Baylen, the Haymaker by Sereus

Format: Commander

Commander: Baylen, the Haymaker

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 61

Deck overview

This Naya deck utilizes Baylen, the Haymaker alongside 20 copies of Hare Apparent to create an explosive token-storm engine. Because each successive Hare Apparent checks the number of other Hares in play, token output scales quadratically. Baylen immediately turns these tokens into mana acceleration and card draw without tapping itself or suffering from summoning sickness. The deck leverages this velocity to draw into two-card creature combos, notably Rosie Cotton of South Lane or Ivy Lane Denizen combined with Scurry Oak or Herd Baloth. Once infinite tokens are generated, Baylen draws the entire library to deploy Purphoros, God of the Forge or Impact Tremors, killing the entire table in a single turn. The deck is shielded by premier protection spells like Deflecting Swat, Flawless Maneuver, and Teferi's Protection, while Aura Shards unilaterally dismantles opposing artifact and enchantment mana bases.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Artifact Mutation
  • 1 Aura Mutation
  • 1 Aura Shards
  • 1 Baylen, the Haymaker
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Cathars' Crusade
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cosmic Intervention
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Exalted Sunborn
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 20 Hare Apparent
  • 1 Herd Baloth
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Ivy Lane Denizen
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Jetmir, Nexus of Revels
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Will
  • 1 Parallel Lives
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Rosie Cotton of South Lane
  • 1 Rustler Rampage
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scurry Oak
  • 1 Season of the Burrow
  • 1 Second Harvest
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Tocasia's Welcome
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth