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Price
€495.97of €500.00
Overall win rate
24%50 wins in 207 scored games
Games
260 (53)played in 26 tournaments, 53 not scored (time limit)
Rank
29in the rankings up to €500 · Elo 1519 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 35 lands, 13 of them basic
Game Changer
2of at most 3 allowed
Combos
3complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

At most €500 including the commander. If prices rise above that, the shopping list is rebuilt automatically.

The shopping list was rebuilt with current prices on Oct 25, 2026: the tested version had risen to €505.15, above €500.00. Win rate and placement come from the tested version.

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 (14)

Sorceries (6)

Artifacts (5)

Enchantments (10)

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, Near-infinite creature tokens
    Example – 8 versions with these cards: Storm Herd · Cathars' Crusade · Rosie Cotton of South Lane · Basking Broodscale · Scurry Oak · Impact Tremors · Arabella, Abandoned Doll · Warleader's Call
  • Springheart Nantuko + … → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens
    8 versions, each with one of: Tireless Provisioner · Doubling Season · Parallel Lives · Primal Vigor · Mondrak, Glory Dominus · Anointed Procession and 1 more
  • Gleaming Splendor + Smothering Tithe + … → Infinite card draw for any number of players, Infinite draw triggers for any number of players, Near-infinite Treasure tokens
    6 versions, each with one of: Anointed Procession · Mondrak, Glory Dominus · Exalted Sunborn · Doubling Season · Parallel Lives · Primal Vigor

Commander Spellbook lists 22 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

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  • 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
  • Gleaming Splendor + Smothering Tithe + Anointed Procession → Infinite card draw for any number of players, Infinite draw triggers for any number of players, Near-infinite Treasure tokens
  • Gleaming Splendor + Smothering Tithe + Mondrak, Glory Dominus → Infinite card draw for any number of players, Infinite draw triggers for any number of players, Near-infinite Treasure tokens
  • Storm Herd + Cathars' Crusade → Near-infinite +1/+1 counters, Near-infinite creature ETB, Near-infinite creature tokens
  • Gleaming Splendor + Smothering Tithe + Exalted Sunborn → Infinite card draw for any number of players, Infinite draw triggers for any number of players, Near-infinite Treasure 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
  • Storm Herd + Warleader's Call → Near-infinite creature ETB, Near-infinite creature tokens, Near-infinite damage
  • Gleaming Splendor + Smothering Tithe + Doubling Season → Infinite card draw for any number of players, Infinite draw triggers for any number of players, Near-infinite Treasure tokens
  • Gleaming Splendor + Smothering Tithe + Parallel Lives → Infinite card draw for any number of players, Infinite draw triggers for any number of players, Near-infinite Treasure tokens
  • Gleaming Splendor + Smothering Tithe + Primal Vigor → Infinite card draw for any number of players, Infinite draw triggers for any number of players, Near-infinite Treasure tokens
  • 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
  • Springheart Nantuko + Parallel Lives → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite landfall triggers
  • Springheart Nantuko + Primal Vigor → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite landfall triggers
  • Springheart Nantuko + Mondrak, Glory Dominus → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite landfall triggers
  • Springheart Nantuko + Anointed Procession → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite landfall triggers
  • Springheart Nantuko + Exalted Sunborn → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite landfall triggers

What the games show

From 207 analysed games in 26 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: mixed – 50% combat damage, the rest direct damage

Strengths

  • Often wins by combo: in 18 of 50 wins all pieces of a combo were in play indication

Weaknesses

  • Often eliminated first: in 36% of games (all-deck avg: 25%) logged (74 of 207 games)
  • Drops out early: in losses on average already on its 9th own turn (all-deck avg: 10th) logged (157 losses)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 207 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Baylen, the Haymaker avg 6.4hit in 104 of 207 games
  2. Agate Instigator avg 5.6hit in 38 of 207 games
  3. Warleader's Call avg 4.5hit in 38 of 207 games

Damage when used when it hits

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

  1. Agate Instigator avg 30.7hit in 38 of 207 games
  2. Impact Tremors avg 27.0hit in 27 of 207 games
  3. Warleader's Call avg 24.4hit in 38 of 207 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

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

  1. Agate Instigator 29×207 games in deck
  2. Warleader's Call 16×207 games in deck
  3. Baylen, the Haymaker 14×207 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

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

  1. Hour of Reckoning 101×avg 0.5 per game · 207 games in deck
  2. Swords to Plowshares 49×avg 0.2 per game · 207 games in deck
  3. Generous Gift 36×avg 0.2 per game · 194 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 12% of 2098 attackers blocked in total, 10% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Rabbit Token 15×blocked in 6 games
  2. Elephant Token 8×blocked in 8 games
  3. Goblin Token 4×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. Dawn's Truce 0%cast in 0 of 207 games
  2. Storm Herd 5%cast in 11 of 207 games
  3. Grand Crescendo 8%cast in 16 of 207 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 50 wins came

  • by turn 74%
  • turns 8–914%
  • turns 10–1144%
  • turns 12–1324%
  • turn 14+14%

Combos in play logged Rosie Cotton of South Lane + Basking Broodscale: all pieces cast in 5 games, 2 won · Rosie Cotton of South Lane + Scurry Oak: all pieces cast in 6 games, 2 won · Basking Broodscale + Cathars' Crusade: all pieces cast in 2 games, 0 won · Scurry Oak + Cathars' Crusade: all pieces cast in 0 games, 0 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 2.88

0
11
1
19
2
18
3
7
4
6
5
1
6
2
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
12 / 9
Card draw
11 / 8
Removal
8 / 8
Board wipe
2 / 2
Protection
4 / 4
Strategy
27 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
14
Sorceries
6
Artifacts
5
Enchantments
10
Lands
35

Most expensive cards

Anointed Procession
€36.02
Smothering Tithe
€32.60
Mondrak, Glory Dominus
€31.60
Gleaming Splendor
€29.35
Arid Mesa
€27.18
Parallel Lives
€20.63
The Queen of Dale
€20.08
Doubling Season
€19.91

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 Nature's Lore instead of Avacyn's Pilgrim · win rate 25% with, 23% without (130 / 77 games)

14 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

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Total €495.97 Cardmarket average as of Oct 27, 2026

Open Cardmarket Wants

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Placement in every tournament

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

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Best place 8 · average place 30.7 · 0× top 3 · 2× top 10 out of 26 tournaments

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