Legendary Creature — Rabbit Warrior

Baylen, the Haymaker

Mana value3EDHREC#2,601

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The Commander

Tap two untapped tokens you control: Add one mana of any color.

Tap three untapped tokens you control: Draw a card.

Tap four untapped tokens you control: Put three +1/+1 counters on Baylen. It gains trample until end of turn.

Guide

Gameplan

Flood the board with creature tokens, then convert them into mana, cards, and a lethal Baylen via his tap abilities. You ramp into go-wide payoffs turn 4-6, untap tokens with effects or fresh production each turn, and either swing with an army anthem or pump Baylen into a trampling beater. Tokens are simultaneously your resource engine and your win condition.

Strengths

Built-in card advantage and ramp that scales with your token count, keeping you fueled in long games
Naya colors give access to the best token producers, anthems, and go-wide payoffs
Tokens can be artifacts/Treasures/Foods too, so the tap costs are flexible
Baylen self-grows into a real threat without needing voltron support
Resilient board presence that punishes opponents for sweeping late

Weaknesses

Extremely vulnerable to board wipes since the whole engine is tokens
Slow without early ramp—needs a few turns to assemble enough bodies
Tapping tokens for value competes with attacking, creating tension each turn
No native evasion or protection for Baylen beyond the trample mode
Color-intensive three-color mana base can stumble on keeping pips

Key Cards

Doubling Season — Doubles every token you make, instantly doubling Baylen's mana, draw, and counter output.
Anointed Procession — Cheaper token doubler that snowballs your board into overwhelming numbers.
Intangible Virtue — Anthem that turns a wide board into lethal damage and gives vigilance so you attack and still tap for value.
Cathars' Crusade — Every token entering pumps your whole team, turning go-wide into go-tall fast.
Krenko, Mob Boss — Explosive Goblin token engine that feeds all of Baylen's abilities in one activation.
Smothering Tithe — Generates a flood of Treasure tokens that double as fodder for Baylen's tap costs.
Skullclamp — Turns excess 1/1 tokens into a relentless card-draw engine alongside Baylen's draw mode.
Heroic Intervention — Protects your entire token board from removal and wraths at instant speed.

Upgrade Path

Add more token doublers (Parallel Lives, Mondrak, Glory Dominus) and free mass producers to hit critical mass faster. Lean into proliferate and anthems like Cathars' Crusade plus protection (Heroic Intervention, Teferi's Protection) to survive wraths that otherwise dismantle you. For higher power, include a token-based combo such as Krenko plus untappers or Aristocrats loops with Blood Artist and a sacrifice outlet to convert the board into a deterministic kill.

Core Cards

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Win Conditions

▸Alpha strike with an anthem-buffed token army
▸Pump Baylen with the four-token mode into a trampling commander-damage threat
▸Aristocrats drain via Blood Artist effects and repeatable sacrifice
▸Cast oversized X spells or game-ending payoffs off Treasure/token mana ramp

Archetypes

Tokens / Go-Wide — Baylen rewards mass token production with mana, cards, and combat damage from a single resource.
Aristocrats — Excess tokens can be sacrificed for value, and Baylen refills the board to keep sac engines fueled.
Counters Matter — Anthems and Baylen's +1/+1 mode pair with proliferate and counter synergies for a tall-and-wide plan.
Ramp/Midrange — Treasure and creature tokens fuel big payoff spells while Baylen draws extra gas.