Hei Bai, Forest Guardian

Global Commander Stats {W} {U} {B} {R} {G} All Five Color commanders
Win Rate 39%
227 Wins
348 Losses
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Summary

Hei Bai, Forest Guardian is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 575 recorded Playgroup games, winning 39% of them (227348) at an Elo of 1,680, ranking #91 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.89 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 575 recorded Playgroup games (227 wins, 348 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: 7 days.
How many decks use Hei Bai, Forest Guardian?
210 decks list Hei Bai, Forest Guardian as their commander on Playgroup, of which 155 have played at least one recorded game.
Global Rank
91
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
8
Elo rating
1680

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Commander Popularity Trend

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 5
Average commander damage per game 6
Average poison counters given per game 1
Average kills per game 0.89
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 210
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 155
No. games played with this commander 575
Total hours played 7 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1581 Pheonix_03 8 4
2 1551 iuryfs 9 5
3 1526 Soulsounds 2 1
4 1518 Crystalscourge 5 2
5 1514 Dave 3 2

How does this commander win?

When Hei Bai, Forest Guardian wins, 50.52% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage
50.52%
Combat
39.18%
Alternative
5.67%
Combo
3.61%
Commander Damage
0.52%
Mill
0.52%
Avg win turn 8.4 based on 235 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Hei Bai, Forest Guardian wins 45.57% of games from position 2 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
44.32% n=176
2
Seat 2
45.57% n=158
3
Seat 3
38.41% n=138
4
Seat 4
23.86% n=88
5
Seat 5
27.78% n=18
6
Seat 6
0.0% n=1

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Hei Bai, Forest Guardian wins 42.96% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
42.96% n=142
1
1 mulligan
38.68% n=106
2
2 mulligans
39.39% n=33
3
3 mulligans
42.86% n=7
6
6 mulligans
50.0% n=2

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Hei Bai, Forest Guardian 3.83/5 on average, across 435 self-reports.

3.83 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Hei Bai, Forest Guardian wins, opponents flag the game as salty 77.0% of the time across 235 tracked wins.

77.0 \%

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%
Teval, the Balanced Scale commander art
53.85%
Toph, the First Metalbender commander art
52.17%
Fire Lord Zuko commander art
Fire Lord Zuko 10 games
50.0%

Top 5 worst matchups

Hearthhull, the Worldseed commander art
18.18%
Urza, Chief Artificer commander art
20.0%
Ashling, the Limitless commander art
26.09%
Atraxa, Praetors' Voice commander art
27.27%
Tidus, Yuna's Guardian commander art
27.27%