Commander

Baylen, the Haymaker

Global commander stats

All Naya commanders

2015 Wins

4071 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Baylen, the Haymaker is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 6,109 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (2015–4071) at an Elo of 1,788, ranking #3 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 373282 damage dealt and 0.72 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 23 Aug 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 6109 recorded Playgroup games (2015 wins, 4071 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?

1,613 decks list Baylen, the Haymaker as their commander on Playgroup, of which 989 have played at least one recorded game.

Baylen, the Haymaker Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1788

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 373282

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 1613

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 989

No. games played with this commander 6109

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	1620	Elvenlord	28	12	43 %
4	1590	BrianDamage	4	3	75 %
5	1583	gulliford1616	32	13	41 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Baylen, the Haymaker wins, 49.23% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

49.23%

Non Combat Damage

22.07%

Commander Damage

13.9%

Alternative

8.8%

Combo

4.97%

Poison

0.83%

Mill

0.19%

Avg win turn 8.4 based on 2068 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.

+5.3 pp

Top card: Jetmir's Garden

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Jetmir's Garden 459 games	+5.3 pp	459
2	Temple Garden 524 games	+4.0 pp	524
3	Aggravated Assault 151 games	+3.4 pp	151
4	Worldly Tutor Signature build 132 games · Signature build	+3.3 pp	132
5	Fellwar Stone Signature build 90 games · Signature build	+3.1 pp	90
6	Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire Signature build 140 games · Signature build	+2.9 pp	140
7	Seedborn Muse 459 games	+2.8 pp	459
8	Exalted Sunborn 205 games	+2.1 pp	205
9	Sacred Foundry 478 games	+2.0 pp	478
10	Brushland 321 games	+1.8 pp	321

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Nature's Lore 440 games	+1.5 pp	440
12	Tendershoot Dryad 215 games	+1.4 pp	215
13	Deflecting Swat 165 games	+1.3 pp	165
14	Hushwood Verge 262 games	+1.2 pp	262
15	Reliquary Tower 251 games	+1.0 pp	251

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 40.37% of games from position 1 and 15.79% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.37% n=1843

Seat 2

33.78% n=1800

Seat 3

27.65% n=1490

Seat 4

26.93% n=906

Seat 5

22.31% n=121

Seat 6

15.79% n=19

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Baylen, the Haymaker wins 32.55% after 0 mulligans and 40.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.55% n=2934

1 mulligan

33.26% n=965

2 mulligans

27.96% n=329

3 mulligans

26.88% n=93

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 4102 self-reports.

3.7 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Baylen, the Haymaker wins, opponents flag the game as salty 64.5% of the time across 2069 tracked wins.

64.5 \%

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.