Usagi by AeroXero42

Format: Commander

Commander: Baylen, the Haymaker

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This Naya tokens deck is commanded by Baylen, the Haymaker and built around a strong Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Turtle tribal theme. The deck focuses on generating an abundance of creature and artifact tokens, which Baylen converts into mana, card advantage, and massive trample power. Early turns use efficient land ramp and token generators to establish the board before deploying mid-game value engines like Doubling Season, Academy Manufactor, and Slash, Reptile Rampager. The deck builds toward an explosive critical onset around turn 6, swarming the board with creatures from sources like Avenger of Zendikar before closing the game on turn 7 with decisive overrun spells such as Craterhoof Behemoth or Overwhelming Stampede. While rich in flavor and efficient spot removal, the list relies on natural card flow rather than tutors and remains vulnerable to well-timed board sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Ambitious Augmenter
  • 1 Ancient Adamantoise
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Baylen, the Haymaker
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Blossoming Tortoise
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Casey & Raph, Hotheads
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Definitely Not a Turtle
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Esika's Chariot
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fecund Greenshell
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Harmonize
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Jennika, Bad Apple Big Sister
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Kappa Tech-Wrecker
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Kogla and Yidaro
  • 1 Leonardo, Cutting Edge
  • 1 Leonardo, Sewer Samurai
  • 1 Leonardo, Worldly Warrior
  • 1 Lita, Little Orphan Amphibian
  • 1 Mentor of the Meek
  • 1 Michelangelo, Game Master
  • 1 Michelangelo, Improviser
  • 1 Michelangelo, Mutant BFF
  • 1 Michelangelo, On the Scene
  • 1 Michelangelo, Weirdness to 11
  • 1 Michelangelo, the Heart
  • 1 Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order
  • 1 Mikey & Mona, Mutant Sitters
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Raph & Leo, Sibling Rivals
  • 1 Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers
  • 1 Raphael, Most Attitude
  • 1 Raphael, Ninja Destroyer
  • 1 Raphael, Tag Team Tough
  • 1 Raphael, Tough Turtle
  • 1 Raphael, the Muscle
  • 1 Raphael, the Nightwatcher
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Slash, Reptile Rampager
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Splinter & Leo, Father & Son
  • 1 Steelbane Hydra
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Ticket Tortoise
  • 1 Tokka & Rahzar, Unsupervised
  • 1 Xorn