Commander

Baylen, the Haymaker

Global commander stats

All Naya commanders

2181 Wins

4390 Losses

Overview

Summary

Baylen, the Haymaker is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 6,634 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (2181–4390) at an Elo of 1,482, ranking #3906 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 411424 damage dealt and 0.71 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 14 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Baylen, the Haymaker's win rate?

Baylen, the Haymaker has a 32% win rate across 6634 recorded Playgroup games (2181 wins, 4390 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: 3 months.

How many decks use Baylen, the Haymaker?

1,753 decks list Baylen, the Haymaker as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,106 have played at least one recorded game.

Baylen, the Haymaker Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

3906

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1482

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 411424

Average commander damage per game 547000

Average poison counters given per game 6

Average kills per game 0.71

Average turn length 3 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1753

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1106

No. games played with this commander 6634

Total hours played 3 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	1605	Scrotal Recall	24	9	38 %
4	1604	Elvenlord	29	12	41 %
5	1590	BrianDamage	4	3	75 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Baylen, the Haymaker wins, 49.76% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

49.76%

Non Combat Damage

21.98%

Commander Damage

13.57%

Alternative

8.83%

Combo

4.92%

Poison

0.77%

Mill

0.18%

Avg win turn 8.4 based on 2231 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.

+7.1 pp

Top card: Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire 167 games	+7.1 pp	167
2	Reflecting Pool Signature build 44 games · Signature build	+6.5 pp	44
3	Jetmir's Garden 554 games	+5.6 pp	554
4	Nature's Lore 514 games	+4.5 pp	514
5	Exalted Sunborn 260 games	+4.1 pp	260
6	Seedborn Muse 539 games	+3.4 pp	539
7	Temple Garden 633 games	+3.3 pp	633
8	Sacred Foundry 614 games	+2.6 pp	614
9	Elspeth, Storm Slayer 390 games	+2.6 pp	390
10	Tendershoot Dryad 263 games	+2.6 pp	263

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Illustrious Wanderglyph 170 games	+2.1 pp	170
12	Warleader's Call 387 games	+1.7 pp	387
13	Brushland 385 games	+1.7 pp	385
14	Aggravated Assault 200 games	+1.3 pp	200
15	Path to Exile 649 games	+1.3 pp	649

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 40.6% of games from position 1 and 14.29% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.6% n=2026

Seat 2

33.52% n=2008

Seat 3

27.39% n=1608

Seat 4

26.01% n=969

Seat 5

20.77% n=130

Seat 6

14.29% n=21

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Baylen, the Haymaker wins 32.75% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.75% n=3038

1 mulligan

33.59% n=1042

2 mulligans

27.25% n=356

3 mulligans

26.67% n=105

4 mulligans

50.0% n=20

5 mulligans

37.5% n=8

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Baylen, the Haymaker 3.71/5 on average, across 4389 self-reports.

3.71 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Baylen, the Haymaker wins, opponents flag the game as salty 34.2% of the time across 2236 tracked wins.

34.2 \%

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.