, and Flawless Maneuver to protect combo turns, supported by Aura Shards to suppress opposing boards.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger
  • 1 Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Aura Mutation
  • 1 Aura Shards
  • 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
  • 1 Basking Broodscale
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Baylen, the Haymaker
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Branchloft Pathway // Boulderloft Pathway
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Caretaker's Talent
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commercial District
  • 1 Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Dazzling Theater // Prop Room
  • 1 Defense of the Heart
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Drumbellower
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
  • 1 Enduring Innocence
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farmer Cotton
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Fountainport
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gilded Goose
  • 1 Grasp of Fate
  • 1 Halo Fountain
  • 1 Harvest Season
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hop to It
  • 1 Horizon Canopy
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kher Keep
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Needleverge Pathway // Pillarverge Pathway
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Peregrin Took
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Razorgrass Ambush // Razorgrass Field
  • 1 Rosie Cotton of South Lane
  • 1 Scurry Oak
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Season of the Burrow
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Song of Totentanz
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Split Up
  • 1 Springheart Nantuko
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Summoner's Pact
  • 1 Sunbillow Verge
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Tendershoot Dryad
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 The Shire
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 To Arms!
  • 1 Turntimber Symbiosis // Turntimber, Serpentine Wood
  • 1 Vitalize
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Warleader's Call
  • 1 Will of the Mardu
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Wizened Mentor