I Thought You Said You Were Playing Artifacts by user3628845

Format: Commander

Commander: Baylen, the Haymaker

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck is a Naya token engine commanded by Baylen, the Haymaker. The strategy revolves around generating diverse tokens (creatures, Food, Clues, and Treasures) and leveraging Baylen's activated abilities to convert those tokens into rapid mana acceleration, repeated card draw, and self-buffing trample commander damage. The 99 includes potent token multipliers like Doubling Season, Parallel Lives, and Anointed Procession, which synergize with token producers such as Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon and Scute Swarm. Passive damage engines like Warleader's Call and Impact Tremors whittle down opponents as the army expands. The deck also contains the infinite two-card combo of Basking Broodscale and Rosie Cotton of South Lane for infinite Spawn tokens and mana. Robust instant-speed protection like Teferi's Protection and Heroic Intervention shields key permanents from sweepers, paving the way for an overwhelming combat finish with Akroma's Will.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Artifact Mutation
  • 1 Aura Shards
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Basking Broodscale
  • 1 Baylen, the Haymaker
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Broadcast Takeover
  • 1 Cadira, Caller of the Small
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Caretaker's Talent
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Clock of Omens
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer
  • 1 Excalibur, Sword of Eden
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farmer Cotton
  • 1 Finneas, Ace Archer
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Fountainport
  • 1 Frontline Rush
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grand Crescendo
  • 1 Grinding Station
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hushwood Verge
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Jacked Rabbit
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Krark-Clan Ironworks
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 March of the Multitudes
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Mycosynth Lattice
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nuka-Cola Vending Machine
  • 1 Ocelot Pride
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Parallel Lives
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Peregrin Took
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rosie Cotton of South Lane
  • 1 Rustler Rampage
  • 1 Scepter of Celebration
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Sierra, Nuka's Biggest Fan
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Springleaf Parade
  • 1 Sunbillow Verge
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
  • 1 Sword of Hours
  • 1 Sword of Truth and Justice
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Taunting Kobold
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 The Aetherspark
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Warleader's Call
  • 1 Wildfire Awakener