04_Baylen Apparent - Updated by user8068562

Format: Commander

Commander: Baylen, the Haymaker

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This Naya deck utilizes Baylen, the Haymaker alongside 27 copies of Hare Apparent to create an exponential token engine. Each Hare Apparent entering the battlefield checks the number of other Hares in play, rapidly scaling token production from zero to five or more tokens per cast. Baylen, the Haymaker converts these untapped tokens into mana, card draw, and self-buffing commander damage. The deck eschews traditional ramp artifacts and interactive removal to maximize its creature density and payoff consistency. Instead, it protects its wide boards with a premier suite of protection spells including Teferi's Protection, Clever Concealment, and Heroic Intervention. Once a critical mass of Rabbits is established on Turn 5, the deck closes the game on Turn 6 through combat overruns with Moonshaker Cavalry, direct burn via Impact Tremors and Arabella, Abandoned Doll, or end-step life loss from Throne of the God-Pharaoh.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Another Round
  • 1 Arabella, Abandoned Doll
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Baylen, the Haymaker
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Cloudstone Curio
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cosmic Intervention
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Doubling Chant
  • 1 Drumbellower
  • 1 Eerie Interlude
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Everybody Lives!
  • 1 Flare of Fortitude
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Gavony Township
  • 1 Guardian of Faith
  • 1 Halo Fountain
  • 27 Hare Apparent
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hushwood Verge
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Kindred Summons
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Oakhollow Village
  • 1 Pack Hunt
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Quest for Renewal
  • 1 Raise the Past
  • 1 Remembrance
  • 1 Rite of Harmony
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sunbillow Verge
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Throne of the God-Pharaoh
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Wrap in Vigor