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Price
€99.37of €100.00
Overall win rate
14%33 wins in 239 scored games
Games
270 (31)played in 27 tournaments, 31 not scored (time limit)
Rank
52in the rankings up to €100 · Elo 1367 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 35 lands, 13 of them basic
Game Changer
0of at most 3 allowed
Combos
3complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

Time limit note: 11% of this deck's games hit the time limit without a winner even on the third try (all decks in this price class: 6%). Usually the Forge AI is stuck in a loop then, e.g. with lots of tokens. These games don't count – so the win rate is somewhat less meaningful.

At most €100 including the commander. If prices rise above that, the shopping list is rebuilt automatically.

grey: role in the deckGame Changer counts for the bracketCombo part of a comboAI can't play replaced in tournamentsAI limited played weakly by the AI

Commander (1)

Creatures (28)

Planeswalkers (1)

Instants (15)

Sorceries (9)

Artifacts (5)

Enchantments (6)

Lands (35)

Baylen, the Haymaker
Card image: © Wizards of the Coast, via Scryfall

Combos in the deck (3)

Detected from the decklist (Commander Spellbook): theoretically possible, see Spellbook for requirements. Whether a combo actually came together in games is shown above under “What the games show”.

  • Storm Herd + Cathars' Crusade → Infinite creature tokens, Near-infinite creature ETB, Infinite colorless mana
    Example – 7 versions with these cards: Cathars' Crusade · Storm Herd · Rosie Cotton of South Lane · Basking Broodscale · Scurry Oak · Impact Tremors · Arabella, Abandoned Doll
  • Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner + … → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens, Infinite creature ETB
    3 versions, each with one of: Doubling Season
  • Builder's Talent + Peregrin Took + … → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
    2 versions, each with one of: Basking Broodscale · Scurry Oak

Commander Spellbook lists 12 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

Show all 12 entries
  • Rosie Cotton of South Lane + Basking Broodscale → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite death triggers
  • Rosie Cotton of South Lane + Scurry Oak → Infinite creature tokens, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
  • Basking Broodscale + Cathars' Crusade → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite death triggers
  • Scurry Oak + Cathars' Crusade → Infinite creature tokens, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
  • Storm Herd + Cathars' Crusade → Near-infinite +1/+1 counters, Near-infinite creature ETB, Near-infinite creature tokens
  • Storm Herd + Impact Tremors → Near-infinite creature ETB, Near-infinite creature tokens, Near-infinite damage
  • Arabella, Abandoned Doll + Storm Herd → Near-infinite damage, Near-infinite lifegain, Near-infinite creature ETB
  • Builder's Talent + Basking Broodscale + Peregrin Took → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Builder's Talent + Scurry Oak + Peregrin Took → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite card draw
  • Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
  • Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
  • Springheart Nantuko + Doubling Season → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite landfall triggers

Adjusted for the Forge AI

The list above is the best tested version, the way you would play it in real games. The Forge AI can't play a few cards – they were replaced in the tournament (the deck builder also rearranges other slots within the budget). The win rate comes from games with these replacements; the original cards themselves were not tested by the AI.

In the list (original cards)
  • Beast Within: AI can't play it
  • Jolrael, Mwonvuli Recluse: AI can't play it
  • Mentor of the Meek: swapped for a test
  • Sungrass Prairie: AI can't play it
Played instead in the tournament
  • Increasing Devotion: replacement
  • Rockfall Vale: replacement
  • Stocking the Pantry: test
  • Wear Down: replacement

What the games show

From 239 analysed games in 27 tournaments (tournament lists as played by Forge). Games that hit the time limit don't count, just like in the rankings. Values in brackets: average of all decks in the same price class. “logged”: recorded in the game log. “indication”: recurring pattern, but no proof of cause and effect.

Play style: wins through combat – 81% of the damage to opponents is combat damage

Strengths

  • Often wins by combo: in 12 of 33 wins all pieces of a combo were in play indication

Weaknesses

  • Often eliminated first: in 43% of games (all-deck avg: 25%) logged (102 of 239 games)
  • Little pressure: only avg 21 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 31) logged (239 games)
  • Rarely eliminates opponents: 0.39 per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.63) logged (239 games)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 239 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Baylen, the Haymaker avg 5.6hit in 116 of 239 games
  2. Impact Tremors avg 2.6hit in 24 of 239 games
  3. Pegasus Token avg 1.4hit in 8 of 239 games

Damage when used when it hits

Total damage ÷ games in which the card dealt damage – its strength when used

  1. Impact Tremors avg 26.3hit in 24 of 239 games
  2. Rabbit Token avg 20.2hit in 10 of 239 games
  3. Arabella, Abandoned Doll avg 15.8hit in 12 of 239 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

Cards that most often knocked an opposing commander out of the game

  1. Impact Tremors 14×239 games in deck
  2. Pegasus Token 14×239 games in deck
  3. Baylen, the Haymaker 13×239 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

Opposing cards destroyed, exiled, bounced or countered when this card resolved (tokens excluded)

  1. Hour of Reckoning 170×avg 0.7 per game · 239 games in deck
  2. Generous Gift 55×avg 0.2 per game · 239 games in deck
  3. Elspeth, Sun's Champion 53×avg 0.2 per game · 239 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 14% of 2344 attackers blocked in total, 14% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Soldier Token 10×blocked in 6 games
  2. Thopter Token 10×blocked in 3 games
  3. Glarb, Calamity's Augur 6×blocked in 4 games

Rarely cast candidates to cut

Cards in this list that were cast least often in their games – often too expensive or too slow (lands excluded)

  1. Martial Coup 3%cast in 7 of 208 games
  2. Veil of Summer 5%cast in 11 of 239 games
  3. Elvish Spirit Guide 6%cast in 12 of 185 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 33 wins came

  • by turn 70%
  • turns 8–90%
  • turns 10–1133%
  • turns 12–1348%
  • turn 14+18%

Combos in play logged Rosie Cotton of South Lane + Basking Broodscale: all pieces cast in 4 games, 2 won · Rosie Cotton of South Lane + Scurry Oak: all pieces cast in 7 games, 2 won · Basking Broodscale + Cathars' Crusade: all pieces cast in 3 games, 0 won · Scurry Oak + Cathars' Crusade: all pieces cast in 3 games, 2 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 2.52

0
11
1
30
2
15
3
3
4
2
5
1
6
2
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
15 / 9
Card draw
9 / 8
Removal
8 / 8
Board wipe
3 / 2
Protection
4 / 4
Strategy
25 cards no target

Count / target from the EDHREC average deck (the line), red means clearly below. Strategy: the remaining cards without one of these roles, such as the creatures and effects the deck is built around. 64 non-land cards in total.

Card types

Creatures
28
Planeswalkers
1
Instants
15
Sorceries
9
Artifacts
5
Enchantments
6
Lands
35

Most expensive cards

Doubling Season
€19.91
Cathars' Crusade
€4.91
Skullclamp
€4.63
Springheart Nantuko
€4.32
Boros Charm
€4.21
Jacked Rabbit
€3.52
Belladonna Took
€3.09
Lightning Greaves
€3.08

What the program has learned

Each tournament the deck tests one card. A verdict needs at least 40 games with and without the card. Since the deck is rebuilt every tournament with current prices and data, tested cards can drop out again later.

  • no clear difference Swiftfoot Boots instead of Lightning Greaves · win rate 9% with, 15% without (45 / 194 games)
  • no clear difference Increasing Devotion instead of Quina, Qu Gourmet · win rate 13% with, 15% without (173 / 66 games)
  • no clear difference Stocking the Pantry instead of Mentor of the Meek · win rate 13% with, 14% without (101 / 138 games)
  • no clear difference Dragon Fodder instead of Intrepid Rabbit · win rate 15% with, 13% without (110 / 129 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference Intrepid Rabbit instead of Dragon Fodder · win rate 13% with, 14% without (69 / 170 games) · from an earlier version, not in the deck now
  • no clear difference To Arms! instead of Champions from Beyond · win rate 14% with, 14% without (169 / 70 games)

9 more tested cards are still collecting games.

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Placement in every tournament

Oldest on the left. Green: top 3, blue: top 10.

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Best place 11 · average place 45.6 · 0× top 3 · 0× top 10 out of 27 tournaments

Played by the Forge AI, four players per game. An average deck wins 25%. How are decks tested?