<p style="text-align: right;"><em><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Clement, the Worrywort|blb|329" href="#" target="_blank">Clement, the Worrywort</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | Art by <a href="https://www.corygodbey.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cory Godbey</a></em></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hello there! Welcome back to </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Archetypes of Imagination</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the series where we build decks based on popular Commander archetypes. I'll be using </span><a href="https://tagger.scryfall.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Scryfall's tagging system</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and</span><a href="https://edhrec.com/tags" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> EDHREC's Tag pages</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to build around a new theme each week. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">This week, we'll be building a deck focused on bouncing creatures. But, a deck focused on <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Unsummon" href="#" target="_blank">Unsummon</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> variants likely wouldn't be fun to play (and it definitely wouldn't be fun to play against). So, we'll be focused on bouncing our own creatures! Why would we do that? To recast them, and get value from cast triggers and enters triggers. Getting value from taking normal game actions is, definitively, a Simic trait. So, in case you hadn't guessed yet, this deck will be led by <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Clement, the Worrywort" href="#" target="_blank">Clement, the Worrywort</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Clement, the Worrywort"></div></div></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Clement, the Worrywort" href="#" target="_blank">Clement</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is from my favorite set in recent memory: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bloomburrow</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. This frog's got some serious legs, too. For just <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-1" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span><span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-g" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span><span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-u" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span>, we get a <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Cryptolith Rite" href="#" target="_blank">Cryptolith Rite</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> on a stick, the ability to send a small creature back to our hand every time that one of our creatures enters, and a 3/3 vigilant creature. This card does so much for us, and asks for so little mana investment. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So, we'll be casting cheap creatures, most of them Frogs for <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Clement, the Worrywort" href="#" target="_blank">Clement</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>'s sake, and then recasting them later for even more value. This deck can string together some super impressive game actions once we've got a critical mass of mana available, and I'm really excited to show you all what I've come up with. Let's hop to it!</span></p>
<h2>They've Got Hops</h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This deck will, hopefully, be casting a ton of creatures. It's got a full 39 of them, but we'll be returning them to our hand so often that it'll feel like a lot more. To that end, let's talk about the best enters and cast triggers that this deck has to offer. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Beast Whisperer" href="#" target="_blank">Beast Whisperer</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Great Henge" href="#" target="_blank">The Great Henge</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> are classic green cards, providing huge amounts of card advantage over the course of the game. These cards are hard to beat, and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Beast Whisperer" href="#" target="_blank">Beast Whisperer</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> will be easy to cast with the mana that <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Clement, the Worrywort" href="#" target="_blank">Clement</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> provides us. Next, I think I finally found the perfect deck for <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Haze Frog" href="#" target="_blank">Haze Frog</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. Not only does this guy fit into our pre-existing typal shell, but a repeatable <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Fog" href="#" target="_blank">Fog</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> on a Frog (see what I did there?) can be backbreaking for our opponents.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Beast Whisperer"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="The Great Henge"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Haze Frog"></div></div></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Let's talk about a few other creatures with powerful cast triggers. The somewhat newly printed <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Octomancer" href="#" target="_blank">Octomancer</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> can be a repeatable source of 8/8 beaters, ending the game in short order if we can find a way to recast him multiple times in one turn. And, although it doesn't have a cast trigger itself, I wanted to shout out <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Silverback Elder" href="#" target="_blank">Silverback Elder</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. The ramp, removal, and lifegain provided by this card are hard to beat, and the <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-g" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span><span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-g" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span><span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-g" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span> in his casting cost can easily be handled by our commander. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Speaking of our commander, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Intruder Alarm" href="#" target="_blank">Intruder Alarm</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> can do some absolutely bonkers things with him out. This card feels very, very strong with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Clement, the Worrywort" href="#" target="_blank">Clement</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> on the board, but it may lead to solitaire-style gameplay. Your mileage may vary, so I suggest a bit of caution including <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Intruder Alarm" href="#" target="_blank">Intruder Alarm</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> in your <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Clement, the Worrywort" href="#" target="_blank">Clement</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> deck.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Octomancer"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Silverback Elder"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Intruder Alarm"></div></div></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lastly, I wanted to talk a bit about some special items in this deck. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Murkfiend Liege" href="#" target="_blank">Murkfiend Liege</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> or <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Valley Floodcaller" href="#" target="_blank">Valley Floodcaller</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> combined with either <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Final-Word Phantom" href="#" target="_blank">Final-Word Phantom</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> or <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="High Fae Trickster" href="#" target="_blank">High Fae Trickster</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> can essentially let us share each of our opponents' turns with them. Given the huge amount of mana that our commander can provide to us with a board full of kindred creatures, these cards can be extremely powerful. But, like I said with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Intruder Alarm" href="#" target="_blank">Intruder Alarm</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, that sort of play style isn't for everyone. Just something to keep in mind.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Murkfiend Liege"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Valley Floodcaller"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Final-Word Phantom"></div></div></span></p>
<h2>Up and Down, Up and Down…</h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This deck isn't just about casting creatures and getting payoffs when they enter the battlefield. It's also about returning creatures to our hand so they can be played over and over again. One of the best ways to do this is <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Dour Port-Mage" href="#" target="_blank">Dour Port-Mage</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, providing a relatively cheap way to bounce something we control and drawing cards along the way. For just <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-1" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span><span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-u" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span>, this can even hit the battlefield before our commander for a sweet curve-out. I'm also a big fan of <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Run Away Together" href="#" target="_blank">Run Away Together</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="This Town Ain&#039;t Big Enough" href="#" target="_blank">This Town Ain&#039;t Big Enough</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> - removal spells we don't mind the downside of. And, as a one-mana 2/2 with upside, it's hard for me to not include <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mistbreath Elder" href="#" target="_blank">Mistbreath Elder</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Dour Port-Mage"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Run Away Together"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Mistbreath Elder"></div></div></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Finally, there's a few cards that I couldn't leave out of this write-up: <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Three Tree Scribe" href="#" target="_blank">Three Tree Scribe</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Barrin, Tolarian Archmage" href="#" target="_blank">Barrin, Tolarian Archmage</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Gossip&#039;s Talent" href="#" target="_blank">Gossip&#039;s Talent</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. I really love cards like this; they provide us with several small advantages that add up to one solid card. My favorite among the bunch is probably <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Gossip&#039;s Talent" href="#" target="_blank">Gossip&#039;s Talent</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. Although it doesn't let us recast the creature, it does let us get repeatable ETB (enter the battlefield) triggers, card selection, and evasion for our creatures. It's got many less notable, but powerful, effects that this deck really wants consistent access to.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Three Tree Scribe"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Barrin, Tolarian Archmage"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Gossip&#039;s Talent"></div></div></span></p>
<h2>Clement, the Worrywort Commander Deck List</h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And, here's the full decklist:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Archetypes of Imagination - Building a Bounce Deck" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Commander]
*1 Clement, the Worrywort
[/Commander]
[Creatures]
*1 Aeve, Progenitor Ooze
*1 Barrin, Tolarian Archmage
*1 Beast Whisperer
*1 Champion of Lambholt
*1 Clifftop Lookout
*1 Coiling Oracle
*1 Destiny Spinner
*1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
*1 Dour Port-Mage
*1 Dreamdew Entrancer
*1 Dryad Arbor
*1 Essence Warden
*1 Final-Word Phantom
*1 Froghemoth
*1 Grolnok, the Omnivore
*1 Haze Frog
*1 High Fae Trickster
*1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
*1 Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
*1 Lilysplash Mentor
*1 Long River Lurker
*1 Masked Vandal
*1 Mistbreath Elder
*1 Murkfiend Liege
*1 Octomancer
*1 Pollywog Prodigy
*1 Pond Prophet
*1 Rampant Frogantua
*1 Realmwalker
*1 Shrieking Drake
*1 Silverback Elder
*1 Spore Frog
*1 Stickytongue Sentinel
*1 Sunshower Druid
*1 Three Tree Scribe
*1 Twenty-Toed Toad
*1 Valley Floodcaller
*1 Valley Mightcaller
[/Creatures]
&nbsp;
[Instants]
*1 Arcane Denial
*1 Beast Within
*1 Counterspell
*1 Mystic Reflection
*1 Polliwallop
*1 Pongify
*1 Rapid Hybridization
*1 Run Away Together
*1 Simic Charm
*1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
*1 This Town Ain&#039;t Big Enough
[/Instants]
&nbsp;
[Artifacts]
*1 Emerald Medallion
*1 Panharmonicon
*1 Sapphire Medallion
*1 The Great Henge
*1 Urza&#039;s Incubator
*1 Vanquisher&#039;s Banner
[/Artifacts]
[Sorceries]
*1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
*1 Farseek
*1 Nature&#039;s Lore
*1 Raise the Palisade
*1 Season of Weaving
*1 Splash Portal
[/Sorceries]
[Enchantments]
*1 Gossip&#039;s Talent
*1 Intruder Alarm
*1 Kindred Discovery
*1 Leyline of Abundance
*1 Reflections of Littjara
*1 Virtue of Knowledge // Vantress Visions
[/Enchantments]
[Lands]
*1 Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway
*1 Command Tower
*1 Dreamroot Cascade
*1 Flooded Grove
*9 Forest
*1 Hedge Maze
*9 Island
*1 Lilypad Village
*1 Oakhollow Village
*1 Overflowing Basin
*1 Path of Ancestry
*1 Rejuvenating Springs
*1 Secluded Courtyard
*1 Three Tree City
*1 Waterlogged Grove
*1 Willowrush Verge
[/Lands]"></span></div></span></p>
<h2>A Positively Ribbiting Conclusion</h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Before I end this article, there's a few more cards I'd like to talk about. This deck is mostly Frogs, so there's room for some sweet typal payoffs. We've got plenty of on-theme card advantage, like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Kindred Discovery" href="#" target="_blank">Kindred Discovery</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Grolnok, the Omnivore" href="#" target="_blank">Grolnok, the Omnivore</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, and even on-theme removal like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Polliwallop" href="#" target="_blank">Polliwallop</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Kindred Discovery"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Grolnok, the Omnivore"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Polliwallop"></div></div></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But my favorite card in this whole deck is <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Long River Lurker" href="#" target="_blank">Long River Lurker</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. This card does basically everything we want. It's a Frog, so it taps for mana. It protects all of our other Frogs. And it provides evasion to our best attacker every single time it enters the battlefield. This card is fantastic, and I think it works perfectly in a <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Clement, the Worrywort" href="#" target="_blank">Clement</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> deck.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Long River Lurker"></div></div></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thanks once again for reading! I'll see you all next time, for another edition of </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Archetypes of Imagination</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">: a fling deck!</span></p>


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<h6 style="text-align: right;">(<a href="https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&amp;order=released&amp;q=%21%22Baylen%2C+the+Haymaker%22+include%3Aextras&amp;unique=prints">Baylen, the Hammer</a> | Art By: <a href="https://scryfall.com/search?q=a%3A%E2%80%9CKemonomichi%E2%80%9D&amp;unique=art">Kemonomichi</a>)</h6>
<h1>Silly Rabbit Trix Are For Kids</h1>
<p>Cereal is delicious. Most people would agree on this enough to call it a fact. <span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Another fact is that <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Baylen, the Haymaker|BLB|345" href="#" target="_blank">Baylen, the Haymaker</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">, is the <a href="https://edhrec.com/sets/blb">most built Commander</a> in <em>Bloomburrow </em>when writing this piece</span>.</span> Another fact is that I have teched a deck that is so unique that there are no other entries on the site that have the Bonk Bunny and a particular ten-mana sorcery in the 99. Venture into the land of adorable woodland creatures with me, Nick, for another outside-the-box deck tech.</p>
<h2>Why Does This Deck Look So Weird?</h2>
<p>Baylen, the Haymaker is undoubtedly powerful. The card does everything anyone wants and stays nice and safe in the command zone. All versions of Baylen will utilize tokens to an extent, but how we use those tokens is the key. Are we making mana? Drawing cards? Or making the single biggest bunny anyone has ever seen and swinging for lethal? If I told you none of these are true, you'd stop reading this article and move on, so I won't say that. I can say the ability to pump up Baylen is something I am trying never to have to use in this deck. Using that ability to kill someone is plan Z in the "ways, this deck wants to win the game" handbook.</p>
<p>I can say that the ability to draw a card and, to a lesser extent, make mana is vital to this deck's ability to win the game. Card draw is always crucial to commander decks, and it is no surprise that commanders who can draw cards are often "better" than those who can't. This deck is also a bit mana intensive; remember, we built around a ten-mana card. We also have green, so mana production isn't as hard to come by as with other colors.</p>
<h2>One, Two, Punch</h2>
<p><a href="https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&amp;order=name&amp;q=type%3Asorcery+commander%3AWRG+%28game%3Apaper%29+cmc%3D10" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nine</a> legal sorceries cost ten CMC, which we could build around in this deck. Five of them wrath the board in one way or another. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Explosive Singularity" href="#" target="_blank">Explosive Singularity</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> deals damage.<span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Apex of Power" href="#" target="_blank">Apex of Power</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> can let you cast more spells. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Storm Herd" href="#" target="_blank">Storm Herd</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> makes pegasi. But there is one card that makes our deck unique: <div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Primal Surge"></div></div>.</p>
<p>Some of you may have seen a <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Primal Surge" href="#" target="_blank">Primal Surge</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> deck before. Most often, it's in <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Nikya of the Old Ways" href="#" target="_blank">Nikya of the Old Ways</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> or <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ruric Thar, the Unbowed" href="#" target="_blank">Ruric Thar, the Unbowed</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. Both cards actively force you to run very few to no other non-permanents outside of the surge itself. I've always wanted to make a deck using Primal Surge as the win condition, and I think Baylen is a sneaky way to do it. There is no small list of permanents that reward you, HEAVILY, for making tokens. Almost every commander player has seen one, if not all, of these cards.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Doubling Season"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Parallel Lives"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Anointed Procession"></div></div>
<p>These three are the most popular. They are often the best of the bunch. Four CMC for Anointed Procession and Parallel Lives means they come down faster, and Doubling Season has a historic pedigree and extra synergy with planeswalkers. But let me introduce you to the B-Team of these effects.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Primal Vigor"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Dual Nature"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation"></div></div>
<p>The CMC and added effects bring down the ratings for all these cards: <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation" href="#" target="_blank">Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Dual Nature" href="#" target="_blank">Dual Nature</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> only affect creatures. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Primal Vigor" href="#" target="_blank">Primal Vigor</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> has the slight drawback of giving benefits to your opponents, not just you. As someone who has gotten many more Bs in my academic career than As, these will do just fine. One more card in the deck can make between zero and an indeterminate amount of tokens. It just depends on if you feel lucky, punk, do you?</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Mirror March"></div></div>
<p>But how do we get to cast all these spells, and more importantly, how do we get to cast <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Primal Surge" href="#" target="_blank">Primal Surge</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, with its high cost? Dorks, lots of dorks.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Birds of Paradise"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Circle of Dreams Druid"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Faeburrow Elder"></div></div>
<h2>How We Build It</h2>
<p>We need to make a lot of mana and fast. If you are flush with cash or have access to specific pieces of technology, like a sharpie, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Gaea&#039;s Cradle" href="#" target="_blank">Gaea&#039;s Cradle</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> will be a boon to this deck. Land enchantments like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Utopia Sprawl" href="#" target="_blank">Utopia Sprawl</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> help ramp and color fix. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Selvala, Explorer Returned" href="#" target="_blank">Selvala, Explorer Returned</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Selvala, Heart of the Wilds" href="#" target="_blank">Selvala, Heart of the Wilds</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> both give us access to more cards, more mana, and a small amount of lifegain. And since we can't run the typical green staple cards such as <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Kodama&#039;s Reach" href="#" target="_blank">Kodama&#039;s Reach</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> or <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Three Visits" href="#" target="_blank">Three Visits</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, we're running all three of the Signets:</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Boros Signet|SLD|291"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Gruul Signet|SLD|288"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Selesnya Signet|SLD|290"></div></div>
<p>I will always shout out the card <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Cryptolith Rite" href="#" target="_blank">Cryptolith Rite</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, especially when it is so good in this deck.</p>
<h2>Gotta Go Fast</h2>
<p>As the saying goes, "haste makes waste." I want to make waste of the other players at the table, so haste seems essential to this deck. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Concordant Crossroads" href="#" target="_blank">Concordant Crossroads</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Rhythm of the Wild" href="#" target="_blank">Rhythm of the Wild</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Samut, Voice of Dissent" href="#" target="_blank">Samut, Voice of Dissent</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. But haste often comes with attacking, as does making a massive board of tokens. But why would I not care about how big Baylen can get if that is the case? Why would I not want to use the Bonk Bunny?</p>
<p>Because I've been lying to you this entire time, readers.</p>
<h2>Burn it Down</h2>
<p>We are not "just" built around <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Primal Surge" href="#" target="_blank">Primal Surge</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. We are also the only Baylen deck with the card <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Flame Fusillade" href="#" target="_blank">Flame Fusillade</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. Attacking with creatures is so 2014; we're all about tapping creatures in 2024. Firstly, this causes a problem for our deck. It stops the <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Primal Surge" href="#" target="_blank">Primal Surge</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> as it's not a permanent. This is what makes Baylen's ability to draw cards so good. It can help us find both sorceries in the deck so that the surge does not stop. Once we <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surge_(drink)" target="_blank" rel="noopener">surge</a> our deck like 1995, we can tap dance our way to victory unless we are playing against a table full of pesky <a href="https://edhrec.com/themes/lifegain">lifegain</a> decks. Then, once again, we turn to our furry friend, make some mana, and activate <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Aggravated Assault" href="#" target="_blank">Aggravated Assault</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> as many times as necessary.</p>
<h2>In Conclusion</h2>
<p><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Baylen, the Haymaker" href="#" target="_blank">Baylen, the Haymaker</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, is one of the strongest commanders I've seen recently, which says a lot. It's a Swiss army knife of a card living in your command zone. But truthfully, to me, it is a bit boring. I wanted to stretch the limits on this card in a way that still takes advantage of what the deck is trying to do at its heart but also catches people by surprise. The deck runs many expensive to cast and "not very strong" token-making creatures like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Trostani&#039;s Summoner" href="#" target="_blank">Trostani&#039;s Summoner</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Godsire" href="#" target="_blank">Godsire</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, but that's the point. There's also three different <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Eternal Witness" href="#" target="_blank">Eternal Witness</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> effects if we ever lose our wincons.</p>
<p>There's one type of card I did omit from this deck for many reasons. Those would be the <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Overrun" href="#" target="_blank">Overrun</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> creatures, famously <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Craterhoof Behemoth" href="#" target="_blank">Craterhoof Behemoth</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. Should it be in the deck for efficiency's sake? Yes, it should. Is it super predictable and somewhat played out? I think so. But this is my build of the deck and I'm wearing my hipster hat, so if you sleeve up Baylen, put in whatever cards make you happy. If you want to see any other deck techs I have done, set reviews where I undoubtedly judged a card wrong, or the many things I have said about Planeswalkers, check out <a href="https://edhrec.com/articles/author/nicholas-lucchesi/">my previous articles on EDHREC</a> under my name or the <em>Myth Realized</em> series.</p>
<h2>Deck List</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Silly Rabbit Trix are for Kids" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Commander]
*1 Baylen, the Haymaker
[/Commander]
[Creature]
*1 Adipose Offspring
*1 Angel of Invention
*1 Avacyn&#039;s Pilgrim
*1 Avenger of Zendikar
*1 Birds of Paradise
*1 Bloom Tender
*1 Canoptek Scarab Swarm
*1 Chancellor of the Forge
*1 Circle of Dreams Druid
*1 Cloudgoat Ranger
*1 Deep Forest Hermit
*1 Delighted Halfling
*1 Deranged Hermit
*1 Elvish Mystic
*1 Eternal Witness
*1 Faeburrow Elder
*1 Fanatic of Rhonas
*1 Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds
*1 Godsire
*1 Hornet Queen
*1 Llanowar Elves
*1 Loran of the Third Path
*1 Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization
*1 Preston, the Vanisher
*1 Prosperous Innkeeper
*1 Rampaging Baloths
*1 Rhys the Redeemed
*1 Rose Room Treasurer
*1 Samut, Voice of Dissent
*1 Selfless Squire
*1 Selvala, Explorer Returned
*1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
*1 Skullwinder
*1 Timeless Witness
*1 Trostani&#039;s Summoner
*1 Ulasht, the Hate Seed
[/Creature]
[Enchantment]
*1 Aggravated Assault
*1 Anointed Procession
*1 Concordant Crossroads
*1 Cryptolith Rite
*1 Doubling Season
*1 Dual Nature
*1 Felidar Retreat
*1 Fertile Ground
*1 Guardian Project
*1 Mirari&#039;s Wake
*1 Mirror March
*1 Parallel Lives
*1 Primal Vigor
*1 Rhythm of the Wild
*1 Utopia Sprawl
*1 Wild Growth
[/Enchantment]
[Artifact]
*1 Arcane Signet
*1 Boros Signet
*1 Gruul Signet
*1 Selesnya Signet
*1 Sol Ring
*1 Sonic Screwdriver
[/Artifact]
[Sorcery]
*1 Flame Fusillade
*1 Primal Surge
[/Sorcery]
[Land]
*1 Ancient Tomb
*1 Arid Mesa
*1 Boros Garrison
*1 Boseiju, Who Endures
*1 Bountiful Promenade
*1 Canopy Vista
*1 Castle Garenbrig
*1 Cinder Glade
*1 Clifftop Retreat
*1 Command Tower
*1 Commercial District
*1 Exotic Orchard
*7 Forest
*1 Gruul Turf
*1 Jetmir&#039;s Garden
*1 Jungle Shrine
*1 Lush Portico
*1 Mountain
*1 Overgrown Farmland
*1 Plains
*1 Rockfall Vale
*1 Rootbound Crag
*1 Sacred Foundry
*1 Selesnya Sanctuary
*1 Spectator Seating
*1 Spire Garden
*1 Stomping Ground
*1 Sundown Pass
*1 Sunpetal Grove
*1 Temple Garden
*1 Windswept Heath
*1 Wooded Foothills
*1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
[/Land]
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