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Baylen, the Haymaker

Legendary Creature — Rabbit Warrior

Tap two untapped tokens you control: Add one mana of any color.
Tap three untapped tokens you control: Draw a card.
Tap four untapped tokens you control: Put three +1/+1 counters on Baylen. It gains trample until end of turn.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{R}{G}{W}
Color identity
GRW
Rarity
rare
Set
Bloomburrow Promos
Price
$1.85
EDHREC rank
#2630
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Baylen, the Haymaker card art
Baylen, the Haymaker enters and immediately floods the board with tokens scaled to your creature count, then keeps generating them every time you attack — the on-board impact is enormous, and the cost is a five-mana legendary that needs a wide board to hit its ceiling. Pair it with Aggravated Assault for repeated attack triggers and Rocco, Street Chef to convert token density into card advantage, and it closes games fast.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Rocco, Street Chef

Rocco, Street Chef

62.5% of decks · synergy 0.57

Rocco, Street Chef turns Baylen, the Haymaker's token flood directly into card draw, converting every creature Baylen produces into fuel that keeps the engine running.

04
Hazezon, Shaper of Sand

Hazezon, Shaper of Sand

29.6% of decks · synergy 0.24

Hazezon, Shaper of Sand already wants a high land count to generate a wide token board, and Baylen, the Haymaker layers on additional bodies that amplify Hazezon's own creature-count payoffs.

05
Jetmir, Nexus of Revels

Jetmir, Nexus of Revels

25.0% of decks · synergy 0.20

Jetmir, Nexus of Revels rewards hitting nine or more creatures with a game-ending combat buff, and Baylen, the Haymaker's entry trigger can single-handedly push a board over that threshold.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Baylen, the Haymaker does its best work — multiplayer tables give it time to attack repeatedly, and the token count scales off a board that's had several turns to develop. In competitive 1v1 formats like Modern or Pioneer, a five-mana legendary that requires an existing creature base is too slow and too conditional against efficient interaction. Legacy and Vintage have the raw power density to make any five-drop look unplayable by comparison, so Baylen is a casual-to-mid Commander card through and through.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

3,342 decks
Baylen, the HaymakerAggravated Assault

Baylen, the HaymakerAggravated Assault

Infinite colored mana; Infinite combat phases; Infinite card draw; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature

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Baylen, the HaymakerAnt QueenPeregrin TookAcademy Manufactor

Baylen, the HaymakerAnt QueenPeregrin TookAcademy Manufactor

Infinite colored mana; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite Treasure tokens; Infinite Clue tokens; Infinite Food tokens; Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite ETB

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Price Context

Current price

$1.85 cheap tier

At $1.85, Baylen, the Haymaker sits in the cheap tier — easy to slot into any token or go-wide build without budget hesitation. That price reflects its niche as a Commander-only card with no competitive demand propping it up, so it's unlikely to climb unless a breakout commander shell pushes its inclusion rate significantly higher.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.