Commander

Baylen, the Haymaker

Global commander stats

All Naya commanders

2055 Wins

4136 Losses

Overview

Summary

Baylen, the Haymaker is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 6,223 recorded Playgroup games, winning 33% of them (2055–4136) at an Elo of 1,677, ranking #118 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 367989 damage dealt and 0.72 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 4 Sep 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Baylen, the Haymaker's win rate?

Baylen, the Haymaker has a 33% win rate across 6223 recorded Playgroup games (2055 wins, 4136 losses).

How long do winning games with Baylen, the Haymaker take?

Wins with Baylen, the Haymaker take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: about 2 months.

How many decks use Baylen, the Haymaker?

1,649 decks list Baylen, the Haymaker as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,013 have played at least one recorded game.

Baylen, the Haymaker Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

118

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1677

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 367989

Average commander damage per game 10

Average poison counters given per game 6

Average kills per game 0.72

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1649

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1013

No. games played with this commander 6223

Total hours played about 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1692	Alexander Walsh	20	11	61 %
2	1632	Gabriel	17	9	53 %
3	1604	Elvenlord	29	12	41 %
4	1596	gulliford1616	34	14	41 %
5	1590	BrianDamage	4	3	75 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Baylen, the Haymaker wins, 49.59% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

49.59%

Non Combat Damage

21.76%

Commander Damage

13.92%

Alternative

8.9%

Combo

4.83%

Poison

0.82%

Mill

0.19%

Avg win turn 8.4 based on 2107 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Baylen, the Haymaker

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Baylen, the Haymaker decks that leave them out.

+6.2 pp

Top card: Jetmir's Garden

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Jetmir's Garden 490 games	+6.2 pp	490
2	Temple Garden 553 games	+4.5 pp	553
3	Aggravated Assault 156 games	+3.1 pp	156
4	Worldly Tutor Signature build 140 games · Signature build	+2.7 pp	140
5	Seedborn Muse 480 games	+2.5 pp	480
6	Sacred Foundry 508 games	+2.5 pp	508
7	Fellwar Stone Signature build 95 games · Signature build	+2.4 pp	95
8	Exalted Sunborn 215 games	+2.4 pp	215
9	Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire 147 games	+2.0 pp	147
10	Nature's Lore 469 games	+1.5 pp	469

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Elspeth, Sun's Champion 130 games	+0.8 pp	130
12	Brushland 336 games	+0.7 pp	336
13	Stomping Ground 514 games	+0.7 pp	514
14	Path to Exile 555 games	+0.6 pp	555
15	Tendershoot Dryad 230 games	+0.5 pp	230

Measured win-rate lift against decks on the same commander without the card, ranked by the 95% lower bound. How this is measured

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Baylen, the Haymaker wins 40.49% of games from position 1 and 15.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.49% n=1909

Seat 2

33.53% n=1870

Seat 3

27.6% n=1536

Seat 4

26.73% n=924

Seat 5

21.31% n=122

Seat 6

15.0% n=20

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Baylen, the Haymaker wins 32.72% after 0 mulligans and 40.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.72% n=2965

1 mulligan

33.27% n=983

2 mulligans

27.84% n=334

3 mulligans

26.26% n=99

4 mulligans

50.0% n=20

5 mulligans

40.0% n=5

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Baylen, the Haymaker 3.7/5 on average, across 4167 self-reports.

3.7 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Baylen, the Haymaker wins, opponents flag the game as salty 64.9% of the time across 2108 tracked wins.

64.9 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Baylen, the Haymaker. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.