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Commander
Baylen, the Haymaker
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.
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.
Legendary Creature - Warrior Rabbit
Commander
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Copy
Gandalf the White
Flash
You may cast legendary spells and artifact spells as though they had flash.
If a legendary permanent or an artifact entering or leaving the battlefield causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.
You may cast legendary spells and artifact spells as though they had flash.
If a legendary permanent or an artifact entering or leaving the battlefield causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Avatar
Copy
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Creature
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
Do You Like Squirrels? — Whenever The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl enters or attacks, create a 1/1 green Squirrel creature token.
I LOVE Squirrels! — : Create X 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens, where X is the number of Squirrels you control.
I LOVE Squirrels! — : Create X 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens, where X is the number of Squirrels you control.
Legendary Creature - Human Squirrel Hero
Creature
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Draw
Draw
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Evasion
Evasion
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Land
Boseiju, Who Endures
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Channel — , Discard this card: Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or nonbasic land an opponent controls. That player may search their library for a land card with a basic land type, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. This ability costs less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Channel — , Discard this card: Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or nonbasic land an opponent controls. That player may search their library for a land card with a basic land type, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. This ability costs less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Legendary Land
Gemstone Caverns
If this card is in your opening hand and you're not the starting player, you may begin the game with Gemstone Caverns on the battlefield with a luck counter on it. If you do, exile a card from your hand.
: Add . If Gemstone Caverns has a luck counter on it, instead add one mana of any color.
: Add . If Gemstone Caverns has a luck counter on it, instead add one mana of any color.
Legendary Land
Land
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Protection
Dawn's Truce
Gift a card (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they draw a card before its other effects.)
You and permanents you control gain hexproof until end of turn. If the gift was promised, permanents you control also gain indestructible until end of turn.
You and permanents you control gain hexproof until end of turn. If the gift was promised, permanents you control also gain indestructible until end of turn.
Instant
Legolas's Quick Reflexes
Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.)
Untap target creature. Until end of turn, it gains reach, hexproof, and "Whenever this creature becomes tapped, it deals damage equal to its power to up to one target creature."
Untap target creature. Until end of turn, it gains reach, hexproof, and "Whenever this creature becomes tapped, it deals damage equal to its power to up to one target creature."
Instant
Veil of Summer
Draw a card if an opponent has cast a blue or black spell this turn. Spells you control can't be countered this turn. You and permanents you control gain hexproof from blue and from black until end of turn. (You and they can't be the targets of blue or black spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Instant
Protection
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Ramp
Knuckles the Echidna
Double strike, trample, haste
Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token.
Treasure Hunter — At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control thirty or more artifacts, you win the game.
Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token.
Treasure Hunter — At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control thirty or more artifacts, you win the game.
Legendary Creature - Warrior Echidna
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
Whenever Ragavan deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token and exile the top card of that player's library. Until end of turn, you may cast that card.
Dash (You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)
Dash (You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)
Legendary Creature - Pirate Monkey
Shigeki, Jukai Visionary
, , Return Shigeki to its owner's hand: Reveal the top four cards of your library. You may put a land card from among them onto the battlefield tapped. Put the rest into your graveyard.
Channel — , Discard this card: Return X target nonlegendary cards from your graveyard to your hand.
Channel — , Discard this card: Return X target nonlegendary cards from your graveyard to your hand.
Legendary Creature Enchantment - Druid Snake
Tataru Taru
When Tataru Taru enters, you draw a card and target opponent may draw a card.
Scions' Secretary — Whenever an opponent draws a card, if it isn't that player's turn, create a tapped Treasure token. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Scions' Secretary — Whenever an opponent draws a card, if it isn't that player's turn, create a tapped Treasure token. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Legendary Creature - Advisor Dwarf
The Cabbage Merchant
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with ", , Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
Whenever a creature deals combat damage to you, sacrifice a Food token.
Tap two untapped Foods you control: Add one mana of any color.
Whenever a creature deals combat damage to you, sacrifice a Food token.
Tap two untapped Foods you control: Add one mana of any color.
Legendary Creature - Human Citizen
Ramp
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Recursion
Samwise Gamgee
Whenever another nontoken creature you control enters, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with ", , Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
Sacrifice three Foods: Return target historic card from your graveyard to your hand. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
Sacrifice three Foods: Return target historic card from your graveyard to your hand. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
Legendary Creature - Peasant Halfling
Recursion
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Removal
Archdruid's Charm
Choose one —
• Search your library for a creature or land card and reveal it. Put it onto the battlefield tapped if it's a land card. Otherwise, put it into your hand. Then shuffle.
• Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control.
• Exile target artifact or enchantment.
• Search your library for a creature or land card and reveal it. Put it onto the battlefield tapped if it's a land card. Otherwise, put it into your hand. Then shuffle.
• Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control.
• Exile target artifact or enchantment.
Instant
Removal
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Tokens
Will of the Mardu
Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead.
• Create a number of 1/1 red Warrior creature tokens equal to the number of creatures target player controls.
• Will of the Mardu deals damage to target creature equal to the number of creatures you control.
• Create a number of 1/1 red Warrior creature tokens equal to the number of creatures target player controls.
• Will of the Mardu deals damage to target creature equal to the number of creatures you control.
Instant
Tokens
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Tutor
Nature's Rhythm
Search your library for a creature card with mana value X or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Harmonize (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its harmonize cost. You may tap a creature you control to reduce that cost by an amount of generic mana equal to its power. Then exile this spell.)
Harmonize (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its harmonize cost. You may tap a creature you control to reduce that cost by an amount of generic mana equal to its power. Then exile this spell.)
Sorcery
Ranger-Captain of Eos
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a creature card with mana value 1 or less, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Sacrifice this creature: Your opponents can't cast noncreature spells this turn.
Sacrifice this creature: Your opponents can't cast noncreature spells this turn.
Creature - Human Soldier Ranger
Tutor
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Baylen allows you to turn other cards into a pseudo smothering tithe and while it doesn't let you turn mana into cards it does let you turn those same tokens into cards. So every token you can generate through a token engine is 1/3 rhystic study or 1/2 smothering tithe.\nWhen I researched the history of Baylen I found there have been 2 main ways to play Baylen, first is as a staxx list playing cards like collector ouphe and deafening silence, and second is as a fast combo deck using birthing pod combos or other combos that make infinite tokens and outlet them through Baylen. The staxx build abuses Baylen's ability to still be able to tap treasures for mana even with an ouphe effect out, the pod combo version abuses the fact that Baylen cost 3 mana and can ben an outlet for infinite token combos.\nYou will notice that in this list there are 0 stax pieces and also that there is no birthing pod or pod combo pieces such as "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Felidar Guardian"},{"insert":".\nGenerally in cEDH there are 2 ways you go about getting mass recourses. Either A abusing a powerful card that generates these recourses such as "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Ad Nauseam"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Necropotence"},{"insert":", or in the past "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Dockside extortionist"},{"insert":". The second way is with cards that create advantage when your opponents take different game actions the prime examples of these being "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Rhystic study"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Mystic remora"},{"insert":", and "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Smothering tithe"},{"insert":". While dockside was legal we had a valid way to create a massive amount of tokens for a small investment. Now that it is banned (thank God) we have to look elsewhere to generate advantage in the form of tokens which Baylen can turn into mana and cards.\nMany other Baylen lists seem to only use him as an outlet for combo's that make infinite tokens, in my opinion this is leaving a "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"LOT"},{"insert":" of power on the table. The most powerful things we can do in magic outside of simply winning are make mana and draw cards which leads to winning. Baylen does both of these things provided you can make tokens. So the task of this deck is to optimize the amount of tokens that can be made.\nThis brings us back to the 2 main ways decks generate advantage and in the case of our deck that advantage is tokens. So there are 2 type of token generators that can be combed through to select the most optimal strategy. First I looked at cards that create a large amount of tokens instantly from one spell. cards like\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Will of the mardu"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Farmer cotton"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Call the Coppercoats"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"March of the Multitudes"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Avenger of Zendikar"},{"insert":","},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"and other cards similar to these. Through either testing or observation I find the only one of these that is powerful enough is "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Will of the Mardu"},{"insert":" which is busted in this deck. The main problem is you cannot tutor it since it is an instant and we are playing Naya. So while it is a staple for this deck you cannot build around having consistent access to it.\nSince there aren't enough powerful mass token generators to base advantage we have to look to the second category of advantage in cards that trigger off of our opponents game actions. We are in Naya so we don't have access to rhystic or mystic but since we have baylen we can get close. This is where the deck gets its name of Build Your Own Smothering Tithe. We want cards that trigger when our opponents take actions so we can generate tokens which turns into cards and mana. In reality its like building your own rhystic study but B.Y.O.R.S just doesn't sound as good to me.\nIf you can't make tokens then your commander has no text on it so if you don't want to prioritize making tokens then you should probably just play another naya deck that doesn't care about tokens. So you first mulligan priority is to find a token generator. I have these listed into 3 categories\nToken Generators\nFirst is "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Big Token Generators"},{"insert":" these are cards that will make you an uncapped amount of tokens throughout a game while your opponents take game actions. You want to try and find one of these in every game, in general if you are keeping a 7 card hand it can probably deploy one of these early and follow up with Baylen\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"The Cabbage Merchant"},{"insert":" This is the best creature that has ever been printed for Baylen other than perhaps "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Dockside Extortionist"},{"insert":" (Rest in Piss) and the deck has been tuned to try and get this card out on turn 1 or 2 consistently. This is not always possible but should be a priority in your mulligans"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Smothering Tithe"},{"insert":" I still don't know if tithe or Cabbage merchant is more powerful in this deck so I consider them equal, But tithe is also very very powerful in this deck and if you see a hand that can deploy it early you should also keep that hand. Quite possibly one of the best cards in the game."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"DragonLair Spider"},{"insert":" This is the best token generator you can have out (Besides tithe if your opponents have 2 or 3 Rhystic Study's and keep drawing). It is hard to cast it early so usually you don't want to have it in your opening hand, but it is necessary to have an uncapped token generator that is spell cast based as a tutor target if your cabbage merchant gets removed."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Charismatic Conqueror"},{"insert":" This is the most situational of all the \"big\" token generators since your opponents can choose to just tap the tokens. However it can also make a lot of tokens in the right situation where other players have smothering tithes or cabbage merchants out and want to leave up mana. I have had games where it made 0 tokens and games where it made 30. Once again don't keep hands that cast it if they can't also play Baylen. I would also want to have a tutor or some other reason to keep a hand where conqueror is your main game plan in case it doesn't make many tokens. Note it is very powerful to play this turn 1 seat 1 in a pod and it gets better against decks that play a lot of mana rocks or make a lot of treasure's."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Next are the "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Medium"},{"insert":" token generators. These cards are hear to bridge the gap to help you develop your "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Big"},{"insert":" token generators. Some of these are more self reliant since sometimes your opponents are not taking the game actions required to trigger your "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Big"},{"insert":" generators and you still need to make tokens.\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Will of the Mardu"},{"insert":" we already talked about this card earlier but this card has the potential to be a \"big\" token generator but since it has a capped amount and is just a 1 shot card that can vary a lot it lives here. There will be games where it can make 30 tokens or you can cast it and copy it and it will basically be a win condition. But most of the time it makes like 8 tokens and kills something. Very good card\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Tataru Taru"},{"insert":" is opponent reliant but non offensive. I have never had anyone deny the first card draw and sometimes all you need is one card and one treasure to get you from Tataru into a cabbage merchant or smothering tithe. Other times it triggers every turn and you untap with 4 extra treasures. In these cases it is very strong. Unfortunately the treasures enter tapped so we lose out on some Baylen value but I think every white deck in cEDH should play this card in general.\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Professional Face-Breaker"},{"insert":" is a good way to make treasures without caring about your opponents drawing cards. It has great synergies with Baylen since you can tap 2 treasures for a mana and then exile them to see the top 2 cards of your library. It also synergizes well with Delney, Smothering Tithe, Perigin took, and Academy manufactor. Overall very good card that helps you out in a lot of situations without being overly threatening\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Knuckles the Echidna"},{"insert":" is basically a second face breaker, you lose out on the card draw synergy but make up for it by making more treasures. This card ties together some hands that go turn 1 mana dork, turn 2 Baylen, Turn 3 Knuckles make 3 treasures hold up 3 mana and then draw a card if you don't need to use the tokens. Very solid card and its on my bucket list to win with its trigger.\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Samwise Gamgee"},{"insert":" I added this card because I was facing mulligan problems in pods that are naturally going to be low recourse where you can't rely on opponents to cast spells to trigger Cabbage Merchant. Often times in these pods I was feeling like I lacked a game plan unless I could develop a "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Smothering Tithe"},{"insert":" which is not a very reliable game plan. This card also helps to smooth out mulligans where you draw cards like "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Academy Manufactor"},{"insert":" which is a very strong card with cabbage merchant but is hard to get value out of when you don't have access to that card. It also opens up some 3 and 4 card combo's which are niece but can come up and are nice as an option. These will be listed in the Bonus combo section later in the Primer.\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Ninja Pizza"},{"insert":" Unfortunately this card is good in the deck lol. As much as I don't like ninja turtles in magic this card is pretty solid. It makes a token the turn it comes down which is very relevant for holding up interaction after playing it, and it also can function as a token enabler in the later stages of the game. When you pair this card with "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"The Cabbage Merchant"},{"insert":" or "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Samwise Gamgee"},{"insert":" it can be a very powerful mana advantage engine. So the fact that it is a token generator that always works despite what your opponents are doing, and it transitions into a token enabler makes it very strong. Another thing about it is that it helps turn on "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Academy Manufactor"},{"insert":" which is a very powerful card but needs specific tokens to function so that is a nice part about it as well.\nLastly are the "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Small"},{"insert":" token generators. These cards do make tokens but likely only once a turn cycle. Do not count on them to provide you with enough advantage to take over a game but they will help smooth the curve.\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer"},{"insert":" just a strong cEDH card that can make some tokens. Usually you will make around 2 tokens per game. It also has some synergy with other cards in the deck such as "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Flare of Duplication"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Delney, Streetwise lookout"},{"insert":", and any other token doublers\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Gilded Goose"},{"insert":" is the other small token generators but its a mana dork that can help a lot in low resource games where you had to mulligan low and you can just activate it a few times to make some foods. This is not a gameplan you want to pursue but sometimes it happens. In other cases its a one time mana dork. One of the bigger reasons to play it is that it synergizes with "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Academy Manufactor"},{"insert":" which is an extremely powerful card in the deck however it needs specific types of tokens to work. "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Gilded Goose"},{"insert":" not only makes a food when it enters but it can make more if you use its other ability. you can get similar value with "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Delney, Streetwise Lookout"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Peregrin took"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Samwise Gamgee"},{"insert":", and "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Ninja Pizza"},{"insert":" in different situations. All of these seem small but they add up and at the end of the day it is a turn one mana dork that you can play and that is its main purpose.\nThe other cards that Technically make tokens are also win conditions so we will just talk about them in a later section :)\nToken Enabler's\nWhile getting a token generator is step one of the deck just one generator often times isn't enough to allow you to fully go off. There are games where they can be for example if you have a "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Smothering Tithe"},{"insert":" and your opponents are drawing a massive amount of cards. Or if you have a "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"The Cabbage merchant"},{"insert":" and an opponent is going through a non deterministic storm line with Etali. But in the average game developing an \"Enabler\" is what will push you over the edge. This can also be done by developing multiple \"Big\" Token generator's.\nThe first and I think best of the enabler's is\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Peregrin Took"},{"insert":" since it works with every type of token generator by adding an additional food it just fits very nicely into a lot of board states. I often politic that my token generator's are 1/3 "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Rhystic study"},{"insert":" which is true since it takes 3 tokens to draw a card. But "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Peregrin Took"},{"insert":" changes the math so that every 3 instances you make a token you can draw 3 cards since you will make 6 tokens you can tap them to draw 2 cards and then you can sacrifice the 3 foods to draw an additional one. with "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"the Cabbage Merchant"},{"insert":" you can actually draw 4 cards or add 3 mana draw 2 cards."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"What to do with these tokens?"},{"attributes":{"header":4},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"So now that you have prioritized making tokens you need to do something with them, the two main things you are gonna do is interact, and win the game. Lets start with the ways to win the game\nCombo's\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Winning the Game"},{"insert":" There are 2 easy main combos that you can do in the deck to make infinite tokens,\nFirst is the combination of "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Scurry Oak"},{"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Rosie Cotton of South Lane"},{"insert":". First play Scurry Oak and then play Rosie, when Rosie enters you make a food token which triggers Rosie's second ability to put a +1/+1 counter onto a creature. Put the counter onto Scurry Oak and trigger its second ability to make a squirrel token. This will once again trigger Rosie so you can put another counter onto Scurry Oak. Continue doing that until you have made as many tokens as you want and then stop putting counters onto Scurry Oak. Now you have infinite tokens which you can use with Baylen to draw through your deck. This will lead into a loop that I will explain after I say the other way to make infinite tokens.\nThe second way is with "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker"},{"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Village Bell-Ringer"},{"insert":". It doesn't really matter which order you play the creatures but once you have both of them on the battle field you can tap Kiki to make a copy of bell ringer, this makes a token copy which untaps Kiki, use it again to copy Bell ringer and make infinite tokens with Haste. If it is your turn pre combat you can just attack with the tokens if not then use the following combo which is the outlet for any way you make infinite tokens.\nUse Baylen's ability to draw through your entire library. Then find the cards "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Endurance"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Will of the Mardu"},{"insert":", and "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Twinshot Sniper"},{"insert":". Using your infinite token mana hard cast Endurance and target yourself, hold priority and channel twinshot Sniper to deal 2 damage to any of your opponents, then cast will of the mardu targeting your own endurance, allow the Endurance ability to resolve and shuffle those 3 cards plus your graveyard into your library. Use Baylen to draw your library again and repeat that loop to kill your opponents.\nif your opponents have one ring protection then instead replace "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Twinshot Sniper"},{"insert":" with "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Dawn's Truce"},{"insert":" you can gift a card to your opponent over and over again to make the draw there entire library. First you should resolve "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Silence"},{"insert":" or a similar effect to make sure you aren't interacted with."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"If "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Endurance"},{"insert":" is in your graveyard because you already had to use it as interaction then no worries simply use "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Noxious Revival"},{"insert":" to put it on top of your library or "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Eternal Witness"},{"insert":" to get it back to your hand"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"If any of the other combo pieces are in your graveyard then cast endurance using its Evoke cost and have it target yourself and stack the triggers so that it dies before you shuffle your graveyard"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"If "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Endurance"},{"insert":" is Exiled and you are playing at instant speed then you can cast "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Savage summoning"},{"insert":" to play "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Delney, Streetwise lookout"},{"insert":" then cast either "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Cloudshift"},{"insert":" or "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Ephemerate"},{"insert":" targeting any creature you control it doesn't matter hold priority and cast "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Dawn's Truce"},{"insert":" Then finally hold priority one more time and cast "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Dualcaster Mage"},{"insert":" targeting both "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Ephemerate"},{"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Dawn's Truce"},{"insert":". Use the copy of Ephemerate to flicker Dualcaster and continue to copy both of those spells until you can kill everyone by making them draw there library's."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"If "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Will of the Mardu"},{"insert":" is exiled and so is "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Dawn's Truce"},{"insert":" you can do the following. Cast "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Savage Summoning"},{"insert":" to cast "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker"},{"insert":" then hard cast or pitch cast "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Endurance"},{"insert":" and target yourself with the ETB, hold priority on the etb and Channel "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"twinshot sniper"},{"insert":" targeting your opponents face then cast any instant it doesn't matter which lets say "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Silence"},{"insert":" and then use "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Flare of Duplication"},{"insert":" to sacrifice your Kiki and copy the spell, Let the endurance trigger resolve and then draw those cards again. Recast Kiki using the "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Savage Summoning"},{"insert":" and then tap it to copy your "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Endurance"},{"insert":" Target yourself with the new "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Endurance"},{"insert":" etb and hold priority to channel the twinshot sniper, cast a instant, cast Flare using the sacrifice mode sacking Kiki, and repeat."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Another potentially safer way you can do this is draw until you find "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Village Bell-Ringer"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Delney, Streetwise Lookkout"},{"insert":", and "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"TwinShot Sniper"},{"insert":". Use get them into play using various flash enabler's For example you can use "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Smuggler's Surprise"},{"insert":" to put 2 of them into play and then use "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Noxious Revival"},{"insert":" to get it back and put the other one into play since Bell Ringer has flash. Anyways after you get all 4 into play then you can tap Kiki to copy Bell Ringer and the bell ringer will have 2 ETB's because of Delney. Then you use one of the untaps to copy Twin Shot and the other to copy Bell Ringer and win like that. This will be most useful if there is a Fairy Mastermind or some other Forced Draw you are worried about. But you can probably just play around those forced draw effects in other ways regardless.\nThere are other variations of this depending on cards available in your library but the main one you will use is the first one where you have "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Will of the Mardu"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Endurance"},{"insert":", and "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Twinshot Sniper"},{"insert":". The important thing is that you can win at flash speed with your Naya deck and people often will not see this coming.\nOne Card Wincons\nA powerful part of this deck is the amount of one card wincons that are available. These combos are true for any deck that can play these cards but its especially potent with Baylen since you can make a lot of mana and the combos cost a lot of mana.\nBasically the idea is that every creature tutor can find either "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Eternal Witness"},{"insert":" or "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Formidable Speaker"},{"insert":" and you can chain together a win from there.\nIf you get "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Formidable Speaker"},{"insert":" then you can discard a card and go search your library for "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker"},{"insert":" and cast that, then you can tap the Kiki to copy "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Formidable Speaker"},{"insert":" discard another card and get "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Village Bell-RInger"},{"insert":" untap Kiki and win the game. This combo at minimum costs 11 mana G R R R W 7. That's a lot of mana and that is if you have "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Formidable Speaker"},{"insert":" in hand, but most of the time you have to use a tutor to find it and start the loop. I use this line for probably 75% of my wins, the 20% come from drawing half of a win con like "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Scurry Oak"},{"insert":" or "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Rosie Cotton of South Lane"},{"insert":" and then just tutoring the other half. The remaining 5% come from other situations that I will explain at the end of the primer later.\nSimilarly with Eternal witness you can cast a creature tutor to find "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Eternal Witness"},{"insert":" and then return the creature tutor from your graveyard to your hand, go find "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker"},{"insert":" tap it to copy Ewit then pick up the tutor again, find "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Village Bell-Ringer"},{"insert":" and win that way. This line costs even more mana the cheapest way being "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Finale of Devastation"},{"insert":" being 18 mana G G G G G G 13. You can also do it with top deck tutors provided that you have at least 9 tokens to draw the cards using Baylen.\nThe Best one card win condition in the deck is "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Nature's Rhythm"},{"insert":", this is one of the best green cards to be printed in recent years and for 9 mana you can find "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Scurry Oak"},{"insert":" then tap Baylen to escape the card and find "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Rosie Cotton of South Lane"},{"insert":" and make infinite tokens.\nOne of the most interesting and skill testing cards is "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Congregation at Dawn"},{"insert":" or as I like to call it Walmart "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Intuition"},{"insert":". This card being a triple "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"worldly tutor"},{"insert":" is incredibly interesting because it lets you just find a full combo and backup for the combo with one card. The only problem is they are all on top of your deck. Thankfully Baylen lets you draw them but this is incredibly resource intensive and extremely telegraphed.\nThese lines are all very mana intensive but thanks to Baylen converting tokens into mana this is not an issue\nInteraction\nThe other thing you are going to do with all of your tokens that you make is "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"INTERACT"},{"insert":"\nThey way that Naya decks are usually built and perceived as are either as Stax decks or non interactive decks. This is where this deck breaks the mold as it is highly interactive on the stack and plays no lock pieces or stax pieces. As we have discussed the best token generators are cards that trigger when your opponents take game actions, and players are most likely to take game actions on there own turns, therefore we will be making the majority of our tokens during opponents turns. So if we convert those tokens into cards and mana using Baylen during our opponents turns then we need to be able to use those cards and mana then. Most Stax pieces are creatures or artifacts without flash and are therefore useless to draw during the time you are creating the most tokens.\nSo instead if we play instant speed stack interaction then the deck can operate when others are generating you tokens and the deck can play in a similar way to blue interactive decks. Sure you don't have staple counter spells like "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Force of Will"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"FlusterStorm"},{"insert":", and "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Mindbreak Trap"},{"insert":" but there are tons of interactive spells that can be played in Naya that serve a similar purpose.\nIf you turn tags on for this decklist you will see that I have cards grouped into different categories and 2 of them are Hard interaction and Conditional interaction. Interacting doesn't just have to be countering a spell or removing a permanent you can interact in tons of ways in this game and really mastery of this deck will come once you learn when to interact, how to optimally interact, how to sandbag, and how to politic in a way that gives you a window.\nFirst lets go over the hard interaction and common use cases\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Silence Effects"},{"attributes":{"header":5},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Silence"},{"insert":": This is one of the strongest reasons to play white in your cEDH deck. Stopping all spells from opponents for a turn is an insanely powerful effect. This can be proactive or reactive and you can disguise it as one or the other to get your opponents to take different game actions. You can use it to sniff out interaction and see how different people react if you need that kind of information. You can also get people to negotiate with you and make a lot of deals regarding this card. For example if someone has a scary boardstate you can stop them in there upkeep and say \"Hey I have this "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Silence"},{"insert":" and I'm worried about your turn, I don't want to have to cast it but unless we can come to some sort of understanding then I think I may have too. What are your plans for this turn?\" Doing this you can get a lot of information, sometimes they may say \"cast it i don't care\" which may mean they have counterspells or just want you to get it out of your hand. But most of the time they will work with you because people don't want to have to skip their turn. Silence and similar effects are some of the best interaction available in the game and also in this deck"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Orim's Chant"},{"insert":": This card is like Silence except it is a lot worse when you are trying to be proactive. Silencing just one opponent is often not enough to push your win through if you have no other pieces of interaction. Sometimes it will be though and you can figure out which opponent to silence through fishing for information. What it lacks in proactivity it gains in reactivity. This is one of the best answers to someone pushing on there turn. You cast it and it has the same effect as silence for that player except the rest of the table also wants it to resolve since there is no risk that you will win protected after it resolves. It can also make a player skip combat which can be relevant at times."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"FlameScroll Celebrant//Revel in Silence"},{"insert":": This is the same as silence except it is more powerful since you can tutor it off of creature tutors. Never cut this card it is so good in the deck"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Ranger-Captain of Eos"},{"insert":": A cEDH white staple very good to slow the table down since it is a revealed silence effect. It doesn't stop some decks but they are few and far between. It also finds a creature when it enters which is often "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Esper Sentinel"},{"insert":" which is very good. It is the only silence effect in this deck that is able to be tutor'd with a too battlefield tutor. This one is just the best for our deck since you can use this on other people's turns not just your own like a "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"grand abolisher"},{"insert":" or "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"voice of victory"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Removal"},{"attributes":{"header":5},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Boseiju, who Endures"},{"insert":": this is a busted card and one of the reasons to play green in cedh, its an untapped land at minimum, but if you have it in hand you can remove any artifact or enchantment and the only way to stop it is with stifle effects or redirect effects, it can be done even if your opponents have an active silence effect. Very good card"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Archdruid's Charm"},{"insert":": I mostly use this card for the first mode of instant speed tutoring a creature or land, Usually the creatures it tutors are "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"DualCaster mage"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Aven Interrupter"},{"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"FlameScroll Celebrant//Revel in Silence"},{"insert":". But it also can be used to remove artifacts, enchantments, and Creatures. I feel very safe when I have this card in my hand cause it can basically solve any problem you have at instant speed. Sometimes 3 green pips can be an issue but with Baylen out and a token generator active its no problem. Also can just be used as a tutor to win"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Will of the Mardu"},{"insert":": I have already talked about this card as a good token creator but it also is removal. The best time to use it is when you can play it as a good guy card. Save the game by removing the problem creature while also getting a butt load of tokens. Sometimes you have to politic this to resolve though since if you"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"TwinShot Sniper"},{"insert":": This card is both removal and used to outlet our combo's into a win. There are a few cards it could be swapped for such as, "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Lightning Bolt"},{"insert":"/ or "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Gut Shot"},{"insert":" but it has a few notable upsides that I find valuable. First it is a channel effect which works even when there is a "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Grand Abolisher"},{"insert":" in play and this kills GA, also it can't be countered when you channel it. 2nd you can find it off of both "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Enlightened Tutor"},{"insert":" and any creature tutor if you need the effect. Lastly if you have "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Samwise Gamgee"},{"insert":" you can return it to your hand since it is a channel effect which can be very useful. If you play against a lot of "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Drannith Magistrate"},{"insert":" then you may want to swap it for Bolt, or if you play against a lot of Magda and Bowmasters then you may value Gut Shot more."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Solitude"},{"insert":": I added this in because of the rise of "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Mayhem Devil"},{"insert":" in the meta but it has been very useful outside of just dealing with that creature. Not much to say besides exiling a creature for free can be very useful. Usually I don't struggle with having an extra white card to pitch and this can be found off of creature tutors unlike "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Swords to Plowshares"},{"insert":" or "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Path to exile"},{"insert":", but if for some reason you cut most of the white cards in the deck then you could replace it with one of those. Or if you never play against any creature decks then you could cut it as well. But I would not recommend leaving home without this if you are facing the general meta."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Swords to Plowshares"},{"insert":": I am testing this card again because I have one free slot in my deck and I want to use the slot for cheap interaction that is effective against the bad matchups. I was playing "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Mana Tithe"},{"insert":" in this slot as a way to tempo these decks but I think swords may be more useful. The bad matchups are turbo decks and creature decks that don't need to cast very many spells. While swords is not super effective agains Rog/Sai it still is quite good against Ral, Etali, and other commander centric turbo decks. Its also good against Magda, Sissay, and just any deck that needs creatures. Sometimes this card feels dead but im ready to test it out again. Also it kills Orcish Bowmasters which is a card that ruins my day so it is good for that too."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Flexible removal/Stack interaction"},{"attributes":{"header":5},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"PyroBlast"},{"insert":"/"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Red Elemental Blast"},{"insert":": I mostly use these as counter spells and will go into more detail in that section but you can also use them to remove blue permanents if you need to which is relavent in various situations. I don't usually remove "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Rhystic Study"},{"insert":" because this deck thrives in high resource games, but sometimes you do have to kill a rhystic. Very useful against Kinnan and rog/thras since they play a lot of blue creatures"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Untimely Malfunction"},{"insert":": This is mostly relevant in the Redirect Effects category but it can also kill an artifact which is good against things like "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Cursed Totem"},{"insert":", and "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"grafdigger's cage"},{"insert":" which can either entirely stop you from winning in the case of Totem or just stop your creature tutors. It can also sometimes stop combo's with "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Basalt Monolith"},{"insert":" or "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Time Sieve"},{"insert":" but those situations are more board dependent."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Redirect Effects"},{"attributes":{"header":5},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Deflecting Swat"},{"insert":": The staple of this effect and the best one since it can change the targets of spells with multiple targets unlike the rest of these effects. Very good for protecting your creatures from removal, killing "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Orcish Bowmasters"},{"insert":", and defending spells from counterspells. These effects are very powerful as back up but are often not enough to stop a win attempt by themselves. So keep that in mind when you are using your interaction."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Redirect Lightning"},{"insert":": Has the same effect as D Swat except it can't change spells with multiple targets. The main examples of this are "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Mindbreak Trap"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Force of Vigor"},{"insert":", and "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Fire Covenant"},{"insert":". Aside from those spells it is basically the same. Paying 5 life is not a very big issue for this deck since you don't use your life total for too much other than lands."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Untimely Malfunction"},{"insert":": 95% of the time this is just used for the redirect effect, 5% of the time its used to kill an artifact, and i have never used the can't block effect but Im sure it has use cases. The redirect effect is just very potent for protecting your board and helping in stack wars that it doesn't matter if this spell is 2 mana. You could play "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Bolt Bend"},{"insert":" in this slot but I find enough value in the flexibility of killing artifacts that it is worth playing this instead. If "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Cursed totem"},{"insert":" was not a card then I would play "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Bolt Bend"},{"insert":" instead, but since it is you need enough incidental artifact removal to help deal with it when relevant."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Counter Spells"},{"attributes":{"header":5},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"PyroBlast"},{"insert":"/"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Red Elemental Blast"},{"insert":": The blast are super powerful spells in a format where Blue is the most popular color. Countering peoples Counter Spells is very strong. A lot of the most powerful creatures in the format are blue such as "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Thassa's Oracle"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Cloud of Faeries"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Valley FloodCaller"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Oboro Breezecaller"},{"insert":", and many more. If your meta has very few blue decks I wouldn't necessarily recommend playing this list of Baylen in the first place but if you still wanted to then cut these spells obviously."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Reprieve"},{"insert":": This is a super interesting spell that gives you a lot of skill expression. The basic mode on it is to just return a big spell to your opponents hand such as an "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Ad Nauseam"},{"insert":" but that is just the surface. Lets say you cast a "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Silence"},{"insert":" and your opponent responds with a "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Mental Misstep"},{"insert":" then you can "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Reprieve"},{"insert":" your silence back to your hand and cast it again. This applies to many spells that you want to resolve, since often counter spells in our format are free or cost very little so bouncing them doesn't always stop the spell. You can also return your opponents counter spells to there hands so they can re cast them in a stack war. For example an ally casts a "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"mindbreak trap"},{"insert":" hitting the stack and another opponent tries to "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"FlusterStorm"},{"insert":" Countering the Trap and a lot of the other important spells. You can return the Trap to their hand and they can recast it getting the whole stack again and the flusterstom copies too. It also can handle uncounterable spells which is becoming more relevant with the printing of "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Hexing Squelcher"},{"insert":". Also very good against "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Mistrise Village"},{"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Cavern of Souls"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Aven Interrupter"},{"insert":": This is the best counterspell and only semi stax piece in the deck. This hits all uncounterable spells just like "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Reprieve"},{"insert":". If you plot a counterspell then that spell is useless and can't be cast again, same with if you plot a creature tutor with x in its mana cost except they can get a 0 mana creature on a later turn. Also if you plot a "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Cyclonic Rift"},{"insert":" then they can't overload it because that is an alternate cost. It also statically hates on underworld breach lines since it makes the spells cost 2 more. Its not impossible for them to still win through this but it becomes a lot more difficult."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Graveyard Interaction"},{"attributes":{"header":5},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Endurance"},{"insert":" I consider this card a mono green counterspell. Some of this decks worst matchups are fast breach decks and fast thoracle decks. Enudrance usually stops both of those when they are deployed early. It also has a lot of other scenario's it is good in such as stoping "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Reanimate"},{"insert":" and other cards that interact with targets in the graveyard. It is also part of our main way to finish a game, there are other ways to get win without it but they are more convoluted and Endurance is so good on its own. Also it turns all of your instant speed creature tutors into graveyard interaction."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Noxious Revival"},{"insert":": I don't frequently use this card as graveyard interaction but times come up where someone is trying to reanimate a card or use something like "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Hazel's Brewmaster"},{"insert":" or "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Agatha's soul Cauldron"},{"insert":" to do something busted and you can use it in those scenarios to stop a line. Also you can use it if an opponent has a very tight breach line. But the best usecase of it in terms of interaction is to return your opponents counter spells to the top of there deck in responce to a draw trigger and get them to interact with your opponents for you. You can also do it with your own interaction having it become a second Silence or really anything and that is powerful too."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Rhystic Slop Inclusion's"},{"attributes":{"header":4},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"If you keep up with cEDH you will know about the rhystic slop meta that sometimes we enter into. This is where player's will all develop lots of engines and you will play in a extremely high resource game where spells will get locked on the stack and nothing resolves. In the past the conceit of this deck is that we are set up to win those games every time since no other decks play as much interaction as we do. However now other decks do play enough interaction and while we still perform very well in those situations it is no longer guaranteed. So I added\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Word of Seizing"},{"insert":": This card is extremely powerful in high resource games, it can do so so much late game. You can take so many different cards in situations where no other card would work since your opponents would lock your spell on the stack by casting more spells and burying your card. I recently used it to steal a "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Wandering Archaic"},{"insert":" to win a game in a tournament and I have used it to steal an "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Orcish Bowmasters"},{"insert":" in response to a "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"WindFall"},{"insert":". I once used it to steal a "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"High Fae Trickster"},{"insert":" to flash in my own wincon, I also stole a "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Rhystic Study"},{"insert":" on a pivotal turn where many spells were being cast, I also stole a resolved "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Underworld Breach"},{"insert":" and it let me cast a "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Silence"},{"insert":" Multiple times to present my own win, I also used it to untap my "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker"},{"insert":" and copy my "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Village Bell-Ringer"},{"insert":" a second time. The card has a lot of insane usecases due to split second that can let you steal games you have no buisness winning. Its main downside is that it costs 5 mana but a frequent playpattern in this deck is using an instant speed creature tutor to find a 3 mana interactive creature and casting it, which also costs 5 or more mana most of the time so really a 5 mana interactive spell is standard for this deck."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Conditional Interaction"},{"attributes":{"header":5},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Some of these spells are almost always able to be used as interaction and some are rarely used as interaction it just depends on if the cards specific condition is met\nCopy Spells"},{"attributes":{"header":6},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The condition for these to be interaction are that one of your opponents has an instant or sorcery that you can copy to interact. Top examples of these are counter spells and Silence effects. But you can also copy tutors, removal spells, and flash enablers to interact.\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"DualCaster Mage"},{"insert":": I tutor this card extremely frequently in my games never cut it, you don't need a one card combo with it, just being able to copy any instant or sorcery can be very relevant. You can also use it in some combo lines with certain cards on your field I will explain these in a later section."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Flare of Duplication"},{"insert":": Usually you don't have a great red creature to sacrifice but sometimes you do and those situations are very nice, outside of that you can just cast this card and its totally fine. Like I said earlier Naya can interact fairly well however it costs mana and thankfully Baylen makes a lot of mana. But if feels great when you can sac a ragavan or PFB and get a free spell off. Usually if you have to sac Baylen you are trying to force a draw but sometimes it comes up and its not too bad."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Instant speed Tutors"},{"attributes":{"header":6},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The condition for these to be interaction depends on what cards are still left in your deck but most of the time there will be something in your deck you can find to interact. Also even if you already drew the card you want to tutor for, your opponent's don't necessarily know that.\nTop tutor targets to interact are "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Flamescroll Celebrant"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Aven Interrupter"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"DualCaster Mage"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Solitude"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Twinshot Sniper"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Endurance"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Village Bell-Ringer"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Eladamri's Call"},{"insert":": This can just find any of the creatures that are used for interacting into your hand.\nNavigating the Phases of the Game\nWe talked earlier about the playstyle and general game plan of the deck but this section will describe typical play patterns, mulligan decisions, early, mid, late game, and winning at instant speed without "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Borne upon a wind"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Early Game and Mulligans"},{"attributes":{"header":5},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The mulligans in this deck can be simple and difficult at the same time. There are a lot of obviously good hands to keep but there are also a decent amount of trap hands and difficult to navigate hands. The basic idea is that you need to have a hand with a token generator or a way to find a token generator, if you don't have this Baylen has no text. That being said you also need mana to cast the token generator hopefully by turn 2. If the tokens don't inherently make mana then you also need 3 colored pips to cast Baylen. On top of all that having some interaction is nice but you can usually count on drawing some since the deck plays a lot of it.\nSide Board Considerations\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Brigid, Clachan's Heart"},{"insert":" is the last small token generator and its not really in here for its ability to make tokens but it is an option. Brigid is mostly in the deck because it helps with the games that are low recourse or medium recourse. In these games it can be hard to make tokens off of the typical engines because the pace of the game is a bit slower and people don't have as many cards in hand to take the game actions that give you more tokens. Because of this you can wind up lacking mana to convert into a win. A lot of the win lines cost a lot of mana. The cheapest line is 6 mana if you already have Baylen in play and have both the combo pieces in hand, but a lot of the times you have to cast multiple creature tutors in one turn and tap tokens to draw cards. Before I added this card I noticed a lot of the times that I was able to push win's in low resource games was when I had a cradle. So I added this as another cradle. But you can also slowly generate tokens with Brigid by flipping it over so it is worth mentioning here."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Force of Vigor"},{"insert":": I recently added this card back to the deck for 3 main reason's and they all tie into each other a bit. Recently there has been a rise in the "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Rhystic Study"},{"insert":" clone meta with decks like rog/ishai and to a lesser extent NBC Kinnan. When you play these games rhystic study gets cloned over and over again and then you enter into an extremely high resource game. In the past I have been fine with these games, infact the conciet of this deck is that we actively want to play in those games and thrive in those scenario's. However through my testing it has become impossible to end one of these games in time, there are too many trigger's that go on the stack and everyone draw's there entire deck and can cast all 30 of there instant's let alone flash creatures and flash enablers and the game ends up in a draw. I added "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Force of Vigor"},{"insert":" to the deck to help terrorize some of these situation's. Threatening to blow up rhystic studies immediately if player's don't agree to a deal around the study as to how many cards it can draw or making them commit to not cloning it. You can also sandbag the force and fire it off when a different opponent goes to clone the study to tempo players out for a time. Remember this deck wants to play high resource games so you can't afford to remove every engine all the time but this card gives you some options. The next reason is that if many decks try to go long then the counter play to that is going as fast as possible, and one weakness of Naya is that you don't have a ton of free interaction for early game pushes. Once turn 3 comes around you are set up and ready to interact most of the time, but before that it can be a struggle unless you are intentional with play patterns/Card choice and this gives you one more option to optimize that. Finally I am testing a new style of politics at times which is terrorism politics. This will come into play when one player tries to remove your boardstate and you don't want them too. Now this only works sometimes since if you are clearly ahead then they will probably just say F you and remove your board. But if you are behind or slightly behind and someone goes to ping your cabbage merchant with an orcish bowmaster's trigger. You can say hey if you do that Im going to "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Force of Vigor"},{"insert":" your sol ring and mox opal and take you off your mana. Or threaten whatever else they have, if its a rhystic then even better. Basically what you want to convey to them is that if they take you out of the game you will take them out of the game and both lose together. This strategy can work sometimes and it can definitely backfire sometimes. But the key is to stick with your threat if you are being serious. Don't be afraid to lose in those situations and remember to only use it in the right situation with the right political atmosphere. If the player is already mad at you in the game then they will almost certainly not make a deal with you. Also if you have a tithe and a cabbage merchant and a academy manufactor, and someone goes to exile your manufactor, then its probably not the time to make the deal either because there is no other option for them. If they don't remove your board then they will also lose. The best times to use this is if all you have is one token generator and a Baylen with low cards in hand."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Curse of Opulence"},{"insert":" is perhaps one of the most tricky cards to play and I would not recommend playing it unless you are a very political player. The reason its worth playing is because gold tokens are overpowered with Baylen since they don't have to tap to sacrifice, so you can use them to activate Baylens abilities and sac them for mana. The problem with the card is you have to choose a player to give it too and this is a very challenging decision that you have to make on early turns, and if you choose wrong you could either get 0 value from the card or literally lose the game because you ramped your opponents. The best decks to give it too are decks that don't have a lot of creatures to block with so you can get the maximum gold value. The main deck that fits this description is rog/sai as they only play 8 creatures or so. However if you let the rog sai make gold they are almost always going to do so since rog is an amazing creature to get gold with since it has menace. So you really have to walk the line between maximizing the amount of gold you can get without losing the game. Another thing is the player you put the curse on will probably be a little mad at you and it will be harder to politic with them."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Talon Gates of Madara"},{"insert":": This one goes in and out of my deck because as a land its not too good being a colorless land in a deck that needs lots of colored pips. But it adds a lot of value being another effect that you can use even if your opponents have a silence in play. Also cases come up where an opponent has a "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Rule of Law"},{"insert":" effect in play and you manage to slow roll your way into assembling an infinite token combo. This allows you to remove Rule of law creatures and then present a win. It also enable's "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Crop Rotation"},{"insert":" to be a removal/protection spell so it kind of counts as double interaction. If you choose to play it I viewing it as a spell not a land, and since I recommend 27 lands in this deck it should be your 28th."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Mana Tithe"},{"insert":": This card is not especially good, however I am currently playing it because when playing against extreme turbo decks you have to mulligan for interaction. If you don't you will lose the game 90% of the time and it needs to be castable early and have an effect. That being said you also need to mulligan for token generator's or Baylen has no text. The best cards for this are "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Silence"},{"insert":", and "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Orim's Chant"},{"insert":", because they cost 1 mana and have an effect against every deck or almost every deck. "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Mana tithe"},{"insert":" does not do the same things as those cards however you can use it to tempo your turbo opponent and try to buy yourself an extra turn to set up before they can pop off. So you may use this to counter a rog sai's "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Sol Ring"},{"insert":" or "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Mana Vault"},{"insert":", even something like a "},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Spring Leaf Drum"},{"insert":" could be a valuable target. Often times with turbo decks every small piece in the early game really matters and if you can counter it then you are going to buy yourself a turn or even 2 and that is enough to set up your value engine's and interact with your more expensive pieces. One thing about this card is if you show it then you have to use it pretty much. Once other players are aware of it then it has no effect anymore since players will just hold up 1 mana to pay. So you need to be willing to use it on \"Insignificant\" pieces but also stick to your guns when you do. Of course there are times where you could be talked out of it but then the spell practically becomes worthless. It has some utility late game as well but don't expect it will do too much since usually people have enough mana."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Snake Pit"},{"insert":"/"},{"attributes":{"link":"about:blank"},"insert":"Arasta of the Endless Web"},{"insert":" This Big token slot is flexible between these 2 spells. Most Instants and sorceries are blue or black but there are a lot of izzet storm decks around and decks like Etali that cast lots of rituals that aren't blue or black, also green creature tutors and silence effects. However there are cards like rhystic study and valley flood caller that will trigger snake pit but not Arasta. So in the end its more up to you which one of these to play depending on your meta. Currently I am testing Arasta because sometimes no one is playing a blue or black deck at the table, but I have had a lot of success with Snake pit as well so who knows what will be the permanent solution. Notably do not keep hands that cast snake pit or Arasta if they cannot also cast Baylen. Tithe and merchant give you mana without Baylen but this does not."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Wizards of the Coast, Magic: The Gathering, and their logos are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast LLC in the United States and other countries. © 1993-2026 Wizards. All Rights Reserved.\nMoxfield LLC is not affiliated with, endorsed, sponsored, or specifically approved by Wizards of the Coast LLC. Moxfield LLC may use the trademarks and other intellectual property of Wizards of the Coast LLC, which is permitted under Wizards' Fan Site Policy. MAGIC: THE GATHERING® is a trademark of Wizards of the Coast. 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