baylen b4 by user4825438

Format: Commander

Commander: Baylen, the Haymaker

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 78

Deck overview

This competitive Commander deck is built around Baylen, the Haymaker, leveraging Naya token generation to fuel an explosive mana and card-draw engine. The deck utilizes low-cost artifact fast mana and mana dorks to deploy Baylen and high-utility token generators early. Once established, Baylen converts tokens into burst mana and instant-speed card draw, rapidly cycling through the library to find one of several redundant two-card infinite creature combos. The primary lines center on Rosie Cotton of South Lane paired with Scurry Oak or Basking Broodscale, as well as Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker paired with Felidar Guardian or Village Bell-Ringer. A suite of creature tutors ensures high consistency, while proactive protection spells like Silence, Revel in Silence, Dawn's Truce, and Legolas's Quick Reflexes safeguard combo turns. Outlets like Purphoros, God of the Forge, Impact Tremors, and Finale of Devastation convert infinite tokens into immediate same-turn victories.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Aura Mutation
  • 1 Aven Interrupter
  • 1 Basking Broodscale
  • 1 Baylen, the Haymaker
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Birthing Pod
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Cadira, Caller of the Small
  • 1 Caretaker's Talent
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clock of Omens
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Dragonlair Spider
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Endurance
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Felidar Guardian
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Firestorm
  • 1 Flamescroll Celebrant // Revel in Silence
  • 1 Flare of Duplication
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Gandalf the White
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gilded Goose
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
  • 1 Knuckles the Echidna
  • 1 Legolas's Quick Reflexes
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Ocelot Pride
  • 1 Peregrin Took
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Rosie Cotton of South Lane
  • 1 Samwise Gamgee
  • 1 Sarinth Steelseeker
  • 1 Savannah
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scurry Oak
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Shigeki, Jukai Visionary
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solitude
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Tarnished Citadel
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Cabbage Merchant
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
  • 1 The Wandering Rescuer
  • 1 Time of Need
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Twinshot Sniper
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Village Bell-Ringer
  • 1 Warleader's Call
  • 1 Will of the Mardu
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Word of Seizing
  • 1 Worldly Tutor