Baylen, the Haymaker
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- Commander
- Baylen, the Haymaker
- Cards
- 100
- Current value
- $564.28
- Grade
- B+
How it grades
Fundamentals 88/100. Plays like Tokens and +1/+1 counters.
This reads as Tokens · +1/+1 counters, built around Baylen, the Haymaker. Go wide: flood the board with cheap bodies, multiply them, then convert width into damage or value with anthems, drain triggers, and sacrifice payoffs. Board wipes are the great enemy, so rebuild speed and token-doublers that refill fast matter more than any single big creature. Baylen, the Haymaker sits on the cEDH tier list, so the ceiling here is tournament-grade, and experienced tables will treat it that way. Its strongest fundamental is mana curve (67% of spells cost ≤2, 3% cost 6+); the first thing to tighten is mana reliability: 80% of your spells arrive on time. Hour of Reckoning is the riskiest: its W cost is heavy for this mana base, so expect it several turns late.
- BMana reliability
- B+Land count
- A+Mana curve
- ARamp
- A-Card draw
- A+Interaction
- A+Commander synergy
- AWin conditions
- A+Card quality
- A+Legality & size
Where it falls short
- BMana reliability80% of your spells arrive on time. Hour of Reckoning is the riskiest: its W cost is heavy for this mana base, so expect it several turns late.
- B+Land count33 lands. About 36 fits this curve for Tokens.
Strong on mana curve, ramp, card draw, interaction, commander synergy, win conditions, card quality and legality & size.
68 cards graded: A- 21, B+ 16, B 31. The command zone is the plan, so it isn't graded.
Upgrades
Made together, they take Baylen, the Haymaker from B+ to A.
Welcoming Vampire2W$3.45
In place of Peregrin Took: weakest slot in the deck (71/100)
Fills the draw gap (you're at 9 of 10+). Pays off your go-wide engine (42 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Song of TotentanzXR$4.22
In place of Dazzling Theater // Prop Room: weakest slot in the deck (62/100)
Pays off your token engine (39 producers). Fuels your token payoffs (5 in deck). Fits the token build players run with your commanders.
Garruk's Uprising2G$0.58
In place of Caretaker's Talent: weakest slot in the deck (71/100)
Fills the draw gap (you're at 9 of 10+). Pays off your token engine (39 producers). Pays off your go-wide engine (42 producers).
Champion of Lambholt1GG$4.79
In place of Second Harvest: its G cost is heavy for this mana base; expect it several turns late (63/100)
Fits the commander's plan. Pays off the commanders' +1/+1 counter plan. Pays off your token engine (39 producers).
Return of the Wildspeaker4G$2.56
In place of Rosie Cotton of South Lane: weakest slot in the deck (66/100)
Pays off your token engine (39 producers). Top-5% staple by play data. Fits the token build players run with your commanders.
Rhythm of the Wild1RG$5.09
In place of Hour of Reckoning: its W cost is heavy for this mana base; expect it several turns late (66/100)
Pays off your token engine (39 producers). Top-5% staple by play data. Fits the token build players run with your commanders.
Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma3G$5.08
In place of Cadira, Caller of the Small: weakest slot in the deck (67/100)
Fits the go-wide build players run with your commanders. Pays off your go-wide engine (42 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Thought Vessel2—
In place of Farmer Cotton: weakest slot in the deck (67/100)
Pays off your card-draw engine (13 producers). Pays off the commanders' card-draw plan. Top-5% staple by play data.
Decanter of Endless Water3$5.27
In place of Artifact Mutation: conditional removal: dead against some boards (67/100)
Pays off your card-draw engine (13 producers). Top-5% staple by play data. Pays off the commanders' card-draw plan.
Psychosis Crawler5$2.54
In place of Aura Mutation: conditional removal: dead against some boards (67/100)
Pays off your card-draw engine (13 producers). Top-5% staple by play data. Pays off the commanders' card-draw plan.
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Decklist
Commander 1
Creatures 29
- B
- B
- B+
- B+×21
- A-
- A-
- B+
- B+
- B
Planeswalkers 1
- A-
Instants 11
- B
- B
- A-
- A-
- B+
- B+
- B
- A-
- B
- A-
- A-
Sorceries 9
- A-
- A-
- B
- B
- B
- A-
- A-
- B+
- A-
Artifacts 7
- A-
- B+
- A-
- B+
- A-
- A-
- B+
Enchantments 9
- A-
- B+
- B
- A-
- B+
- A-
- A-
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- B+
Lands 33
- B
- B
- B
- B
- B
- B
- B
- B×5
- B+
- B+
- B×4
- B×5
- B
- B
- B
- B
- B
- B
- B
- B
- B
- B
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