Commander

Hei Bai, Forest Guardian

Global commander stats {W} {U} {B} {R} {G} All Five Color commanders
Win Rate 39%
251 Wins
389 Losses
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Overview

Summary

Hei Bai, Forest Guardian is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 642 recorded Playgroup games, winning 39% of them (251389) at an Elo of 1,587, ranking #680 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 367473 damage dealt and 0.85 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Hei Bai, Forest Guardian's win rate?
Hei Bai, Forest Guardian has a 39% win rate across 642 recorded Playgroup games (251 wins, 389 losses).
How long do winning games with Hei Bai, Forest Guardian take?
Wins with Hei Bai, Forest Guardian take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 8 days.
How many decks use Hei Bai, Forest Guardian?
246 decks list Hei Bai, Forest Guardian as their commander on Playgroup, of which 183 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
680
Wins by turn (avg.)
8
Elo rating
1587
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 367473
Average commander damage per game 6
Average poison counters given per game 1
Average kills per game 0.85
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 246
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 183
No. games played with this commander 642
Total hours played 8 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1590 Pheonix_03 11 5
2 1581 iuryfs 10 6
3 1557 Crystalscourge 6 3
4 1536 Methas 1 1
5 1526 Soulsounds 2 1
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Hei Bai, Forest Guardian wins, 52.29% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage
52.29%
Combat
37.61%
Alternative
5.05%
Combo
3.67%
Commander Damage
0.92%
Mill
0.46%
Avg win turn 8.3 based on 260 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for Hei Bai, Forest Guardian

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Hei Bai, Forest Guardian decks that leave them out.

+1.5 pp
Top card: Flicker of Fate
# Card Lift
1
Flicker of Fate
Flicker of Fate 43 games · Signature build
+1.5 pp

Measured win-rate lift against decks on the same commander without the card, ranked by the 95% lower bound. How this is measured

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Hei Bai, Forest Guardian wins 45.35% of games from position 2 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
43.17% n=183
2
Seat 2
45.35% n=172
3
Seat 3
38.93% n=149
4
Seat 4
24.72% n=89
5
Seat 5
26.32% n=19
6
Seat 6
0.0% n=1
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Hei Bai, Forest Guardian wins 41.77% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
41.77% n=158
1
1 mulligan
40.98% n=122
2
2 mulligans
37.5% n=40
3
3 mulligans
45.0% n=10
6
6 mulligans
50.0% n=2
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Hei Bai, Forest Guardian 3.85/5 on average, across 476 self-reports.

3.85 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Hei Bai, Forest Guardian wins, opponents flag the game as salty 77.4% of the time across 261 tracked wins.

77.4 \%
Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Hei Bai, Forest Guardian. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.

Top 5 best matchups

Y'shtola, Night's Blessed commander art
58.33%
Fire Lord Zuko commander art
Fire Lord Zuko 11 games
54.55%
Teval, the Balanced Scale commander art
53.85%
Toph, the First Metalbender commander art
52.17%

Top 5 worst matchups

Hearthhull, the Worldseed commander art
16.67%
Urza, Chief Artificer commander art
20.0%
Tidus, Yuna's Guardian commander art
25.0%
Ashling, the Limitless commander art
28.0%