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Live Play Data

Jaheira, Friend of the Forest

{2} {G} · Legendary Creature — Human Elf Druid · Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB)
3%
Live Inclusion
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Times Brought
635
Decks Running
257
Median Cast Turn
5.0
Drawn → Played
69%
Format
Multiplayer 1v1

3% of tracked Commander decks run Jaheira, Friend of the Forest. When drawn, 69% of copies reach the battlefield, with a median first-cast turn of 5.0.

Jaheira, Friend of the Forest sits in 3% of the 9443 Commander decks that have played a tracked game on Playgroup Live. She appears across 257 distinct lists, landing most often in token-heavy green strategies that can immediately exploit her mana-generation ability.

The draw-to-play rate of 69% tells a straightforward story: players who find Jaheira generally cast her. Median first-cast turn of 5.0 places her roughly two turns after her mana cost would suggest, reflecting a format where early turns fill the board before a 3-mana support piece comes online. Once she resolves, 66% battlefield stickiness confirms she tends to survive the turn she lands.

Her home is squarely in token strategies. The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl dominates the top-commander list, with Chatterfang, Squirrel General and a cluster of other green token commanders rounding out the field. The data across 270 unique players is well-spread, with no single contributor accounting for more than 5% of tracked instances.

At a glance
  • 3% of tracked Commander decks include Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
  • 69% of drawn copies reach the battlefield before the game ends
  • T5.0 median first-cast turn, two turns later than her mana cost
  • 66% battlefield stickiness once she resolves
  • 270 distinct players have brought her to a tracked game, a well-spread sample

First-cast turn

n=114
1%
T1
6%
T2
14%
T3
14%
T4
20%
T5
39%
T6-9
6%
T10+
Median 5.0 P25 4 · P75 7 · max 15
On curve 21% (16 / 114 cast on T3) Cast same turn as drawn 28%

The "good card" funnel

635 brought · 270 players
Brought to game
635
Ever drawn
166
Reached battlefield
114
Still on board at game end
77
69%

Of 635 copies brought to tracked games, 166 were drawn, 114 of those were cast, and 66% of resolved copies survived to end of game.

≥ -6.7pp

Players who cast this card win 32% of the time (n=107) , vs 30% when it never left the library (n=397).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 29% (n=49) — about the same as leaving it in the library. Those players survived long enough to draw it, so the gap above is about the card resolving, not just about surviving.

Observed gap +2.5pp; 95% confidence interval -6.7pp to +11.8pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

181 instances
2.2%
Library
42.5%
Battlefield
20.4%
Graveyard
8.3%
Exile

Most tracked copies of Jaheira never leave the library, a structural reality of 100-card singleton, not a verdict on her power. Among observed instances, a meaningful share finish on the battlefield.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

Token-focused commanders dominate Jaheira's top-ten list, with The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl well ahead of the pack, confirming that the ability to tap tokens for green mana is the primary draw.

Card text
Jaheira, Friend of the Forest card

Jaheira, Friend of the Forest

{2} {G}
Legendary Creature — Human Elf Druid
Tokens you control have "{T}: Add {G}." Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)
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Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) · Rare · Illustrated by Mila Pesic

Frequently Asked

How often is Jaheira drawn and cast in a Commander game?
Across 628 tracked games where Jaheira was in the deck, she was drawn 26% of the time. That is in line with expectations for a singleton in a 100-card deck. Of those drawn copies, 69% were cast before the game ended. Uncast copies are largely a game-length effect: cards drawn late in a long game do not always find a window to resolve.
What turn does Jaheira typically hit the battlefield?
Median first-cast turn is 5.0. Her mana value is 3, but the distribution stretches across a wide range, with the 25th percentile at turn 4 and the 75th at turn 7. That spread reflects how often she is drawn later in the game rather than in the opening hand. Players who do hold her in hand wait a median of roughly one turn before casting her.
Does casting Jaheira correlate with winning?
In 107 participations where Jaheira was cast, the normalized win rate is 32%. In 397 participations where she never left the library, it is 30%. The delta is a directional early signal, not a statistically definitive result. Both buckets have meaningful sample sizes, but the dataset remains small enough to treat this as a trend worth watching rather than a confirmed edge.
Is Jaheira banned in any format?
Jaheira, Friend of the Forest is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Oathbreaker, and Duel Commander. She is not legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Brawl, Pauper, or Historic. There is no ban in Commander or Duel Commander.
Which commanders pair most often with Jaheira in tracked games?
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl leads by a wide margin, followed by Chatterfang, Squirrel General and Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit. The pattern is consistent: token-generating commanders get direct, repeatable value from Jaheira's ability to turn every token into a mana source. Green and green-black strategies make up the bulk of the top-commander list.
How reliable is the Playgroup Live data for Jaheira?
The sample covers 628 tracked games, 257 decks, and 270 distinct players. No single player accounts for more than 5% of all tracked instances, which means the data is well-spread rather than dominated by one contributor. That said, Playgroup Live is a growing dataset. Treat these numbers as directional signals rather than definitive population-level statistics.