Commander

Baylen, the Haymaker

Global commander stats

All Naya commanders

1966 Wins

3982 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Baylen, the Haymaker is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 5,951 recorded Playgroup games, winning 33% of them (1966–3982) at an Elo of 1,492, ranking #3173 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 174043 damage dealt and 0.72 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 3 Aug 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 5951 recorded Playgroup games (1966 wins, 3982 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?

1,519 decks list Baylen, the Haymaker as their commander on Playgroup, of which 955 have played at least one recorded game.

Baylen, the Haymaker Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

3173

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1492

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 174043

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 1519

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 955

No. games played with this commander 5951

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	1622	Gabriel	16	8	50 %
3	1620	Elvenlord	28	12	43 %
4	1597	gulliford1616	28	12	43 %
5	1590	BrianDamage	4	3	75 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Baylen, the Haymaker wins, 49.25% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

49.25%

Non Combat Damage

21.82%

Commander Damage

14.07%

Alternative

8.86%

Combo

4.95%

Poison

0.85%

Mill

0.2%

Avg win turn 8.4 based on 2015 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.

+5.8 pp

Top card: Jetmir's Garden

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Jetmir's Garden 441 games	+5.8 pp	441
2	Temple Garden 503 games	+4.5 pp	503
3	Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire Signature build 133 games · Signature build	+3.2 pp	133
4	Aggravated Assault 147 games	+2.9 pp	147
5	Worldly Tutor Signature build 128 games · Signature build	+2.7 pp	128
6	Fellwar Stone Signature build 86 games · Signature build	+2.6 pp	86
7	Seedborn Muse 445 games	+2.5 pp	445
8	Nature's Lore 420 games	+2.2 pp	420
9	Illustrious Wanderglyph 124 games	+2.0 pp	124
10	Exalted Sunborn 197 games	+1.9 pp	197

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Sacred Foundry 460 games	+1.8 pp	460
12	Deflecting Swat 158 games	+1.6 pp	158
13	Tendershoot Dryad 203 games	+1.4 pp	203
14	Reliquary Tower 241 games	+1.2 pp	241
15	Hushwood Verge 248 games	+1.0 pp	248

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 40.33% of games from position 1 and 15.79% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.33% n=1805

Seat 2

33.82% n=1774

Seat 3

27.55% n=1463

Seat 4

26.83% n=887

Seat 5

22.88% n=118

Seat 6

15.79% n=19

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Baylen, the Haymaker wins 32.72% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.72% n=2871

1 mulligan

33.19% n=946

2 mulligans

28.17% n=323

3 mulligans

28.74% n=87

4 mulligans

52.63% n=19

5 mulligans

50.0% n=4

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 4007 self-reports.

3.7 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Baylen, the Haymaker wins, opponents flag the game as salty 64.4% of the time across 2014 tracked wins.

64.4 \%

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.