
Baylen, the Haymaker
Baylen, the Haymaker Commander Deck
Baylen, the Haymaker leads a go-wide tokens deck that floods the board with 1/1s from Rabbits, landfall, Food/Treasure/Clue makers and mass token spells. Baylen turns those tokens, artifact tokens included, into mana, cards, or +1/+1 counters and trample on itself. Token doublers and replacement effects multiply every creation, untap effects let the tokens be tapped for Baylen again on each opponent's turn, and anthems and mass pump turn the swarm into a lethal attack. How it wins: The deck builds an overwhelming board of buffed tokens and swings with anthems, double strike or mass pump, backed by enter-the-battlefield damage, and it can also win outright through the fifteen-creature untap clause. Key roles: - Token multipliers: These enlarge every token creation by adding extra Food, Soldiers or full copies, so each spell and trigger yields more bodies for Baylen to tap. (Peregrin Took, Queen Allenal of Ruadach, Second Harvest) - Token producers: Recurring and mass creators, including Rabbit attack triggers, upkeep musters, landfall triggers and X-spells, supply the steady stream of creatures and artifact tokens. (Assemble the Legion, Jacked Rabbit, March of the Multitudes) - Artifact token engine: Food, Treasure and Clue makers give Baylen non-creature tokens to tap for mana and cards without weakening the attack, and they also convert into life, mana or draw on their own. (Academy Manufactor, Tireless Provisioner, Gilded Goose) - Untap and convoke synergy: Effects that untap everything on other players' turns, or that let tapped creatures pay for spells, double the value of tapping tokens for Baylen. They also power the alternate win from untapping fifteen creatures. (Seedborn Muse, Dazzling Theater // Prop Room, Halo Fountain) - Token-fueled card advantage: Several cards draw whenever tokens are created or die, so the swarm keeps the hand full alongside Baylen's own draw ability. (Caretaker's Talent, Skullclamp, Idol of Oblivion) - Anthems and finishers: Scaling buffs, Rabbit lords, counter spreading and ping-on-entry damage turn a wide board of 1/1s into a lethal alpha strike or a slow burn. (Jetmir, Nexus of Revels, Intangible Virtue, Impact Tremors)
Baylen, the Haymaker decklist
- Arcane Signet
- Carrot Cake
- Halo Fountain
- Idol of Oblivion
- Skullclamp
- Sol Ring
- Swiftfoot Boots
- Battlefield Forge
- Brushland
- Canopy Vista
- Cinder Glade
- Clifftop Retreat
- Command Tower
- Evolving Wilds
- Exotic Orchard
- 6× Forest
- Fortified Village
- Game Trail
- Jungle Shrine
- 5× Mountain
- Path of Ancestry
- 7× Plains
- Rootbound Crag
- Sheltering Landscape
- Sungrass Prairie
- Sunpetal Grove
- Terramorphic Expanse
- Academy Manufactor
- Arasta of the Endless Web
- Avacyn's Pilgrim
- Brigid, Clachan's Heart // Brigid, Doun's Mind
- Burrowguard Mentor
- Cadira, Caller of the Small
- Farmer Cotton
- Finneas, Ace Archer
- Gala Greeters
- Gilded Goose
- Jacked Rabbit
- Jetmir, Nexus of Revels
- Llanowar Elves
- Loyal Apprentice
- Peregrin Took
- Pollen-Shield Hare // Hare Raising
- Queen Allenal of Ruadach
- Rosie Cotton of South Lane
- Scute Swarm
- Seedborn Muse
- Tireless Provisioner
- Tireless Tracker
- Valley Questcaller
- Warren Warleader
- Wildfire Awakener
- Assemble the Legion
- Battle for Bretagard
- Caretaker's Talent
- Dazzling Theater // Prop Room
- Felidar Retreat
- Impact Tremors
- Intangible Virtue
- Strength of the Harvest // Haven of the Harvest
- Artifact Mutation
- Aura Mutation
- Beast Within
- Boros Charm
- Generous Gift
- March of the Multitudes
- Path to Exile
- Rootborn Defenses
- Second Harvest
- Secure the Wastes
- Sundering Growth
- Swords to Plowshares
- Elspeth, Sun's Champion
- Cultivate
- Farseek
- For the Common Good
- Hop to It
- Hour of Reckoning
- Many Partings
- Martial Coup
- Pest Infestation
- Rampant Growth
- Season of the Burrow
- Forest
